‘Tulsa King’ Showrunner Calls NYC “The Gift That Keeps On Giving” As Series Moves Location For Season 5
It was important for showrunner Terence Winter to take Tulsa King in a new direction. After stepping back from the series for Seasons 2 and 3, Winter returned to helm Paramount+’s wildly successful mob dramedy for Seasons 4 and 5. “When I came into Season 4, Dwight was on top of the world. He had everything,” said Winter. “I wanted to see what happens when everything gets taken away.” And boy, did Winter accomplish that! The Season 3 premiere ends with Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) reeling from the news that the flight carrying his girlfriend, Margaret Devereaux (Dana Delaney), and ally, Governor Cal Thresher (Neal McDonough), had crashed. Once Lt. Governor Amanda Clark (Gretchen Mol) took over, she made it her mission to drive Dwight and his crew out of Tulsa by shutting down all their businesses, including their recent acquisition of Montague Distillers. Luckily, it’s going to take more than Dwight losing everything to keep him down. Tulsa King has already been renewed for Season 5 and will be moving production full-time to New York City. As an Writer/EP on The Sopranos and the creator of Boardwalk Empire , Winter was thrilled to be back on his home turf.
