The series will be directed and executive produced by Peter Berg of "Lone Survivor" fame, reported Entertainment Weekly.
The series chronicles the story of three mismatched travellers set out on a journey along the treacherous trek from 1840s Wyoming, across the Rocky Mountains to Utah, a journey where they will be forced to embrace some of their most primitive instincts, both good and bad, to survive.
Mark L Smith, who wrote the 2007 horror film "Vacancy", is writing the series, to be co-produced with Alissa Bachner.