{"id":577477,"date":"2026-04-02T13:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/577477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:47:11","slug":"dennis-quaid-leads-amcs-nascar-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/577477\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid Leads AMC&#8217;s NASCAR TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dennis-quaid-leads-amcs-nascar-tv-series.jpg\" data-caption=\"Paramount+\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dennis-quaid-leads-amcs-nascar-tv-series.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"dennis-quaid-leads-amcs-nascar-tv-series\"\/><\/a>Paramount+<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Quaid has scored a role in the upcoming NASCAR-focused drama series \u201cThunder Road\u201d at AMC.<\/p>\n<p>The story follows a multi-generational family rooted in the sport and shooting begins this Summer. <\/p>\n<p>Quaid plays Duane \u2018The Wrecking Ball\u2019 Whitlock, a legendary Southern blue-collar driver who built a racing empire from moonshine runs and dirt tracks \u2013 and refuses to let it die.<\/p>\n<p>However, his is a dynasty facing extinction as he fights to preserve his family\u2019s legacy and place in the sport.  The rest of the cast are expected to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The project is being developed in association with NASCAR, the first time the organisation has collaborated on a long-form scripted drama series created by John Fusco and showrun by Taylor Elmore.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff Roberts, Mark L. Smith, Tim Clark and John Dahl executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/dennis-quaid-thunder-road-cast-nascar-drama-amc-1236771095\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/dont-expect-a-super-smash-bros-film\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Expect A \u201cSuper Smash Bros.\u201d Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/quick-news-fall-2-daniels-girls-kevin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quick News: Fall 2, Daniels, Girls, Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount+ Dennis Quaid has scored a role in the upcoming NASCAR-focused drama series \u201cThunder Road\u201d at AMC. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-577477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}