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‘Reservation Dogs’ Star Kaniehtiio ‘Tiio’ Horn and Killer Mike Join Sterlin Harjo’s FX Pilot

April 18, 2024 @ 11:30 AM

“Reservation Dogs” star Kaniehtiio Horn and Killer Mike have actually signed up with Sterlin Harjo’s upcoming FX pilot, entitled “The Sensitive Kind.”

The pilot likewise included brand-new cast members Cody Lightning (“Echo,” “Hey Viktor!,” “Smoke Signals,” “Four Sheets to the Wind”), Michael Hitchcock (“Grand Death Lotto,” “Exmas”) and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” “American Horror Story,” “Firestarter”).

The brand-new additions sign up with formerly revealed cast members Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Siena East, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Shepherd, Tracy Letts, Kyle Maclachlan and Macon Blair.

The brand-new pilot is referred to as “a Tulsa noir about a guy who understands excessive,” per the main logline, and is produced, composed, directed and executive produced by Harjo. Hawke and Garrett Basch likewise work as EPs for the pilot, which is produced by FX Productions.

The pilot extends the cooperation in between Harjo and Hawke after Hawke visitor starred in the penultimate episode of “Reservation Dogs” as the separated daddy of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), whom she had actually never ever satisfied.

“The Sensitive Kind” likewise marks the “Reservation Dogs” developer’s very first television task given that revealing the last season of the FX series, which ended with its Season 3 ending in September 2023.

Completion of the cult funny series came earlier than FX chairman John Landgraf anticipated, as he exposed the network visualized 5 seasons for “Reservation Dogs” previously this year.

“We were shocked to state the least when Sterlin Harjo contacted us to state he had the ideal ending to his program with the Season 3 ending,” Landgraf stated at the Television Critics’ Association winter season press trip in February. “We had actually prepared for a minimum of 5 seasons, however it took a great deal of nerve to state the story is completed, and we appreciated that.”

Rather, Harjo stated he made the “challenging” yet “appropriate choice artistically” for the program to end with its 3rd season when he shared the news with fans.

“I constantly understood what completion of this story would be, I simply didn’t understand when it would get here,” Harjo composed on social networks. “As we continued to break stories and compose scripts this season, it ended up being clear to the manufacturers, Taika [Waititi] and me that the Season 3 ending is the ideal series ending. When we created the concept for ‘Reservation Dogs,’ I didn’t believe the program would ever get made, however the good news is it did.”

Killer Mike is repped by Active Management and WME, Horn is repped by Amanda Rosenthal Talent Agency, Authentic Management, Shelter PR and The Nord Group and Lightning is represented by Gersh and Ronin Entertainment. Hitchcock is repped by UTA and Vault Entertainment and Armstrong is repped by Innovative Artists, Anonymous Content and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.

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