Producer Taylor Sheridan was intrigued by the idea of a show like Paramount+’s “Tulsa King,” in which Brooklyn-bred mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) was unceremoniously implanted in Oklahoma. The “Yellowstone” creator, who also serves as executive producer, broke down the series’ origins in a new making-off feature.
“What would be an absurd comedy of errors – setting the effect of a mob in a gangster arena from New York to Central America,” he said in the clip.
That’s when he brought in Terence Winter as showrunner and EP, who he believed would give him “a deeper understanding of this world and would appreciate a real new look at it” as a single on “The Sopranos”. While working as a producer, arguably the best-known portrayal of New York mobsters.
“Everybody responds to mob style, and takes that idea and those characters and puts them in a place where you’ll never meet them — it might as well be another planet,” Winter said.
Stallone said, describing how his character builds a new criminal empire with a group of “misfits”: “He has to start a new life when most people think life is over. He moves out to the West, now he’s forming a new family. They’re not gangsters, they’re just ordinary people and it’s a completely different paradigm.”
Jay Will, who also stars in the series as Manfredi’s so-called ambassador to Tulsa, said, “It’s different, it’s going like a western-gangster. It’s exciting, it’s new and it’s fresh. “
“Tulsa King” stars Andrea Savage (“I’m Sorry”), Max Casella (“The Tender Bar”), Martin Starr (“Silicon Valley”), Dominic Lombardozzi (“The Irishman”), Vincent Piazza (“Boardwalk”) are also. Empire”), AC Peterson (“Superman and Lois”), Garrett Hedlund (“The United States v Billy Holiday”) and Dana Delany (“Body of Proof”).
Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Berkeley, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Alan Coulter and Braden Aftergood executive production. Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, “Tulsa King” will air weekly on Sundays following its initial two-episode debut on November 13. There will also be a linear broadcast on November 20, shortly after a new episode of “Yellowstone”. ,
“Tulsa King” is the latest addition to Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+, which includes the prequel series “1883,” “The Mayor of Kingstown” and the upcoming series “1923” (also a “Yellowstone” prequel), “Bass Reeves,” Lioness” and “Landman” as part of the producer’s overall deal with ViacomCBS.
