CBS-Viacom made some major television announcements today about the upcoming programming of their streaming service Paramount+, formerly known as CBS All Access. A couple of the big announcements will see new shows from Taylor Sheridan, who has quietly become Paramount+s biggest player with the ratings-hit series “Yellowstone.” The filmmaker, also known for “Hell or High Water,” will be reuniting with his “Wind River” star Jeremy Renner for a new prison series, titled “Mayor of Kingstown,” that will executive produced by Antoine Fuqua.
It is was one of the many shows mentioned during the Paramount+ investors day presentation, and The Hollywood Reporter posted the synopsis.
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“Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family — power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. Renner will play the head of the McClusky family.”
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Jeremy Renner is currently working on the Disney+ series “Hawkeye” for competing streamer Disney+, aiming for a late 2021 debut.
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Sheridan also is working on a third television series connected to his popular Kevin Costner oil drama “Yellowstone,” which will be a spinoff that is using the working title “6666.” Sheridan’s previously announced “Yellowstone” prequel series is “Y: 1883,” on Paramount+ and obviously becoming something of its own cottage industry for the streamer.
Here is how the outlet describes the “Yellowstone” spinoff.
“Founded when Comanches still ruled West Texas, no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666. Still operating as it did two centuries before, and encompassing an entire county, the 6666 is where the rule of law and the laws of nature merge in a place where the most dangerous thing one does is the next thing. The 6666 is synonymous with the merciless endeavor to raise the finest horses and livestock in the world, and ultimately where world-class cowboys are born and made.”
Taylor Sheridan made a huge splash in Hollywood with his script for “Sicario” directed by Denis Villeneuve, “Hell or High Water,” and his directorial effect “Wind River.” The writer/director now has six active television shows under his belt. His latest feature film is the thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie, heading to theaters and HBO Max on May 14, 2021. [THR]
