Taylor Sheridan on the red carpetIPA/INSTARimages.com
2026 has been a jam-packed year for Taylor Sheridan, but that isn’t that surprising to those who have been following his career for the last few years. In an era where it takes some writers years to pen a single season of television, Sheridan is regularly writing four or five seasons a year, all while overseeing the production of several others. Sheridan’s most popular show sitting at the top of streaming charts right now is Lioness, the spy thriller starring Zoe Saldaña. In addition to streaming in the #1 spot on Paramount Plus, the first few episodes of Lioness are also available to watch on Prime Video for those who are unsure if they want to commit to a subscription. Sheridan has also expanded the Yellowstone universe this year with shows like Marshals and Dutton Ranch, both of which have been renewed with more episodes on the way.
It’s Sheridan’s TV empire at Paramount that has garnered him so much attention in recent years, but long-time followers of his work will recall an earlier time when he was more focused on writing movies than TV shows. Most fans would argue that Sheridan’s most famous movie is Sicario, but Wind River has a strong case for being the most underrated feature of his career. Starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen, the film has shades of Bosch and True Detective, with a classic hunt for a dangerous killer centered around two detectives working closely together with a unique banter. Wind River is currently streaming on Netflix in America, and the streamer has not officially announced any plans for it to depart the platform anytime soon.
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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
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⚖️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.
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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.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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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.
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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.
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What Is ‘Wind River’ About?
The official synopsis for Wind River, which earned scores of 87% from critics and 90% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows: “A wildlife officer haunted by his own tragedy uncovers a young woman’s death on a remote Wind River Indian Reservation and teams with a rookie FBI agent to hunt her killer. As they navigate the brutal Wyoming wilderness and a community’s buried grief, the investigation exposes a devastating pattern of violence against Native women.” A sequel to Wind River has been officially confirmed, but it’s not returning Jeremy Renner or Elizabeth Olsen. The sequel has wrapped filming, but it’s unclear at this time when it will be released.
Check out Wind River on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Taylor Sheridan’s future projects.
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Release Date
August 18, 2017
Runtime
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107 minutes
Producers
Basil Iwanyk, Matthew George, Peter Berg, Elizabeth A. Bell, Wayne L. Rogers
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