Outlaws (TV Series)

Outlaws is an American  television western drama series  on EBC created by Academy Award-nominated writer and producer, Terence Winter. Based on the true story of Adam Worth (the man upon whom Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based the character of Moriarty), the series paints a riveting portrait of the American criminal landscape in the late 1800s.

The series features an ensemble cast including John Hawkes, Tim Roth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chloe Sevigny, Richard Schiff, Aidan Quinn, Margo Martindale, & Mandy Patinkin.

Development and Production
In May 2014, EBC ordered 18 hour length episodes. After the critical success of The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter wrote a story outline with relevance to the American Frontier. Winter derived from shows like The Outcasts, and How the West Was Won and began observing movies like Tombstone & novels like Sherlock Holmes. He'd research the exploits of Adam Worth and his work for Crime-Socialite, Fredericka Mandelbaum.