{"id":264864,"date":"2025-11-01T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264864\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:52:11","slug":"26-crew-members-including-sylvester-stallones-stunt-double-abruptly-replaced-on-eve-of-season-4-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264864\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Crew Members, Including Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Stunt Double, Abruptly Replaced On Eve Of Season 4 Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: Before it was revealed that Taylor Sheridan was jumping ship to NBCUniversal <\/a>and Paramount was preparing to layoff 1,000 staffers<\/a>, several crew members on Sheridan\u2019s Paramount+ drama Tulsa King experienced their own level of shock and awe when it came time to address their future with the company.<\/p>\n

Deadline understands that 26 crew members of Tulsa King\u2018s 600-member crew were asked not to return for Season 4, which is expected to resume production in a week. Most, if not all, are expected to be replaced.<\/p>\n

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Those affected worked in sound, camera operating, stunts, rigging, transportation, the production office, extras casting, hair, photography and stunts. They were led to believe they would have a job in the new season after the series was earmarked for a two-year renewal when series star and executive producer Sylvester Stallone\u00a0closed a new deal in <\/a>2024.<\/p>\n

Instead, they learned within a few weeks of production starting, or \u201cat the buzzer\u201d as one described, that they no longer had a place on the 101 Studios-produced hit drama. Among them: the Emmy-nominated Freddie Poole, who learned within two weeks of his start date that he was out of a job coordinating stunts and working as a stunt double for Stallone. He had been with the 79-year-old actor for 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel really bad for the Atlanta film community with just the way things went down,\u201d said Poole, who was told by 101 Studios that he was losing his position for \u201ccreative reasons\u201d but was offered a new role on Tulsa King as a photo double. He declined.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in this business for 30 years and I\u2019ve been on shows for multiple seasons, and I\u2019ve never seen this kind of turnover,\u201d added Poole, who was nominated for an Emmy in 2023 and 2025 for stunt coordinating on Tulsa King. <\/p>\n

Chad Gregory \u2013 who was Sylvester Stallone\u2019s stand-in for all three seasons \u2013 heard through a grapevine that he was not coming back. He was told via a friend that his job, which had previously paid $250 a day, has been posted for $400 a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I get it,\u201d said Gregory, who did stand-in work for Tulsa King when he wasn\u2019t working in construction. \u201cBusiness is business. I\u2019m sure there will be some who see this and say I need to stiffen up. That\u2019s fine. You\u2019re entitled to your opinion. But I will say this, unless you are out there getting gut punched, I don\u2019t give a flying rip about your opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

101 Studios and Paramount declined to comment, but insiders have stressed that crew turnover on productions is \u201cstandard practice\u201d across the industry from season to season and everyone who was not asked back were without contracts. Another insider pointed out that budget cuts were not a factor and that everyone is being replaced.<\/p>\n

Change was already in the works for season 4 of Tulsa King, with Deadline reporting in September <\/a>that Terence Winter<\/a>\u00a0is returning as executive producer and head writer while season 3 showrunner\u00a0Dave Erickson<\/a>\u00a0is exiting. Winter served as executive producer and showrunner on\u00a0Tulsa King\u2018s first season but stepped down as showrunner<\/a>\u00a0after year\u2019s end. He rejoined the series as head writer\/executive producer in Season 2.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Sheridan was leaving Paramount for a big film and TV deal at NBCUniversal. The massive five-year overall deal will begin January 1, 2029 after Sheridan\u2019s overall TV deal with Paramount ends in 2028.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Paramount announced significant job cuts, with about 1,000 U.S.-based workers being let go in the first round, and roughly another 1,000 soon to follow.<\/p>\n

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