'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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A 'Galaxy Quest' TV Series Is Back In Early Development At Paramount+

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There's a new attempt to bring Galaxy Quest to the small screen, and this time it's at Paramount+. However, they're basically back at square one. 

The streamer and Paramount Television Studios are working together to adapt the 1999 sci-fi comedy film  for television. Galaxy Quest starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, and in their film debuts, Justin Long and Rainn Wilson. The plot goes that the cast of a cult classic sci-fi show, particularly a Star Trek parody, who are recruited by Thermians, a race of aliens from a distant galaxy who think the show is real, to assist in an actual interstellar conflict.

This is the latest attempt at adapting the film to television. The journey began when it was reported in 2015 that Amazon had a series in development reuniting the film’s cast. However, Rickman's death in January 2016 put the kibosh on it, an obstacle that Rockwell believed would be impossible to overcome. There have since been various writers attached to the project, including Paul Scheer in August 2017, whose version was put on hold following the dismissal of Amy Powell as president of Paramount Television in July 2018 to allow for Paramount's management to be re-established. In June 2021, Georgia Pritchett stated that she and Simon Pegg were developing a Galaxy Quest TV series.

Dean Parisot directed the original film with the screenplay written by David Howard and Robert Gordon, with the story by Howard. So far the eight years have made quite the difference regarding who's attached, as the only member of the creative team officially attached is Mark Johnson. He was a producer of the original film and would serve as an executive producer on the potential series. Galaxy Quest is currently streaming on Paramount+.

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