The Taylor Sheridan-created and Samuel L. Jackson-led series premieres Dec. 18 on Paramount+. The eight-episode show, filmed all over North Texas,<\/a> including in Dallas, Keller, Denton, Southlake, Fort Worth and, of course, Frisco.<\/p>\n \u201cFrisco King\u201d sees Jackson reprise his role<\/a> as former hitman Russell Lee Washington Jr., who first appeared as an adversary turned friend to Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Dwight Manfredi in \u201cTulsa King\u201d season 3.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n Stallone\u2019s involvement in \u201cFrisco King\u201d has been previously announced, but recently the 80-year-old actor confirmed just how big his screen time is in the spinoff.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n Sylvester Stallone talks \u2018Frisco King\u2019<\/p>\n Speaking to Collider for \u201cTulsa King,\u201d<\/a> Stallone shared how many episodes of \u201cFrisco King\u201d he\u2019s in.<\/p>\n \u201cI am in two and a half episodes,\u201d Stallone.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unknown what specific episodes Stallone appears in, but he\u2019ll be there for a quarter of the show\u2019s run.<\/p>\n He also discussed what it was like working with Jackson on the series. The two acting heavyweights had never worked together until these two shows.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, Sam, it\u2019s kind of like two racers in identical cars going at the same speed. You don\u2019t feel you\u2019re superior, or you\u2019re working with a neophyte, or someone who\u2019s green,\u201d Stallone said. \u201cYou got a guy here that\u2019s had 50 years\u2019 experience, so it\u2019s kind of like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. You better be on your game, or you\u2019re gonna get punched out.\u201d<\/p>\n While \u201cFrisco King\u201d has settled into the North Texas suburb, the show was originally supposed to be set and filmed in New Orleans under the title \u201cNOLA King.\u201d<\/p>\n Somewhere down the line, Sheridan relocated and retitled the show. He wrote all eight episodes of the show himself and brought on Christina Alexandra Voros and Michael Friedman to split directing duties.<\/p>\n In addition to Jackson and Stallone, \u201cFrisco King\u201d stars Asa Germann, Kai Caster, Lilah Pate and Savanna Gann.<\/p>\n \u201cFrisco King\u201d premieres Dec. 18 on Paramount+.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n![\"Samuel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FriscoKing_106_EM_0608_00479_RT2.jpg\" "\\"FriscoKing_106_EM_0608_00479_RT2.jpg\\"")
Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Lee Washington Jr. in \u201cFrisco King,\u201d episode 6, season 1, streaming on Paramount+. Emerson Miller Paramount+ More on \u2018Frisco King\u2019<\/p>\n
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