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Returning: Mayor of Kingstown

US drama with Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest returns in mid January.

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The second season of the original drama series Mayor Of Kingstown, will debut on Paramount+ in mid-January.

Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest return and the series also stars Hugh Dillon, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Nishi Munshi, Hamish Allan-Headley and Aidan Gillen.

From co-creator and Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, Mayor Of Kingstown follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. The series also stars Hugh Dillon, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Nishi Munshi, Hamish Allan-Headley and Aidan Gillen.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions, Mayor Of Kingstown is executive produced by Sheridan, Dillon, Renner, Antoine Fuqua, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Michael Friedman, Dave Erickson, Regina Corrado and Stephen Kay.

Monday, 16 January on Paramount+.

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  1. Jeremy Renner is certainly provided with the chance to expand his acting abilities in this show, and I initially found the prison peacekeeper theme to be a catchy one, though Renner’s square jawed character Mike would probably have had a short life in reality. The series story arc reveals the versatility of Taylor Sheridan when co- developing successful masculine screenplays, though some Hollywood critics do like to criticize him for drowning his shows in excessive testosterone, ”its possible to behave heroically in Taylor Sheridan’s world”, as one The Hollwood Reporter critic put it, but wasn’t exactly sold on the idea when he wrote it. ”There are too many corrupt and antiquated systems in place for a character to emerge as a true hero”, he added.
    Well that is Taylor Sheridan, a man’s man who is a bit old fashioned and chooses not to follow current trends.

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