Fans of Sylvester Stallone’s crime drama Tulsa King have a lot to celebrate lately. Not only has Season 2 on Paramount+ been a big hit so far, but Stallone himself confirmed that the show will continue with Season 3. Premiering in 2022 on both the streaming service and the linear Paramount Network, the Taylor Sheridan-creation was an instant success, beating out HBO’s House of the Dragon to become cable’s highest-rated series debut of the year. It’s also credited with generating the most new sign-ups in a single day for Paramount+, which was enough to immediately give the go ahead for a second season.
Stallone confirmed via Instagram that the fun will continue with Dwight and the gang, posting to his more than 18 million followers that he couldn’t be happier at all the success Tulsa King has had thus far. Boasting about the second season’s Rotten Tomatoes score of 100%, he also took the opportunity to revel in the fact that the series is the “second most popular show in the world across all streaming services.” He concluded his statement with the news that Season 3 is already in the works, making this the first time anyone has officially said anything about the fate of Tulsa King. Check out Stallone’s post below.
Tulsa King Season 2 Up’s the Stakes for Stallone and Company
With just two episodes under its belt so far, Season 2 of Tulsa King is already off to an explosive start that promises a big confrontation between Stallone’s character of Dwight “The General” Manfredi, and newcomer Frank Grillo’s character of Bill Bevilaqua. As Dwight and the gang look to further expand their marijuana operation, they find themselves encroaching on Bevilaqua’s territory, something that the boss of the Kansas City crime family isn’t too happy about.
As to what that confrontation might look like between Manfredi and Bevilaqua? Speaking with MovieWeb last week, Grillo promised that Season 2 of Tulsa King “ends with a bang,” while at the same time teasing that everything might not be as it seems, and that he and Stallone could end up fighting on the same side to take down a bigger threat by the time it’s all said and done, possibly involving Neal McDonough’s Cal Thresher, who is another new addition this season.
“It’s that classic kind of, you know, [Sly’s character is] someplace that belongs to me, and he’s there without my permission. And when I come to ask for what’s mine… you know, the rest of it ensues. And it starts out where we’re so adversarial, and it goes in another direction, and that’s what I loved about it. I got to do some great stuff with [Sly] and got even closer to him.”
In addition to Stallone and Grillo, there’s also the subplots going on featuring Dwight’s daughter, Tina (Tatiana Zappardino), Chickie Invernizzi (Domenick Lombardozzi), and the rest of Manfredi’s crew, all of which blend seamlessly into the main storyline to keep audiences engaged and tuning in week after week. It’s good to know those weeks will continue into Season 3, which we’ll have more news about as it becomes available.
Tulsa King
is available to stream on Paramount+, and you can check out our full interview with Frank Grillo below.