During yesterday’s Paramount+ UK rollout event, which celebrated the arrival of the streaming platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland, we got some important news from the streamer’s upcoming shows. Aside from revealing that there was an important title change to limited series 1923, the panel also enlisted two-time Academy Award nominee David Oyelowo to talk about 1883: The Bass Reeves Story. The spin-off series centers around the life and career of one of the most prolific lawmen in early American History.
David Oyelowo Explains the True History Tied to '1883: The Bass Reeves Story'
"We're doing it as a six-part miniseries. So basically a six-hour movie." Oyelowo revealed at the Paramount+ launch in the UK.
