Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘Tulsa King’ Spinoff ‘Frisco King’ Adds ‘Gen V’ Star Asa Germann to Cast

“Gen V” star Asa Germann has joined the cast of Paramount+’s “Frisco King” opposite series star Samuel L. Jackson. A spinoff of Taylor Sheridan’s “Tulsa King” franchise, the new series starts production later this month in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Also added to the cast: Kai Caster (“Spider-Noir”), Lilah Pate (“The Runarounds”) and Savanna Gann (“English Teacher”). Additionally announced Thursday, Christina Alexandra Voros and Michael Friedman are set to direct multiple episodes, with Voros directing the pilot.

“Frisco King” stars Jackson as Russell Lee Washington Jr., who was first introduced in the third season of “Tulsa King” last fall. Germann will play Teddy, described as “a sharp, savvy, entrepreneurial college dropout who gets Lee’s attention.”

Caster will play Keith, “a polite valet at the local Sandman Hotel”; Pate is London, “a local cheerleading goddess recruited by Lee, who’s not afraid to use her good looks to get what she wants,…