Paramount+ is expanding Taylor Sheridan’s criminal underworld universe again, this time with Samuel L. Jackson leading the series. According to Variety, a Tulsa King spinoff titled NOLA King is in development, with Jackson set to star and executive produce.
The new series will shift the story’s focus from Oklahoma to New Orleans, with Jackson playing a character said to mirror Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight “The General” Manfredi. But before NOLA King takes center stage, Jackson will reportedly appear in Tulsa King Season 3, setting up his role in the spinoff.
Details about his character remain under wraps, but you can probably expect the kind of commanding presence Jackson brings to just about every role he’s ever taken.
NOLA King is being written and showrun by Dave Erickson, who already collaborates with Sheridan on both Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown. Erickson will also executive produce alongside Sheridan and David C. Glasser of 101 Studios. Production duties are being handled by MTV Entertainment Studios.
Jackson needs no introduction. His resume speaks for itself, an Oscar-nominated turn in Pulp Fiction, collaborations with Tarantino on Jackie Brown, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight, not to mention his long-running role as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
On the TV side, Jackson recently starred in Apple TV+’s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and is set to appear in Fight Night.
The original Tulsa King, led by Stallone, follows a New York mob capo who’s sent to Oklahoma after a 25-year prison stint and decides to build his own empire from the ground up. It quickly became another hit for Sheridan, thanks to its setting, sharp writing, and Stallone’s grizzled charm.
NOLA King is shaping up to be a promising companion series, one that could bring a new flavor of organized crime to the franchise. I like the the series is set deep in the gothic heart of Louisiana.
Production on Tulsa King Season 3 is currently underway in Atlanta and Oklahoma.
