How did Paramount lose Taylor Sheridan to NBCUniversal in what TheWrap exclusively reports is a $1 billion deal?
"This is a massive deal," TheWrap's Senior TV Reporter Kayla Cobb tells Founder and Editor-in-Chief sharonwaxman, pointing out that Paramount's TV strategy depends on Sheridan shows like
#Yellowstone,
#Landman, and
#TulsaKing.
The "brilliant move" of NBCU Chairman Donna Langley's approach, Cobb says, was to promise Sheridan the prestige of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Jordan Peele.
🔗 Read a breakdown of Sheridan's "seismic" billion-dollar-deal at the link in bio.