'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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Showtime Announces 'Heist 88' Premiere Date And Gives First Look

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Heist 88, the crime drama film starring 61st Street's Courtney B. Vance that switched its branding from Paramount+ to Showtime in April, has set its premiere dates.

It was announced Monday that the film will debut on Paramount+ with Showtime on September 29 before its linear debut on Showtime on October 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It's almost like Paramount+ losing it to Showtime meant little for location when the premium channel's streamer was being integrated in June. All it meant was that lower-tier Paramount+ subscribers just won't have access, which is arguably worse. The first image for the film has also been released and can be viewed below.

Credit: Parrish Lewis/Paramount+ with Showtime

Inspired by one of the largest bank robberies in U.S. history, Heist 88 is set in 1988, at a time before widespread computerization and the cybersecurity protections of today. The plot centers on Jeremy Horne, played by Vance, a criminal mastermind who decides on one last job before he begins his prison sentence. He enlists four young bankers to rob nearly $80 million dollars through a sophisticated exploit of the banking wire system. It's directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, and co-stars Keith David, Keesha Sharp, Xavier Clyde, Bentley Green, Nican Robinson and Precious Way.

The film is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, with the representing executive producers being Amal Baggar, Mychael Chinn, and Donny Hugo Herran, Bassett Vance Productions, with them being represented by Vance, his wife Angela Bassett, Lynnette Ramirez and Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, and Gunpowder & Sky, with their executive producers being Van Toffler and Barry Barclay. Carlos Lugo serves as executive in charge of production.

Heist 88 was supposed to rev up the channel's original movie output again following on from Ray Donovan: The Movie. Considering they have since dropped Seasoned from their slate after ordering six episodes they announced when getting Heist 88, it remains to be seen if the film will forerun anything.

Source: Deadline


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