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

Posted by on
  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...
0

Shea Whigham Has Joined Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Bass Reeves’ Series

Posted by on


 

Shea Whigham, currently appearing as Pete Strickland in HBO's Perry Mason, has been cast in Paramount+'s upcoming series based on the legendary law man Bass Reeves from Yellowstone franchise creator Taylor Sheridan.

David Oyelowo stars and executive produces in the series based on the titular man's life. Whigham will be a recurring guest star, playing Col. George Reeves, Bass's “upright and incredibly cruel master". He joins Barry Pepper, Dennis Quaid, Forrest Goodluck, Grantham Coleman, Lauren E. Banks, and Demi Singleton. The show's official logline boasts it “will bring the legendary lawman of the wild west to life. Reeves, known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.”

Whigham will next be seen in Showtime's Waco followup series Waco: The Aftermath, reprising the role of Mitch Decker. His other previous television credits include Boardwalk Empire, the first season of True Detective, the third season of Fargo, Vice Principals, Justified, Agent Carter and Narcos. He also appeared as G. Gordon Liddy in the limited series Gaslit. As for his film roles, he's been Agent Michael Stasiak in three Fast & Furious movies, most recently F9. He also appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, First Man and Joker. He is set to voice George Stacy in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and appear in both parts of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.

Source: Variety

Comments

Post a Comment

This is the place to share your thoughts questions and get responses and takes from others on a topic of the article.

The What’s on Paramount+ staffs moderate the comment sections and can not answer requests for shows or movies to be added to Paramount+ as we aren’t affiliated with Paramount Global.

For any technical help with the service, please contact Paramount+ directly at help.paramountplus.com in the US and support.paramountplus.com elsewhere.