'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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Lilith Returns! Bebe Neuwirth To Reprise Role in 'Frasier' Revival

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When promoting his film Jesus Revolution last month, Frasier star Kelsey Grammer kept assuring that there would be some OG presence in the series's upcoming revival. This was despite previous regulars David Hyde Pierce declining and little word from Peri Gilpin or Jane Leeves. However, when Grammer came a-calling for Bebe Neuwirth to reprise as Crane's ex-wife Lilith Sternin, she responded.

Indeed, Neuwirth will be doing so, but, as is probably clear from being so distant from the casting news of the series regulars, it will be in a guest-starring capacity. The episode will apparently be about Freddy (played by Jack Cutmore-Scott)'s birthday party. Apparently, this will be the first time Lilith and Frasier see each other now that he's back in Boston. Now that he is, it seems Lilith is very unhappy that she'll have to "share" their son more again, even though Freddy is now headed to his mid-30s, or at least he's supposed to be. A bit odd, but that might have to do with the parenting style she took on. The fun party will apparently lead to a Lilith and Frasier "showdown for the ages".



As for who are series regulars on this revival besides Grammer and Cutmore-Scott, Nicholas Lyndhurst plays the boozy professor Alan Cornwall, Jess Salgueiro as Freddy's spontaneous and energetic roommate Eve, and Anders Keith as David Crane, Freddy's cousin and Frasier's nephew, Daphne and Niles's son. There's also Toks Olagundoye, playing Olivia, who is head of the psychology department at what is presumably Harvard since the show is Boston-set. 

Neuwirth debuted as Lilith during season 4 of Cheers, marrying Frasier in season 6, and and giving birth to Freddy in season 8. She finally became a series regular for the final two seasons. The marriage collapses in the latter, season 11, and reconciliation never came about. When Frasier moved out to Seattle for the original run of the spinoff, Lilith had primary custody of Freddy. She still managed to appear in twelve episodes, the last being "Guns 'N Neuroses" in season 11. Neuwirth was most recently seen as a regular in the HBO Max series Julia and heard in Adult Swim's Teenage Euthanasia. The revival of Frasier is still set for this year on Paramount+, where both the original series and the mother series are also streaming in full.

Source: TVLine

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