If Rip and Beth represent the heart of Yellowstone that was, Marshals represents Sheridan’s more militaristic side. He’s built an empire on cowboys, but his other love has always been the men and women who have served America, whether it be law enforcement or the soldiers who defend the nation.
This promises to be a small lateral move in terms of Kayce’s character (he served in the military before coming back to Montana) but one that could have a big impact. Having Yellowstone: Marshals be more of a procedural might give Sheridan the opportunity for his newest proficiency to shine, that of intense action pieces. Yes, he’s written action before in several of his films, and even in his early shows, but with the second season of Lioness, (which was seemingly where Sheridan put all his energy recently), he perfected making the cinematic seem massive even when it was on the small screen. Because of that, Lioness’ second season was one of the more exciting programs of his entire catalog.
6. NOLA King
One of the Sheridan-verse’s biggest surprises to be announced recently was the expansion of the Tulsa King universe, which, let’s face it, no one expected to be a franchise.
The Sylvester Stallone-led Tulsa King was a pleasant surprise, but has been bogged down by tonal issues. Despite improving in its sophomore year, the first two seasons were really the show trying to find itself. Subplots and story threads were often underdeveloped, almost as if they were constantly being reinvented episode to episode.
Now that they’ve seemingly landed on a successful tone, Sheridan and Paramount took that as a sign to begin expansion. NOLA King will star veteran Samuel L. Jackson, and while the announcement of the spinoff caught many off guard, the introduction of Jackson and the world will happen a little more organically.
According to Deadline, Production on the third season of Tulsa King has already begun for the past couple of months. Jackson is expected to be a major player in this season, and will apparently go toe-to-toe with Stallone’s Dwight “The General” Manfredi. It seems likely that once this season concludes, Jackson’s character will relocate and be in a position to work towards being a new king in a new city.
