Head Back to 1836 in the Texas Rising Trailer

History has just revealed a trailer for their upcoming event series “Texas Rising,” set to premiere over five nights beginning Memorial Day 2015. The series, which was expanded to 10 hours, details the Texas Revolution and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. Check out the trailer in the player below and find more than 50 stills from the series in the gallery viewer at the bottom of this page!

The Alamo was not the end of the story, it was only the beginning, and “Texas Rising” details what followed in the fight for an independent Texas. In 1836, west of the Mississippi was considered the Wild West and the Texas frontier was viewed as hell on earth. With colliding cultures all fighting for stakes to this territory, no one was safe. But this was a time of bravery, a time to die for what you believed in and a time to stand tall against the fierce Mexican General Santa Anna and his forces. General Sam Houston, the rag tag Rangers and the legendary “Yellow Rose of Texas,” lead this story of the human will to fight for independence despite nearly insurmountable odds and to claim a piece of history for all eternity.

Two-time Oscar-nominated director Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Mission) directs “Texas Rising” with an all-star cast that includes Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Christopher McDonald, Jeremy Davies, Chad Michael Murray, Max Thieriot, Robert Knepper, Rhys Coiro, Crispin Glover, Jeff Fahey, Rob Morrow, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trevor Donovan and Kris Kristofferson.

In addition to the star-studded cast, the “Texas Rising” soundtrack album will feature new music from legendary performers including the title song, “Take Me To Texas,” performed by George Strait and written by Brandy Clark, as well as Kris Kristofferson’s remake of the Tom Petty classic “Won’t Back Down” and new tracks from Jose Feliciano.

Look for “Texas Rising” to premiere Monday, May 25 at 9pm ET/PT with subsequent episodes airing at 9 p.m. Tuesday, May and then Monday June 1, Monday, June 8 and Monday, June 15.

“Texas Rising” is produced by A+E Studios, ITV Studios America and Thinkfactory Media for History Leslie Greif (“Hatfields & McCoys”) serves as executive producer for Thinkfactory Media. Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs serve as executives in charge of production for History.