Taylor Sheridan followers have had no shortage of content to enjoy so far this year, with new expansions to the Yellowstone universe and even original shows all breaking Paramount Plus streaming charts. Sheridan found success early in the year with the premiere of The Madison, the original sweeping Western starring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer that was picked up for Seasons 2 and 3. Sheridan also brought back Luke Grimes to play Kayce Dutton in the CBS original series, Marshals, which did not earn the same acclaim as his other 2026 Yellowstone spin-off, Dutton Ranch. Paramount has renewed both shows for Season 2 despite the variance in reception. The long-awaited third season of Sheridan’s black ops spy thriller, Lioness, is also coming next month, with two other shows in Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown expected to air before the end of this year.
It’s Sheridan’s impressive TV empire that has garnered so much fame and conversation in recent years, but he got his start in the Hollywood industry behind the camera writing and directing movies. 11 years later, his debut screenplay is still viewed as one of the most famous projects of his career. Sheridan teamed up with stars like Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin for the 2015 Neo-Western masterpiece, Sicario, which was directed by Denis Villeneuve. Sicario set off an unrivaled chain of hits for Villeneuve, who went on to direct Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and both Dunemovies. All these years after a successful theatrical run that saw Sicario gross $84 million at the box office against a $30 million budget, the film has found a home streaming on Hulu, and it’s also one of the biggest VOD hits of the year on Prime Video and Apple TV. The film is the perfect mash-up of Zero Dark Thirty and No Country for Old Men, especially for fans of conspiracy thrillers set against a dusty neo-Western backdrop.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
Is Taylor Sheridan Writing a Third ‘Sicario’ Movie?
Last year during the press tour for his Oscar-winning horror film, Weapons, Josh Brolin let slip that Taylor Sheridan was writing another Sicario movie. Sheridan has yet to confirm this himself, and there has been no noise regarding casting or production, but surely Brolin is a reliable source considering he would likely have a key role in the film. Sheridan is also hard at work on a new Sicario-style action movie, F.A.S.T., starring his 1923 leading man Brandon Sklenar. He’s also teaming up with his long-time collaborator Peter Berg for a Call of Duty movie at Paramount.
Check out Sicario on Hulu in America, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Sheridan’s future projects.
