Written by Jose Ruisanchez and Irwin Winkler, ‘Ally Clark’ takes us from the towering skyscrapers of New York City to the sweltering bayous of Louisiana and the icy peaks of Alaska, following investigator Ally Clark (Davis) as she embarks on a perilous inquiry into an international conglomerate following the suspicious death of a close friend.
Where else can we see Jason Clarke?
(L to R) Simone Kessell and Jason Clarke in ‘The Last Frontier,’ premiering October 10, 2025 on Apple TV+.
The streaming service has decided to finish off the show –– which just wrapped up its fourth season, enjoying solid reviews and decent ratings on December 28 –– with a reduced eight-episode order for Season 5.
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While neither the company nor executive producer Taylor Sheridan (who co-created the show with Hugh Dillon) has commented on the move, it may well be tied to the fact that Sheridan is moving his TV and movie producing interests to NBC Universal (more on that below.).
(L to R): Jeremy Renner and Edie Falco in a promotional image for ‘Mayor of Kingstown.’ Photo: Paramount+.
In season four, Mike McLusky’s (Renner) control over Kingstown is threatened as new players compete to fill the power vacuum left in the Russians’ wake, compelling him to confront the resulting gang war and stop them from swallowing the town.
Meanwhile, with those he loves in more danger than ever before, Mike must contend with a headstrong new warden to protect his own while grappling with demons from his past.
The series, despite the recent success, hasn’t been as big as some of Sheridan’s other series, so that might have been a factor.
What’s the future for Taylor Sheridan’s shows?
Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
As mentioned, Sheridan who, along with his coterie of creative team members, has become a TV factory, pumping out series that, while they may not scoop many awards, have certainly cleaned up on the viewership front. Yet he recently signed a big new deal with NBCU to take his film and TV production services there.
Two points on that: he’s still contracted with Paramount on the TV front until 2029, so everything he creates until then will still be based at the company. And the existing series will remain in Paramount’s control, so there’s a chance they could be continued whether or not Sheridan has anything to do with them.
And the man is certainly prolific. Sprung from his first big hit, ‘Yellowstone,’ he has several shows either still running or on the way, with three new series, ‘The Madison’ and ‘Dutton Ranch’ on Paramount+ and the first broadcast iteration of the franchise, ‘Y: Marshals’ on CBS.
Outside of the sprawling ‘Yellowstone’-verse, there’s the likes of ‘Lioness’,‘Tulsa King’ (which has its own spin-off on the way via ‘NOLA King’ and ‘Landman.’ So Sheridan’s footprint on Paramount+ isn’t fading away anytime soon.
Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan are developing a ‘Call of Duty’ movie.
It’ll be based on the bestselling Activision Games.
The movie is based at Paramount.
Does Taylor Sheridan really have much free time given how many TV shows he’s overseeing. Even with delegating to other showrunners, we wonder when he found time to take on another project –– presumably between three and four a.m.
But found time he has, teaming up with ‘Lone Survivor’ director Peter Berg to adapt Activision’s huge-selling ‘Call of Duty’ game series into a new movie for Paramount.
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The games have been in development as a potential movie since at least 2015, and at one point, no less a director than Steven Spielberg pitched a take.
Still, the creator of ‘Lioness’ and the director behind a variety of battle-happy movies feel like the right duo to make it work –– with the added bonus that they’re friends and have collaborated before on the likes of ‘Hell or High Water.’
‘Call of Duty’ is backed by Microsoft-owned video game publisher Activision. It encompasses more than 30 mainline games released since the original title debuted in 2003.
When the deal to make a movie was announced in September, Variety heard that while the pact is focused on making one movie, the deal includes the potential for Paramount to expand the ‘COD’ universe across film and TV.
As for the actual plotline, that’s yet to be revealed, but given the warfare-focused first-person shooter style of the game, not to mention both Sheridan and Berg’s love of action, we’d expect conflict.
What else are Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan working on?
The biggest recent news for the prolific writer/creator is that his professional services were poached by NBC Universal, and in 2029 he’ll move his TV duties there.
Paramount still retains his various ‘Yellowstone’ shows and other series created under his deal with the company. And ‘Call of Duty’ will represent one of the final film projects he works on for the studio.
When will ‘Call of Duty’ be in theaters?
Paramount has yet to specify when the movie might arrive, most likely waiting to see if it makes it out of the development boot camp.
Director Peter Berg. Photo: Daniel McFadden/Netflix.
(Far Left) LaKeith Stanfield attends a Special Screening of ‘The Book of Clarence’ at Pacific Design Center on December 11, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Sony Pictures. (Center Left) Jason Clarke is Roger Robb in ‘Oppenheimer,’ written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. (Center Right) Trevante Rhodes as Zyair in ‘Mea Culpa.’ Photo: Bob Mahoney / Perry Well Films 2 / Courtesy of Netflix. (Far Right) Sam Claflin as Patrick McKee in Bagman. Photo Credit: Vladislav Lepoev.
Preview:
LaKeith Stanfield, Jason Clarke, Trevante Rhodes and Sam Claflin will star in ‘F.A.S.T.’.
Taylor Sheridan wrote the script.
Warner Bros. is backing the movie.
Before he was known as the creator of half the TV series on our screens these days (many spun off from his hugely successful ‘Yellowstone’), Taylor Sheridan was an actor who made the leap to screenwriting with the likes of ‘Sicario’.
He’s back in gritty, big screen action thriller territory called ‘F.A.S.T.’ and the movie has locked in more of its cast.
Brandon Sklenar as Henry in ‘Drop’, directed by Christopher Landon. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Sheridan’s new script concerns a former special forces commando (Sklenar), down on his luck after he returns Stateside, who is tapped by the DEA to lead a black op strike team against CIA-protected drug dealers in his town.
The quartet are playing a range of roles, from DEA agents to the commando’s former Delta Force colleagues. And they’re not the only ones boarding the movie, as ‘Succession’s Juliana Canfield is also in the cast.
Sheridan is keeping this one in the ‘Yellowstone’ spin-off family –– Ben Richardson, a veteran cinematographer who has directed multiple episodes of ‘1923’, will make his feature directorial debut with the movie.
Production is scheduled to kick off later this month.
What else are the new cast members working on?
LaKeith Stanfield in ‘The Changeling,’ now streaming on Apple TV+.
Claflin has Harlan Coben TV miniseries ‘Lazarus’ on the way, and another mystery thriller show called ‘Vanished’.
And Canfield is attached to ‘Everlasting Yea!’, the based-on-truth story of the Crafts, following their rise to fame in the Abolitionist movement after their escape from slavery.
When will ‘F.A.S.T.’ be in theaters?
You might think that any project Sheridan generates these days would be snapped up by Paramount, whose streaming service hosts the various ‘Yellowstone’ series and his other shows, but ‘F.A.S.T.’ is instead under Warner Bros.’ banner.
The studio has penciled in an April 23rd, 2027 release date for the new action thriller.
Taylor Sheridan as Cody in Lioness, episode 1, season 2, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Ryan Green/Paramount+.
‘Tulsa King’ follows New York mafia capo Dwight (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla.
Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.
Production on Season 3 of ‘Tulsa King’ has been underway in Atlanta and Oklahoma for a couple of months. Jackson is expected to film his episodes in July, with production on ‘NOLA King’ eying a February start.
The series’ second season debut set a Paramount+ record for most watched global premiere at the time with a reported 21.1 million global streaming viewers.
Dave Erickson, who is showrunner and head writer on both ‘Tulsa King’ and another Sheridan show, ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ (that one stars Jeremy Renner), will stay aboard ‘Kingstown’ but swap his showrunner duties on ‘Tulsa King’ for ‘NOLA King as that gears up to start production.
The new show apparently sprang from an idea by Chris McCarthy, President and CEO of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, looking to expand the world of ‘Tulsa King’ the way Sheridan’s ‘Yellowstone’ has spawned multiple offshoots.
Given his prolific career, it might be easier to talk about what he isn’t working on, but Jackson is as ever, busy.
He’s part of the cast for apocalyptic pic ‘Afterburn,’ which is based on the Red 5 Comics graphic novel by Scott Chitwood, Paul Ens and artist Wayne Nichols, and set 10 years after a solar flare has wiped out technology across the globe.
Dave Bautista will play ex-soldier Jake, who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects from the old world for powerful clients. His latest mission is to team with freedom fighter Drea to recover the Mona Lisa before an unhinged warlord gets there first –– all while avoiding mutated creatures that roam the territory.
Jackson will play the supporting role of freedom fighter Valentine. Despite the starry cast, that movie appears to be in something of a release limbo for now.
And then there’s Renny Harlin’s new action thriller ‘The Beast,’ in which Jackson’s U.S. President, in response to an armed coup, must rely on the extensive defensive capabilities of the titular presidential vehicle.
Trivia note: in 2023, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Jackson the actor with the highest-grossing collective box office of all time, with his films (including the ‘Avengers’ franchise and hits like ‘Pulp Fiction’ — for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor — and ‘Jurassic Park’) bringing more than a cumulative $7 billion. All told, Jackson has appeared in more than 150 films.
When will ‘NOLA King’ be on screens?
Given that Jackson still has to film his scenes on ‘Tulsa King’ to set up the new show and ‘NOLA King’ doesn’t even kick off production until early next year, our best guess for a premiere date at this point is later in 2026.
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 2 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
Preview:
The first pictures of new Paramount+ series ‘Landman’ are online.
Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm and Demi Moore are among the cast.
It’s the latest show from ‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan.
While ‘Yellowstone’ might be coming to an end, series creator Taylor Sheridan is certainly keeping himself busy. He has a variety of other shows either on streaming services or in the works, and the first images from one of the newcomers, ‘Landman’ are now online.
Starring Billy Bob Thornton (who first came into Sheridan’s orbit when he took a role on ‘Yellowstone’ prequel ‘1883’), the series is set in the high-pressure (in several senses of the word) world of oilrigs in Texas.
And around Thornton, he’s recruited a typically starry cast.
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What’s the story of ‘Landman’?
Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 3 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, ‘Landman’ is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. Based on the 11-part podcast ‘Boomtown’ from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Who else is in ‘Landman’?
(L to R) Jon Hamm as Monty Miller and Demi Moore as Cami Miller in season 1 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: James Minchin/Paramount+.
(L to R) Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris and Demi Moore as Cami Miller in season 1, episode 10 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
“I’m a fixer and a foreman. Even though I work with the head guy, I also work very closely with the people out in the field. I check the wells every day, get the information to give him, I deal with the landowners, and if something happens on that land, if there’s an accident on the rig, I’ve got to solve that problem and go deal with the lawyers. There aren’t really a lot of scenes where my character comes home and says, ‘My God, was my day amazing!’ I slink into the house every day like somebody just beat the hell out of me.”
Moore discussed working with Sheridan on the show:
“He thinks way ahead. He’s thinking through not just one season. He’s thinking through an epic story. He writes incredible, complex, dynamic and delicious women who are powerful, vulnerable, flawed.”
When will ‘Landman’ be on screens?
Paramount+ will launch the 10-episode first season with its initial two episodes on Sunday, November 17th, with the rest following weekly.
A scene from season 1, episode 1 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Jacob Lofland as Cooper Norris, Mustafa Speaks as Boss and Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 4 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris and Jon Hamm as Monty Miller in season 1, episode 6 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Demi Moore as Cami Miller, Dani Raen as Grace Miller, Jon Hamm as Monty Miller, and Rylie Rodriguez as Monty’s daughter in season 1, episode 2 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Demi Moore as Cami Miller and Rylie Rodriguez as Monty’s daughter in season 1, episode 2 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris and Ali Larter as Angela Norris in Landman streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: James Minchin/Paramount+.(L to R) Michelle Randolph as Ainsley Norris and Ali Larter as Angela Norris in season 1, episode 3 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.Michael Peña as Armando in season 1, episode 1 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.Jacob Lofland as Cooper Norris in season 1, episode 2 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.James Jordan as Dale in season 1, episode 5 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.Mark Collie as Sheriff Walt Joeberg in season 1, episode 2 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Colm Feore as Nathan, Kayla Wallace as Rebecca Savage, and Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 4 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.(L to R) Kayla Wallace as Rebecca Savage, Paulina Chavez as Ariana, and Colm Feore as Nathan in season 1, episode 6 of ‘Landman’ streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.A slate is pictured from the first day of production of ‘Landman’, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with series creator Chad Feehan about ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ the historical figure it is based on, his research, production challenges, and working with Taylor Sheridan.
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ creator Chad Feehan.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch the interview.
Moviefone: To begin with, how familiar were you with Bass Reeves and his legend before beginning this series?
Chad Feehan: I was familiar with the mythology of Bass Reeves. I grew up in Texas, I heard stories about him, but those stories were the gun slinging law man pursuing the most hardened criminals in the Wild West. This sort of iconic Black law figure from the era. They sort of implanted themselves in my brain and never left, and they would get reactivated periodically. Recently, Texas Monthly did a big spread on Bass Reeves. Damon (Lindelof) obviously paid a little homage to Bass Reeves in ‘Watchmen,’ but it wasn’t until I first sat down with David Oyelowo, and then based on that conversation scoured the internet, that I really began to understand the breadth of the man’s life and why his legacy deserves to be told in this fashion.
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
MF: Can you talk about the research you did for this series, and did you learn anything that surprised you?
CF: A lot of things. With the pilot, for example, I didn’t know that Bass was forced to accompany George Reeves into various battles in the Civil War. That was quite surprising to me. I didn’t know that he escaped enslavement and lived amongst American Indians and Indian territory for several years. The notion of reconstruction, that era of American history was a little nebulous to me. So, learning more about that was surprising. So, there were surprises at every turn.
(L to R) David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves and Shea Whigham as George Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
MF: How much of the show is based in facts and how much creative license did you take?
CF: We know that he was married to Jenny Reeves. It’s been reported that she was the love of his life. We knew that he had a plethora of children. Unequivocally, we know that he spoke native languages. David Oyelowo and I are both dedicated husbands and fathers, and what we tapped into that we were able to also understand about Bass to a degree, is by the nature of our professions, we often must leave our family for months on end. It’s extraordinarily painful to do, and it can cause heartache not only for you, but for your loved ones. So, we wanted to dramatize that because we felt as if Bass may have experienced that same heartache of, you have to leave your family for two months.
(L to R) Lauren E. Banks as Jennie Reeves and David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
MF: As a showrunner, can you talk about the challenges of making a Western series?
CF: I was involved in every single sort of decision, whether it be picking a location, the design of the Reeve’s house, the wardrobe, the horses. But I had the most incredible collaborators. The wranglers that Taylor Sheridan has accumulated to train these actors and to manage these horses, they’re remarkable talents at what they do. So, I was deeply involved in every step of the way, but at the same time, I had these incredible collaborators and craftspeople who, my job was to tell them the intent and get out of the way.
(L to R) David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves and Dennis Quaid as Sherrill Lynn in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
MF: Finally, what has your experience been like working with executive producer Taylor Sheridan?
CF: I’m incredibly grateful to Taylor for entrusting me with this opportunity. He gave me an enormous amount of freedom and autonomy to craft this narrative and then lead the production. At the same time, there was enormous peace in knowing that I had this backstop behind me, somebody as talented and as successful as he is. So, he would read a script and he would say, “Hey, what about adding a scene like this here?” Not surprisingly, it took a script that sang and made it really sing. During production, he’s built this machine that’s so efficient that makes his shows, and I was a beneficiary of getting to experience that machine and have that machine come on board this show. I don’t think we could’ve come close to doing what we did if this crew that has made all these great Westerns together weren’t at our disposal. Then in post, again, he sprinkled some of that magic storytelling dust that seems endless for him, that he can do time and time again. So, I felt enormous pressure, not only to honor Bass, but to live up to the Taylor Sheridan universe. But I also had great comfort in knowing that that backstop was there to support me.
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
What is the plot of ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’?
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ reveals the untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West, Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo). The anthology series follows the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family.
(L to R) Kevin Costner as John Dutton III, Kelly Reilly as Bethany “Beth” Dutton, and Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
And now he’s been talking to The Hollywood Reporter about his plans for more from the main franchise. ‘Yellowstone’, which stars Kevin Costner as the powerful, gruff patriarch of a wealthy ranching family in modern-day Montana. It has since spawned prequels such as ‘1883’ and ‘1923’ and has scope for other shows.
One big one is a modern-day sequel series called ‘6666’, about the Four Sixes ranch in Texas (a real-life property as opposed to the fictional Dutton property from the series, but also featured in the show). The new show is likely to feature a mostly new cast, led by Matthew McConaughey, who is in negotiations.
Matthew McConaughey in director Yann Demange’s ‘White Boy Rick.’
While it’s still at a relatively early stage, the spin-off is something that Sheridan has been discussing with McConaughey for a while.
Here’s Sheridan on the situation:
“We had a few conversations over the years, and spitballed a few ideas. Then he started watching ‘Yellowstone’ and responded to it. He was like, ‘I want to do that.’ And by ‘that’ he meant diving into a raw world clashing up against the modern world. And then I said, ‘Buddy, that we can do.’”
A future without Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
And a spin-off will come in handy, since Sheridan is in the middle of wrapping up the flagship series, partly because star Kevin Costner is a busy director in his own right.
Costner has reportedly been angling to spend less and less time working on the series, since he’s been a little busy of late. He’s leaving to focus on his own Western epic, a four-movie saga titled ‘Horizon’ that he’s co-writing, directing and starring in. The actor had been trying to get ‘Horizon’ made for 35 years and is expected to wrap the second film this week and has said the first installment might premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.
Sheridan had this to say about the Costner situation:
“My last conversation with Kevin was that he had this passion project he wanted to direct. He and the network were arguing about when he could be done with ‘Yellowstone’. I said, ‘We can certainly work a schedule toward his preferred exit date,’ which we did. My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn’t altered. His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful, and I’ve never had an issue with Kevin that he and I couldn’t work out on the phone. But once lawyers get involved, then people don’t get to talk to each other and start saying things that aren’t true and attempt to shift blame based on how the press or public seem to be reacting. He took a lot of this on the chin, and I don’t know that anyone deserves it.”
Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
Writer/director/showrunner Taylor Sheridan has quietly (and not-so-quietly, depending on where you live and how aware of his work you are) been building a small screen empire with his ‘Yellowstone’ shows, which have spun off two prequels (‘1923’ and 1883’, with more on the way).
Those in turn have led to the commissioning of other series, including Sylvester Stallone-starring ‘Tulsa King’, Jeremy Renner-led ‘Mayor of Kingstown’, the upcoming ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’, which features Dennis Quaid and David Oyelowo and ‘Land Men’, boasting Billy Bob Thornton heading its cast.
Sheridan’s work has, as the lists above suggest, attracted plenty of top talent, but the needle of the Big-Name-O-Meter hit even further with the announcement of another new show (seriously, when the does this man see his family?), ‘Special Ops: Lioness’, which has dropped its first trailer and you can watch t above.
Zoe Saldana as Joe in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Lynsey Addario/Paramount+.
All about ‘Special Ops: Lioness’
The new show, inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe (Zoe Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.
The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Nicole Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Michael Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA’s efforts to thwart the next 9/11.
It’s all very much in the wheelhouse of movies that Sheridan has written in the past, especially ‘Sicario’, which saw Emily Blunt as an idealistic FBI agent enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Except ‘Lioness’ goes further into espionage territory, with plenty of meetings in darkened command centers, lots of action with guns blazing and undercover operatives under threat and comments about carrying out missions “in front of CBS news”, which makes sense, since the series from this first look comes across as something that would probably play well (if in much more limited/lower budget fashion) on Paramount+’s network sibling CBS.
(L to R) James Jordan as Two Cups, Jonah Wharton as Tex, Jill Wagner as Bobby, Zoe Saldana as Joe, Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade, Austin Hébert as Randy and Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz Manuelos in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo credit: Greg Lewis/Paramount+.
In addition to the already impressive roster, ‘Lioness’ also features Morgan Freeman, playing Edwin Mullins. He’s the Secretary of State in the series and has some tough questions for the CIA program’s creators and agents.
‘Special Ops: Lioness’ will launch on Paramount+ on Sunday, July 23. Will it catch on the way ‘Yellowstone’ has and spawn 17 spin-offs all overseen by Sheridan (who will presumably have perfected cloning technology by then so he can handle the workload)? Only time will tell…
(L to R) Jill Wagner as Bobby, Thad Luckinbill as Kyle, Zoe Saldana as Joe, James Jordan as Two Cups, Jonah Wharton as Tex, Austin Hébert as Randy in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo credit: Greg Lewis/Paramount+.(L to R) Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade, Michael Kelly as Bryon Westfield and Zoe Saldana as Joe in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+.(L to R) Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz Manuelos, Zoe Saldana as Joe, and Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+.(L to R) Stephanie Nur as Aaliyah and Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz Manuelos in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+.Laysla De Oliveria as Cruz Manuelos in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Lynsey Addario/Paramount+.Zoe Saldana as Joe in ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Lynsey Addario/Paramount+.
(Center) Matthew McConaughey in director Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar.’
Popular cowboy drama ‘Yellowstone’ has some drama of its own!
Alright, alright, alright. It looks like Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey is being eyed for a spin-off series for the popular drama ‘Yellowstone’. Deadline reports co-creator and showrunner, Taylor Sheridan, Paramount Global, and Paramount Network are looking to end the series due to scheduling conflicts with its star, Kevin Costner.
Costner, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year for his role in the series originally limited himself to 65 days of of filming. Later, the actor only wanted to film for 50 days for the first half of current season. For the second part of season, he then only wanted to film for a week.
Given the show’s popularity, the series is likely to continue with or without its star. Garnering 8.2 million same-day views in the first half of the fifth season, Yellowstone grosses more viewers than any other primetime network shows.
The spin-off would extend the Dutton Family storyline, further expanding the Yellowstone universe. A spokesperson from Paramount says, “We have no news to report. Kevin Costner is a big part of ‘Yellowstone’ and we hope that’s the case for a long time to come. Thanks to the brilliant mind of Taylor Sheridan, we are always working on franchise expansions of this incredible world he has built. Matthew McConaughey is a phenomenal talent with whom we’d love to partner,”
While no deal has been set, Sheridan is planning to write with McConaughey in mind. No word on who from the cast will appear in the new show. The spin-off would start on Paramount Network then stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
Expanding the universe wouldn’t be a difficult task as prequel limited series such as ‘1883’ and ‘1932‘ are a hit with the audience. In fact, ‘1923’ which stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren has already been confirmed a second season. It will focus on Western expansion, prohibition, and the Great depression.
Sources say Paramount Network has declined Costner’s recent proposal and has decided to move on to the other show. If this is true, then it is likely that ‘Yellowstone’ will end with the second half of the current season.
‘Yellowstone’ follows the story of the Dutton Family who are the owners of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, the largest ranch in Montana. The family’s patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) leads his family through difficult times with developers, the national park, the bordering Brocken Rock Indian Reservation and internal family conflicts.
‘Yellowstone’ was co-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. Produced by 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios. Executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, John Linson, Kevin Costner, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, and Stephan Kay.
(L to R) Kevin Costner as John Dutton III, Kelly Reilly as Bethany “Beth” Dutton, and Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
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