EXCLUSIVE : Michael Ealy ( Power Book II: Ghost ) is set to star opposite Matt Dillon and Will Patton in MGM+ ‘s upcoming eight-episode drama series The Magnificent Seve n from Heroes creator Tim Kring , a reimagining of the classic 1960 Western film. Ealy will play Vin Tanner. The role was played by Steve McQueen in the 1960 film, with Chris Pratt portraying the spiritual successor character Joshua Faraday in Antoine Fuqua’s 2016 remake. Understated, sharp-eyed, and drier than a drought, Vin (Ealy) spent his early adulthood as a Pullman Porter — smiling on cue while passengers snapped their fingers for whiskey. When a gang held up his train, Vin talked his way into allowing him to join their gang. What followed was the freest stretch of his life, a found family, rough and loyal. It didn’t last. Now he drifts — watching everything carefully, reading people and terrain with uncanny precision. Underneath the dry wit is a deep longing to believe in something principled. He just hasn’t found it yet.…