'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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Kendrick Lamar's Working with South Park's Trey Parker & Matt Stone for LIVE-ACTION Comedy Film

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Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free's media production company pgLang, is teaming up with South Park creators Matt Stone & Trey Parker for a currently untitled live-action comedy film, set to be released in theaters.  

The screenplay will be written by producer, writer and multiple [adult swim] series creator, Vernon Chatman, whose credits include: Wonder Showzen, The Shivering Truth, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Chris Rock Show and being the voice of Towlie on South Park.

The official plot synopsis for the film reads, "Past and present come to a head when a young Black man who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend's ancestors once owned his."

Paramount Pictures will be handling the theatrical distribution and with the streaming rights to the film will most likely (if not assuredly) arrive on Paramount's own streaming platform, Paramount+. It is currently unknown whether we will see it arrive on the service the same-day as the theatrical release and whether or not there would be a fee to purchase or rent, however with the service sitting as the digital home to it's properties I personally and firmly believe it will be available the same-day or at least sooner, rather than later after it hits the big screen.

Brian Robbins, President & CEO of Paramount Pictures released this statement with the press release, "On behalf of Paramount Pictures and the wider ViacomCBS family, we look forward to ushering in the first theatrical collaboration from these creative visionaries, and galvanizing audiences worldwide around a powerful storytelling experience."

Public outcry has already begun on Twitter amid this announcement, so upon the release of the trailer we could see this film fully grasp the internet's attention the way Seth Rogen's The Interview did back in 2014.

Production on the film is set to begin in Spring 2022 or possibly 2023, according to multiple reports.

Stay tuned for updates on this and more films planned to stream in the future directly to Paramount+!

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