PARAMOUNT+ HIT SERIES TULSA KING, STARRING OSCAR(R) NOMINEE SYLVESTER STALLONE, ADDS BELLA HEATHCOTE AND JAMES RUSSO FOR SEASON THREE

Executive Produced by Taylor Sheridan and Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios

March 24, 2025 - Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her) and James Russo (Horizon) join the highly anticipated third season of the hit Paramount+ original series Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone, as a series regular and in a recurring role, respectively.

Bella Heathcote will play as series regular 'Cleo Montague', a Tulsa native born and raised, and the daughter of a distillery owner. James Russo will play in a recurring role as 'Quiet Ray Renzetti', one of the mob bosses in New York. He is calm and measured.

Bella Heathcote is best known for her lead role in the original series Pieces of Her opposite Toni Collette, as well as her roles in the drama series Strange Angel and the hit series The Man In The High Castle. She can currently be seen in the Australian Stan original series C*A*U*G*H*T and Scrublands and will soon star in the independent film Roof. Other notable credits include Relic, Professor Marston And The Wonder Women, The Moongai, Fifty Shades Darker, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Neon Demon, Dark Shadows and Not Fade Away.

James Russo has appeared in over 150 movies, including Donnie Brasco, Open Range, The Ninth Gate, Django Unchained and, most recently, Kevin Costner's Horizon.

As previously announced, Tulsa King season three production has begun in Atlanta and Oklahoma.

Season two followed Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Stallone) and his crew as they encountered new enemies when they encroached on nemesis territory in Tulsa.

In addition to Stallone, Patrick and Knapp, the series stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, Tulsa King is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, Sylvester Stallone, Dave Erickson, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Braden Aftergood, Jim McKay, Sheri Elwood, Ildy Modrovich and Keith Cox. Erickson also serves as showrunner. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Tulsa King season two ranked as a top 10 SVOD original series across all SVODs for Q4 alongside Paramount+ originals Landman and Lioness. This marks only the second time since Nielsen began tracking SVODs (Q3-17) that a service had three of the top 10 series aside from Netflix.

Tulsa King season two had 21.1 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode and set new record for Paramount+ as the most watched global premiere at the time for any series in Paramount+ history. Season two drove 159 million views (+894% SoS) and 6.1 million engagements (+553% SoS) on social.

In addition to Tulsa King, Sheridan's growing slate on Paramount+ includes Landman, 1923, Lioness, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883 and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

The first and second seasons of Tulsa King are available to binge exclusively on Paramount+.

Source: Top 10 streaming ranks based on Nielsen, Q4-24, P2+ mins, excl. movies; Internal streaming data, Tulsa King S2 global streaming AMA for premiere episode including co-view for CTV viewing (90 Days, 9/15/24-12/13/24); P+ Originals premiere rank based on day one, Active Sub HHs as of 9/15/24. Social- Sprinklr (9/15-11/23/24).

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Building upon this success, 101 Studios' Unscripted Division works with talented storytellers in bringing their vision to life. Some of these projects include Amazon Prime documentary Kickback, which is an expose on the corruption inside the largest sport's organization in the world: FIFA; The Last Cowboy, a documentary on the high stakes world of professional horse reining; and the upcoming HBO docuseries about the sexual abuse and cover-up at Ohio State University, co-produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures. On the scripted film side, past releases include the Sundance Audience award winner Burden, as well as the family comedy The War with Grandpa, the historical drama The Current War: Director's Cut, and FINESTKIND. 101 Studios advocates for first-class collaboration and innovation. As an example, we are partnered with iHeartRadio and Sports Illustrated Studios on the Ambie nominated podcast Choosing Sides: F1. 101 Studios also produces high-profile sports content under its own label, 101 Sports. Additionally, 101 Studios' Brand Division increases the exposure for the properties of our partners to millions across the world.

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