Tulsa King Season 3 Trailer Pits Sylvester Stallone Against Terminator 2 Icon And Teases Sam Jackson Spinoff

Paramount+ just dropped the Tulsa King Season 3 trailer, and yes, Sylvester Stallone is back in the cowboy hat making more enemies. The show returns Sunday, September 21, and the big swing this time is Dwight getting into the moonshine game, which immediately puts him on a collision course with a very connected old-money clan.

The new threat is the Dunmire family, led by Jeremiah Dunmire, played by Robert Patrick. If you know him as the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, you already get the energy here. He is being billed as the 'tyrant of Tulsa,' which feels like exactly the kind of guy Dwight would decide to poke.

"In Season 3, as Dwight's empire expands, so do his enemies and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn't play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he's built and protect his family."

Also tucked into the trailer: a first look at Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Lee Washington Jr. He is not just dropping by for one episode. Jackson is headed up his own spin-off called NOLA King, set in New Orleans. Backdoor pilot vibes all over this.

• Premiere: Season 3 starts Sunday, September 21 on Paramount+
• New adversaries: The Dunmire family; Jeremiah Dunmire is played by Robert Patrick, the 'tyrant of Tulsa'
• Guest star and spin-off: Samuel L. Jackson appears as Russell Lee Washington Jr. and will lead the New Orleans-set spin-off NOLA King
• Showrunner switch: Dave Erickson (Mayor of Kingstown) steps in as the new Season 3 showrunner
• Creator: Taylor Sheridan created and executive-produces the series
• Main cast: Sylvester Stallone, Frank Grillo, Neal McDonough, Max Casella, Martin Starr, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, Garrett Hedlund, Annabella Sciorra, Tatiana Zapperdino, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike Walden, and Dana Delany
• Executive producers: Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Braden Aftergood, Jim McKay, Sheri Elwood, Ildy Modrovich, Keith Cox
• Reception so far: Since debuting in 2022, the show has scored positive reviews and sits at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes

Inside baseball corner: the showrunner change is notable for a Sheridan series, and pairing Stallone with Robert Patrick is smart casting with built-in iconography. Toss in a Sam Jackson cameo that seeds a spin-off, and Tulsa King is clearly expanding its little crime-universe while Dwight tries to keep his crew afloat and his enemies guessing. The trailer makes it look like the most openly territorial season yet, with moonshine as the new battleground.