‘Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan To Direct First Two Episodes Of ‘Bass Reeves’; David Oyelowo Discusses Playing The Enslaved Man-Turned Legendary Lawman
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Yellowstone co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan will direct the first two episodes of Bass Reeves, the six-part limited series starring David Oyelowo as the legendary Wild West lawman.Sheridan cleared room in his busy schedule after the pilot script came in and Sheridan was so impressed that he called Oyelowo, who sparked to having him get behind the camera. “The reality is that [Taylor] is one of the best directors on the planet,” Oyelowo told Deadline.With Sheridan directing those two initial episodes, Oyelowo said, “We have to populate the show with a bunch of Black people to make sure that going forward the next Taylors are Black and brown and that there’s a bunch of them, so that it doesn’t become a scarcity of the top-flight Black directors.”The news was greeted heartily by guests attending a dinner at London’s Chiltern Firehouse on Tuesday, hosted Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios, and David Glasser, CEO of series producer 101 Studios.Glasser revealed Sheridan’s new assignment during remarks he made at the dinner held to introduce Paramount+ to 150 members of London’s entertainment community.
The service began streaming in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday. Sheridan didn’t come, because he is most comfortable on a ranch somewhere, roping, herding and writing.Special guests at the event included George and Tammy stars Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, Yellowstone‘s Kevin Costner, 1883‘s Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Oyelowo, and Sylvester Stallone.
He’ll star in Tulsa King, and the effort was to launch the Paramount+ streaming service international rollout.Oyelowo regaled those at his table with a video of his growing skills as a horseman.
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