#FIRSTLOOK: DONALD SUTHERLAND JOINS CAST OF “LAWMEN: BASS REEVES”

Honourary Oscar® Recipient Donald Sutherland joins the cast of the Paramount+ Original Anthology Series LAWMEN: BASS REEVES in a recurring role. The Series formerly was titled “BASS REEVES”.

Sutherland will play ‘Judge Isaac Parker’, an imposing and commanding judge in the Fort Smith Courthouse with a complicated legacy.

Sutherland joins series lead and executive producer, Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award nominee, David Oyelowo, and series regulars Lauren E. Banks, Forrest Goodluck, Barry Pepper, Demi Singleton,
and in recurring roles, Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Dennis Quaid, Joaquina Kalukango, Lonnie Chavis, Rob Morgan, Ryan O’Nan, Grantham Coleman and Justin Hurtt-Dunkley. Shea Whigham and Garrett Hedlund are set to guest star.

LAWMEN: BASS REEVES is currently filming in Texas and it will bring the legendary lawman of the wild west to life. Reeves, known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.

LAWMEN: BASS REEVES is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios,101 Studios, Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions and Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon

LAWMEN: BASS REEVES is created for television by Chad Feehan who also serves as showrunner. Executive producers are Taylor Sheridan, Chad Feehan, David C. Glasser, David Oyelowo, Jessica
Oyelowo, David Permut, Christina Alexandra Voros, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari and David Hutkin.

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