“Your wicked days are done,” David Oyelowo’s titular U.S. Marshal declares in the first teaser forYellowstonecreator Taylor Sheridan’sLawmen: Bass Reeves. Premiering this fall on Paramount+, the anthology series brings “the legendary lawman and outlaws of the Wild West to life,” touts ...
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Composer Chanda Dancy (pictured) is nominated for an Emmy in the "Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series" category for her work onLawman: Bass Reeves. The Paramount+ series follows the journey of Reeves (David Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one...
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Trailer Teases David Oyelowo as Part Lawman, Part Outlaw in Taylor Sheridan Paramount+ Series According to the official synopsis, the series “follows the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the ...
The outlaws thought the lawman must be out of his mind. They told Reeves, “You are just ready to turn in now,” but they were laughing too hard and relaxed their guard. Reeves whipped out his Colt and killed two of the brothers as quick as lightning. While he was in the act of ...
David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo have signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Studios to develop scripted and unscripted series through their production company Yoruba Saxon. The pact will kick off with a limited series called “Bass Reeves” about the legendary lawman of ...
Born in 1838, Bass Reeves was a former slave-turned-lawman who served with the U.S. Marshals Service for 32 years at the turn of the 20th century in part of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas known as Indian Territory. Though he was illiterate, Reeves became an expert tracker...
"Bass Reeves will bring the legendary lawman of the wild west to life," according to the show's logline. "Reeves was known as the greatest frontier hero in American history and also believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as ...
The new Taylor Sheridan-produced limited series—starring David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland—follows the life of a real-life lawman from the late 1800s. Reeves was the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi River. He also served as partial inspiration for ...