David Oyelowo’s new Western is on its way.
Paramount+ dropped the official trailer forLawmen: Bass Reeveson Tuesday, teasing plenty of action and star power withDennis QuaidandDonald Sutherlandamong the cast.
Oyelowo. 47, playslegendary Wild West lawman, a former slave who gained his freedom to become the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. The actor is also executive producer of the series.
In the trailer, Oyelowo finds himself grappling with the burdens of the badge — particularly when it comes to his family.
“I took an oath to protect everyone,” Reeves says. “I ain’t about to quit this.”
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Quaid, 69, makes a charismatic appearance alongside Oyelowo in the trailer as Deputy U.S. Marshall Sherrill Lynn, and utherland, 88, portrays Judge Parker in the series — which is considered part of theYellowstoneuniverse.
The cast of also includesGarrett Hedlund, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck, andBarry Pepper.
Dennis Quaid stars alongside Oyelowo as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sherill Lynn.Emerson Miller/Paramount+
Emerson Miller/Paramount+
Executive producer and showrunner, Chad Feehan, shared how the idea for the series began following the release of the trailer on Tuesday.
“Growing up in Texas, I heard a lot of stories about Bass Reeves,” he explained. “Somewhere in my childhood, that myth of Bass took firm root in my consciousness and never left. Then one day, David Oyelowo invited me to dinner. He explained his seven-year journey to tell Bass’s story, where the myth of the man both converged with and separated from reality and why Bass’s life was more relevant than ever.”
Oyelowe as Reeves in ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’.Sarah Coulter/Paramount+
Sarah Coulter/Paramount+
Feehan added, “More than anything, David, I, and many others sought to tell a story about the human condition and its undeniable universality, the emotionality that connects all of us.”
Quaidconfirmed his rolein theLawmen: Bass Reevesback in January.
“Reeves was known as the greatest frontier hero in American history and also believed to be the inspiration forThe Lone Ranger,” Quaid wrote as he discussed the importance of Reeves as a character at the time. “He worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.”
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Lawmen: Bass Reevespremieres Nov. 5 on Paramount+.
source: people.com
