Paramount+ greenlights 'Nola King' starring Samuel L. Jackson

It's official: Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to headline his first TV show, Nola King. This will also be the first spinoff of Tulsa King, which stars Sylvester Stallone and is heading into its third season this September. 

In the upcoming season, Jackson's Russell Lee Washington Jr. will be introduced to audiences.

NOLA KING follows Russell Lee Washington Jr. (Jackson) who, after befriending Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) during a ten-year stint in federal prison, is sent to Tulsa by New York's Renzetti crime family to take Dwight out once and for all. Inspired by what Dwight created in Tulsa and impressed with the possibilities of second chances, Washington returns to New Orleans, the home he abandoned forty-years ago, to rekindle his relationship with his family and friends, and to take control of the city he left behind. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of his former employers in New York, and makes himself vulnerable to old NOLA foes, both criminal and cop.

"Samuel L. Jackson brings unparalleled presence and global appeal, making him the perfect choice to maximize the momentum of one of our biggest hits and transform it into a hit franchise," said Chris McCarthy, Co-CEO of Paramount Global and President of SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment, shared. "Building on the breakout success of Sylvester Stallone’s TULSA KING, audiences will now experience the full force of Jackson's dynamic, layered performance, supercharging one of Paramount+'s flagship series."