Taylor Sheridan is best-known for creating some of the biggest shows of the last decade, especially his magnum opus, the Paramount+ series Yellowstone. His work for the big screen, however, is just as formidable. Sheridan is known for his American Frontier trilogy, comprising three neo-Westerns — Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River. While the first two were directed by other filmmakers — Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie, to be precise — Sheridan considers Wind River to be his directorial debut. He has directed two other movies as well. The first was a low-budget horror film that he has mostly disowned, and the second was a neo-Western that became a victim of Warner Bros.’ infamous Project Popcorn.
This was when the studio decided to release every film on its 2021 slate day-and-date on HBO Max and in theaters. While some films, such as Godzilla vs. Kong and Dune, did surprisingly well at the box office despite being simultaneously available on streaming, others weren’t as lucky. Sheridan’s Wind River follow-up fell into the second category. The Oscar-nominated writer-director rounded up an impressive cast for the film, headlined by Angelina Jolie and also featuring Aidan Gillen, Jon Bernthal, and Nicholas Hoult. The movie didn’t set the box office on fire, but it appears to have found an audience at home thanks to a recent release on Netflix.
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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
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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…
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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
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🛢️ 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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Taylor Sheridan’s Empire Is Expanding Beyond Paramount+
According to Netflix’s latest viewership report, the movie in question — Those Who Wish Me Dead — finished fifth on the top 10 list, which was topped by Tyler Perry‘s Why Did I Get Married Again?Those Who Wish Me Dead accumulated 4.3 million views for the week of September 7 to September 13, outpacing animated hits such as KPop Demon Hunters and Shrek. It did, however, fall one spot below fellow Project Popcorn victim The Little Things. The psychological thriller, starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto, scored 4.4 million views during the same week.
The Little Things and Those Who Wish Me Dead grossed around $30 million and $20 million, respectively, during their theatrical runs, and are currently available for a wider audience to check out on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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