Sylvester Stallone In Big Trouble With Tulsa King?

Season one of Taylor Sheridan’s latest hit series Tulsa King concluded with the legendary action star Sylvester Stallone, and Season 2 may be in big trouble due to the writer’s strike.

 


 

In season one, it was noted that Dwight faced down betrayal and heartbreak. He heading back to jail and leaving his daughter Tina (Tatiana Zappardino) behind again set the series up for a complex future where tensions are sure to run high and the stakes even higher.  Although the finale is only a month and a half old at this point, it’s left fans clamoring for more.

During an interview for the Party Down revival, Collider’s own Steve Weintraub got the chance to speak with Martin Starr about when Season 2 begins filming and the overwhelming success of the show.

Tulsa King follows recent ex-con Dwight “The General” Manfredi as he aims to rebuild his criminal empire even after his mob family banishes him to Oklahoma to start anew. Together with a new band of misfit criminals, he begins his ascent back to the top. Mixing family and mobster crime drama in Stallone’s TV debut, it proved to be an instant hit following in the vein of Sheridan’s other dramas Yellowstone and Mayor of Kingstown, scoring a renewal for Season 2 after only three episodes.

The special premiere garnered 3.7 million viewers tuning in and it became the largest series debut of the year, beating out other massive programs like the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. Moreover, Sheridan and company may have eyes on expanding it into its own TV universe a la Yellowstone, and its many spinoffs.

With Stallone’s acting career coming to an end and showrunner Terence Winter’s exit, there are talks that the series won’t be filming in Oklahoma anymore. It seems that there’s a lot to figure out before Tulsa King can return. Starr echoed that sentiment of the unknown, but added he was still very excited saying:

“We don’t have dates yet. I think they’re working out so many details. We don’t even know where we’re going to do it this year, or, this next season. So I’m excited to find out everything. I don’t think they’ve dug into scripts or anything yet. I could be wrong, but you know, the impending writer’s strike certainly would urge anyone to get moving.”

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
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