Bill Paxton To Star In History's 'Hatfields And McCoys', Kevin Reynolds To Direct

Bill Paxton has be drawn on for that second lead opposite Kevin Costner in History's miniseries The Hatfields and McCoys, about America's most infamous family feud. Kevin Reynolds (Red-colored Beginning) has signed onto direct the small, to become created by Leslie Greifs production company, Thinkfactory Media, and Costner as creating partner. The Hatfield-McCoy saga focuses on Demon Anse Hatfield (Costner) and Randall McCoy (Paxton). Close buddies and friends throughout the Civil War, they came back for their neighboring houses -- Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just over the Tug River border in Kentucky -- to growing tensions, misconceptions and problems that soon skyrocketed into all-out warfare between your families. As hostilities increased, buddies, neighbors and outdoors forces became a member of your dream, getting both states towards the edge of some other Civil War.