The Bass Reeves series is in development at Amazon. By deadline (via wrap), streamer evolves Twin Territories From Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment production company. The script will be written by Yadullah creator Ben Watkins and The Hawk and the Winter SoldierWriter Joseph Sawyer. Watkins will act as the exhibitor along with Leonard Chang. The film will be produced by Freeman, McCreary, Watkins, Malcolm Spellman, James Pickens Jr., and Scott Frank.
According to the report, Twin Territories He will follow Reeves, the United States’ first black Vice Marshal as he tackles Irish Chauncey Lee with the task of bringing the rule of law to the West while dealing with outlaw bandits, indigenous cultures, and settlers. The series is said to examine the methods Reeves used to achieve justice as well as the role he played in shaping the state of Oklahoma.
The series is something Freeman has been working towards for nearly three decades and a story he says is an opportunity to “straighten” some history.
I grew up in the movies watching everything, especially Westerns, and one of the things that really bothered me was the fact that if you’re black in one of those Westerns, you better be a comedian. “It’s better to be funny,” he says. [Black] Heroes, and this isn’t American history at all, so there’s an opportunity to bring that back, to straighten out some of the kinks of history.”
Twin Territories It’s not the only series focusing on Bass Reeves in the works right now. It was announced earlier this year that Paramount+ is also working on its own series, 1883: The Bass Reeves Story. The series is set to star David Oellow as Bas Reeves with Yellowstone Innovative Franchise Producer Taylor Sheridan.
“The stories that Jess and I want to tell are cross-border and full of people we rarely see on screen,” Oellow said. THR. “The extraordinary story of Bass Reeves embodies just that. Collaborating with global talent like Taylor Sheridan to tell those stories to the widest possible audience, is our dream, and we believe it can and will come true through the shared ambitions we have with ViacomCBS and its premium brand platforms, along with Hand in hand with our veteran and acclaimed producing partners at 101 Studios.”
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