Samuel L. Jackson Starring in ‘NOLA King’

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• Samuel L. Jackson will star in new TV crime drama ‘NOLA King.’
• It’s a spin-off from the Sylvester Stallone series ‘Tulsa King.’
• The new show is part of Taylor Sheridan’s ever-expanding TV universe.

Like a supernova, the television universe spawned by screenwriter-turned-showrunning mogul Taylor Sheridan continues to expand.

And it also keeps on swallowing up stars, too, with the latest name added to the roster no less a performer than Samuel L. Jackson.

The acting icon is now boarding ‘NOLA King,’ a spin-off series from the Sylvester Stallone-starring Paramount+ crime drama ‘Tulsa King.’

According to Deadline’s sources, the show will feature Jackson as Russell Lee Washington Jr., who heads to New Orleans to take over a crime empire.

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What’s the story of ‘Tulsa King’?

‘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.

What else is Samuel L. Jackson working on?

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.

Elsewhere, Jackson has been at work on J.J. Abrams’ mysterious new event movie, which also includes the likes of Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega and Emma Mackey on its cast list.

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.

‘NOLA King,’ meanwhile is just Jackson’s latest dip into TV –– he was part of the cast for ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ and lent his voice to Marvel’s ‘What If…?’Disney+ series, reprising his role as Nick Fury.

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.

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