{"id":855683,"date":"2026-08-12T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/855683\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:18:09","slug":"jake-manley-joins-amcs-nascar-drama-thunder-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/855683\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Manley Joins AMC&#8217;s NASCAR Drama &#8216;Thunder Road&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jake-manley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jake-manley\" data-tag=\"jake-manley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Manley<\/a> (My Life With The Walter Boys, Midway) rounds out the series regular cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amc\" data-tag=\"amc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMC<\/a>\u2018s upcoming NASCAR drama series <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/thunder-road\/\" id=\"auto-tag_thunder-road\" data-tag=\"thunder-road\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder Road<\/a>, led by Dennis Quaid. The series is set to begin production this summer and will debut on AMC and AMC+ in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From John Fusco, Thunder Road\u00a0is the multi-generational saga of the fictional Whitlock family, whose legacy in stock car racing is as deep as the family\u2019s ties to the Southern hill country roots that shaped them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quaid stars as racing legend Duane Whitlock, aka The Wrecking Ball, a towering figure who built a racing empire from a legacy of moonshine runs and dirt tracks and refuses to let it die. With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction \u2013 and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previously announced series regulars also include Chase Stokes, Michael Rooker, Matt Barr, Maggie Grace and West Duchovny. Michael Rooker and Devon Allman will appear in recurring roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manley will play Zak Farley. With hill country roots and dangerous charm, Zak has been raised since birth to carry on the Farley racing dynasty, a thorn in the Whitlock family\u2019s side. He\u2019ll wreck any driver to gain an advantage, but away from the track Cassie Whitlock (Duchovny) has found his soft spot \u2014 putting them both in a very different kind of jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fusco is set to executive produce alongside showrunner Taylor Elmore, Cliff Roberts with Syndicate Entertainment, Mark L. Smith, and NASCAR Studio\u2019s Tim Clark and John Dahl. Gladys Cheng serves as producer. The show is produced in association with NASCAR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manley most recently starred in the Lionsgate film Do Not Enter opposite Adeline Rudolph and reprised his recurring role in the latest season of Netflix\u2019s breakout series My Life with the Walter Boys. He will next be seen starring in the horror film\u00a0Casket Girls.\u00a0 Manley\u00a0recently starred opposite Helena Howard in Izabel Pazkad\u2019s feature debut of\u00a0Find Your Friends, and has also led films including Lionsgate\u2019s\u00a0Pursuit\u00a0and Vertical Entertainment\u2019s\u00a0Infamous.\u00a0Manley is repped by Luber Roklin, Play Management, and Gersh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Jake Manley (My Life With The Walter Boys, Midway) rounds out the series regular cast of AMC\u2018s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[66846,49,48,297657,634,82,122948],"class_list":["post-855683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-amc","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jake-manley","tag-nascar","tag-sports","tag-thunder-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855683","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=855683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}