Taylor Sheridan Exits Paramount For NBCUniversal In $1 Billion Dollar Deal

Dan Lalonde
Oct 27
1 min read

Updated: Oct 27

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Which is your favorite Taylor Sheridan show? Is it one from the 'Yellowstone' franchise, or could it be Stallone's 'Tulsa King'? Billy Bob Thornton's 'Landman'? Zoe Saldana's 'Lioness'? Jeremy Renner's 'Mayor Of Kingstown'? Or is it David Oyelowo's 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'?

Hollywood Insider Matt Belloni from Puck is reporting that Taylor Sheridan had become so upset with Paramount's executives interfering with his budgets and his involvement in a film with Warner Bros that he has left them for NBCUniversal in a massive deal that is worth a billion dollars.

The deal, starting in 2028, is five years for TV and eight years for films. This probably also comes with more creative and production control. While most of his shows have a budget of $20 million per episode, with Skydance buying Paramount, most of Sheridan's people in the company have left, leaving him frustrated.

I have watched all of his shows, but couldn't get past the first episodes of '1883', 'Mayor Of Kingstown', and 'Lawmen.' I'm surprised with all his fortune how he can find the time and motivation to sit down and write so many scripts. If I had a billion dollars I'd be jet skiing all day.

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