{"id":208653,"date":"2026-03-17T19:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/208653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:16:07","slug":"lioness-to-close-fort-worths-university-drive-for-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/208653\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lioness\u2019 to close Fort Worth\u2019s University Drive for filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth<\/p>\n

Taylor Sheridan\u2019s \u201cLioness\u201d will close a street in Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District next week.<\/p>\n

The Paramount+ series began production on its third season in Cowtown in October 2025<\/a>. The show has already filmed in and around the city, including in north Fort Worth at SGS Studios,<\/a> in downtown at Wicked Butcher<\/a> and in the University West neighborhood<\/a> near TCU.<\/p>\n

South University Drive will be impacted by filming on March 24 and 25.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25 In case you missed it… <\/p>\n

\u2018Lioness\u2019 to close street for filming<\/p>\n

\u201cLioness\u201d is closing South University Drive between West Lancaster Avenue and West Freeway, according to a city street use permit.<\/a><\/p>\n

The stretch of University will be fully closed from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 24 and 25. \u201cLioness\u201d will film driving, stunt and collision scenes during those days.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth police will be on-site to facilitate traffic and all local residents\/businesses will have access to their properties at all times, per the permit. Once filming wraps, traffic operations will return to normal.<\/p>\n

Speaking of traffic, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden announced Monday<\/a> that its main entrance on University Drive will be closed on March 24 and 25 due to a \u201cspecial event.\u201d<\/p>\n

During those two days, guests will not be able to enter through the University Drive gate. Instead, all guests will need to enter and exit through the Trail Drive gate, which is accessible from Montgomery Street.<\/p>\n

The garden will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on those days, with the last ticket sold at 5 p.m. The \u201cButterflies in the Garden\u201d interactive event will also continue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last ticket sold at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"Zoe Zoe Saldana as Joe in \u201cLioness,\u201d episode 8, season 2, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Ryan Green Paramount+ More on \u2018Lioness\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cLioness\u201d follows CIA operative Joe (Zoe Salda\u00f1a) as she balances her \u201cpersonal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency\u2019s war on terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Season 1 filmed in Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., Paris and Mallorca, Spain. For season 2, the series primarily filmed in and around North Texas, including in Fort Worth, Weatherford, Strawn, Stephenville and Glen Rose.<\/p>\n

In addition to Salda\u00f1a, \u201cLioness\u201d stars Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Michael Kelly, Dave Annable, James Jordan, Ian Bohen, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, Austin H\u00e9bert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier.<\/p>\n

\u201cLioness\u201d seasons 1 and 2 are streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n


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Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Brayden Garcia is a service journalism reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Brayden mainly writes about weather and all things Taylor Sheridan-related.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Taylor Sheridan\u2019s \u201cLioness\u201d will close a street in Fort Worth\u2019s Cultural District next week. The Paramount+…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,81831,68464,68463,73568,81830],"class_list":["post-208653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-university-drive","tag-lioness-fort-worth","tag-lioness-season-3","tag-lioness-taylor-sheridan","tag-road-closure-fort-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}