'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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Five More Join Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series

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Joaquina Kalukango, Lonnie Chavis, Rob Morgan, Ryan O’Nan and Justin Hurtt-Dunkley.
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Joaquina Kalukango, Lonnie Chavis, Rob Morgan, Ryan O’Nan and Justin Hurtt-Dunkley have been cast in key recurring roles in the upcoming Bass Reeves series from Taylor Sheridan.

The news of these castings comes as the series for Paramount+ about the legendary lawman considered American history's greatest frontier hero also welcomed Shea Whigham and Garrett Hedlund in recurring roles as well this week. It stars executive producer David Oyelowo, with Lauren E. Banks, Forrest Goodluck, Demi Singleton and Barry Pepper. Dennis Quaid and Chris Grantham will also be recurring.

Kalukango has a decade of experience in theater. In their move to the small screen, their most extensive TV work is four episodes of Lovecraft Country. She will play Esme, a former enslaved woman who is "as good as family with the Reeves’ and also has some different ideas about the future". Chavis is best known for playing young Randall Pearson on This Is Us, but has also appeared on series such as Supergirl and The Thundermans. He will play Arthur Mayberry, a boy infatuated with Reeves’ daughter Sally. Morgan, who also appeared on This Is Us as Councilman Sol Brown and as Turk Barrett in every MCU Netflix series will play Ramsey, a once-strong man who has become rather disillusioned. He also played Magic Johnson's father, Earvin Sr., in HBO's Winning Time. 

O’Nan, who played King George on Queen of the South and currently recurs on ABC's Big Sky, will play Darrell Dolliver, one of the two Dolliver outlaws Bass must find and turn in. Hurtt-Dunkley, who has appeared in Mare of Easttown, will play Ike, a deputy U.S. marshal.

Source: Deadline

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