As Taylor Sheridan continues to oversee the largest and most impressive empire on television, he has already released some of the most popular projects of the year over on Paramount Plus. Sheridan has further expanded the Yellowstone universe with a pair of offshoots, Marshals and Dutton Ranch, but the latter has been met with a much more welcoming reception than the former. Still, both shows return long-time Yellowstone stars like Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler, and both have been picked up for new seasons. Sheridan fans were also treated to some good news last week when it was announced that his black ops spy thriller, Lioness, will officially return to streaming this August. The same can’t be said for Landman, which likely won’t air until sometime in 2027.
While Sheridan has become known by most fans these days for his work with the Yellowstone universe and other shows like Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown, he began his career with some of the greatest neo-Western thrillers to ever hit the big screen. His debut screenplay came all the way back in 2015 with Sicario, which is still hailed as some of his finest work even to this day. The film stars Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt, and it made quick work of a $30 million budget, grossing nearly $85 million at the global box office. 11 years after Sicario first hit theaters, the film is now available to stream on Hulu for all subscribers, where it has had several stints in the top 10. It’s also a VOD smash on platforms such as Prime Video and Apple TV, where it can be rented for as low as $2.99.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
Yellowstone
Landman
Tulsa King
Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
Yellowstone
Landman
Tulsa King
Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Is ‘Sicario’ About?
The official synopsis for Sicario, which holds scores of 91% from critics and 85% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:
“When idealistic FBI agent Kate Macer uncovers a cartel massacre in Arizona, she’s recruited into a shadowy government task force. Thrust into the lawless borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico, she must navigate a world of moral compromise — where the line between justice and vengeance no longer exists.”
When it comes time to analyze Sicario’s success, it’s hard not to credit Denis Villeneuve, who was the perfect choice to direct Sheridan’s neo-Western script. Villeneuve has also gone on to direct near-perfect sci-fi epics like Arrival and Dune: Part Two, and he’s been tasked with directing the next James Bond movie.
Check out Sicario on Hulu in America, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Taylor Sheridan’s future projects.
