'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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Peri Gilpin Will Be Back As Roz For The 'Frasier' Revival

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We've got another one! Peri Gilpin is officially returning to Frasier for its Paramount+ revival/sequel series as her character Roz Doyle. 

In the original run, Roz was Frasier Crane's producer for his radio show The Dr. Frasier Crane Show out of KACL-AM 780. She had been in the business for ten years before working with Dr. Crane for the show, She has a daughter named Alice born in the fifth season, In the series finale, she becomes manager of KACL when her predecessor Kenny Daly steps down to return to DJing, and prompts Frasier to head to Chicago on his own way. What Roz's new situation is after 20 years has yet to be shared.

Starring on the series revival with the returning Kelsey Grammer as Frasier are Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy, Frasier's son born during Cheers, Nicholas Lyndhurst as 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 now Boston-set. Bebe Neuwirth was previously confirmed to be reprising her role as Lilith Sternin, Frasier's ex-wife, guest starring in an episode for Freddy's birthday. David Hyde Pierce previously declined to reprise his role as Niles. James Burrows who co-created Cheers and directed nearly all of its episodes and that of Frasier, directed the first two episodes of this revival.

This new season comes from writers Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli, who executive produce with Grammer, Tom Russo, and Jordan McMahon. The original series ran from 1993-2004 for 11 seasons and was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee. The revival is still slated to premiere later this year on Paramount+, where the original series is also streaming.

Source: Deadline


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