"It seemed completely unconscionable that we hadn't had a major movie or TV show about this great western story alongside Wyatt Earp and Butch and Sundance and Billy the Kid," says David Oyelowo of ...

The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over ...

In fact, Sheridan passed the reins of the Paramount+ series to Chad Feehan — a rising star in the industry who took top ...

David Oyelowo plays the title character in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who escaped enslavement and went on to become one of the first U.S. Deputy Marshals. While there is no ...

David Oyelowo had been trying to get a version of “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” made for 10 years. The project about the real-life Black peace officer who worked the U.S. “Indian Territory” in the 1880s and ...

Near the end of the miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, David Oyelowo’s titular character is told something all too familiar to many unsung real-life heroes: “No one’s gonna ever know, but you made ...

Described in the papers of his day as a holy terror and one of the greatest manhunters to ever grace Indian Territory, Bass Reeves served as a deputy U.S. Marshal for over three decades; routinely ...

Aug. 23—Lawman Bass Reeves could be seen walking his Muskogee police beat this January. An 8-foot bronze statue of Reeves is to be unveiled 3 p.m. Jan. 11 by Three Rivers Museum. The statue will be at ...

Reeves is a significant historical figure not only for his service but due to the fact he was one of the first African Americans to become a U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. He spent 32 ...

Eventually the Lone Ranger led him to Bass Reeves, a real-life escaped slave who lived in the 1800s and became a U.S. deputy ...