A new feature piece at Vanity Fair has released the first photos from the high-profile western series “Lawmen: Bass Reeves”, the latest series from “Yellowstone,” “1923,” “Tulsa King” and “Special Ops: Lioness” megaproducer Taylor Sheridan.
David Oyelowo stars in the eight-episode series based on the life of Bass Reeves, the legendary African-American lawman of the wild west who worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory.
Policing the entire Oklahoma territories, he captured over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded. In a job with a high mortality rate, Reeves remarkably survived into old age – dying of natural causes as one of the greatest frontier heroes in American history.
Created by showrunner Chad Feehan, the series will premiere on the Paramount+ streaming service later this year. Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland, Garrett Hedlund, Shea Whigham, Barry Pepper, Dale Dickey, Lauren E. Banks, Forrest Goodluck, Grantham Coleman and Demi Singleton co-star.
Feehan, Oyelowo, Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Jessica Oyelowo, David Permut, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari and David Hutkin all executive produce.
To date, Reeves has only made brief appearances on screen – Delroy Lindo played him in “The Harder They Fall,” Colman Domingo played him in an episode of NBC’s time travel series “Timeless,” Jamal Akakpo played an actor playing him in HBO’s “Watchmen,” and Jaleel White played him on an episode of “Drunk History”.
Head over to Vanity Fair for all the photos and a full breakdown of what’s to come in the series.
Also starring Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland, the Paramount+ series dramatizes the history of the first Black US deputy marshal to serve in the territories beyond the Mississippi River.
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