'Tulsa King' Spinoff 'NOLA King' With Samuel L. Jackson In The Works

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  Saaaaaalutations! If you thought Paramount+ nabbing Sylvester Stallone to star in Tulsa King said something about what television had become, hear this out: Tulsa King has a New Orleans-set spinoff in development, aptly titled NOLA King , and it’s set to star Samuel L. Jackson. Exact details of NOLA King are under wraps, but Jackson’s character,   Russell Lee Washington Jr.,   has been described as similar to Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi. The series would be set up by a recurring arc in Tulsa King ’s third season, currently in production in Oklahoma and Atlanta, which explains why Variety ’s  telling didn’t call the single appearance they implied as a backdoor pilot. Jackson is expected to film his episodes in July, with production on NOLA King looking at a February start. Dave Erickson will be writing the spin-off after previously taking over showrunner duties on  Tulsa King starting with this new third  season.  He is expected to transition fro...
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'Mayor of Kingstown' Cast Revealed

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Paramount+ is beefing up it's drama lineup with Mayor of Kingstown. And it's cast is too.

Aidan Gillen and Hamish Allan-Headley (Thinly Veiled) are set as series regulars opposite Jeremy Renner in the upcoming series for Paramount+. Also set for recurring roles are James Jordan (Destroyer), Nishi Munshi (Lethal Weapon), Nichole Galicia(Defiance), Andrew Howard (Perry Mason), Michael Beach (Truth Be Told), Necar Zadegan (NCIS: New Orleans), Jason Kelley, Mandela Van Peebles (Salt N Pepa), Rob Kirkland (Criminal Minds) and Natasha Marc (The Good Lord Bird) in the series from MTV Entertainment Studios. Production is underway in Toronto.

Gillen will play Milo Sunter, a leader of the Russian mob currently serving a life sentence in Kingstown’s supermax prison.

Allan-Headley will portray Robert, a SWAT Captain on the drug task force.

Jordan will play Ed Simmons, a prison guard at Kingstown Prison.

Galicia is Rebecca, Mike’s (Renner) fiercely loyal assistant.

Howard will play Duke, a key member of the Aryans and a former inmate of Kingstown Prison.

Van Peebles will portray Sam, a young prison guard in over his head.

Munshi will play Tracy McLusky, the wife of the youngest McLusky brother Kyle, who is a police officer in Kingstown.

Zadegan will portray Evelyn Foley, the Assistant District Attorney and one of the power brokers in Kingstown.

Beach will play Police Captain Kareem Moore, one of the prison captains in Kingstown.

Kelley will portray Tim Weaver, a colleague of Mike’s (Renner) from Kingstown Prison.

Kirkland is Police Captain Walter, one of the police captains in Kingstown.

Marc will play Cherry, a female inmate at the women’s prison.

Mayor of Kingstown premieres November 14 on Paramount+

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Founder and head of What's on Paramount+, KP writes articles on what's new and upcoming to the Paramount streaming service, Paramount+.

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