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Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. (born May 21, 1970), known professionally as Taylor Sheridan, is an American writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series Yellowstone and creator of its prequels 1883 (2021) and 1923 (2022). Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for Sicario (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Hell or High Water (2016), which was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 neo-Western crime film Wind River and wrote the 2018 sequel to Sicario. Sheridan got his start portraying Danny Boyd in Veronica Mars (2005–2007) as well as portraying David Hale in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. He has since created several series for Paramount+, including the crime thriller Mayor of Kingstown, and the crime drama Tulsa King, (which he co-writes with Terence Winter), the espionage thriller Lioness and the drama Landman. In 2021, Sheridan was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 2024, Sheridan was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. He is an honorary graduate at Texas Christian University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taylor Sheridan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The story pivots from the original’s mentor-protege trope to a more complex narrative about legacy and the cost of perfection. The story follows Jimmy Bly, a young phenom, who is not just fighting for a trophy but is being used as a "human telemetry" tool by a data-obsessed team owner. The emotional core is the bond between the aging Tanto, who races by "feel," and Bly, who is being suffocated by "data." The twist of the film is Instead of a simple race for the championship, the plot reveals that the veteran driver, Joe Tanto, is suffering from early-stage sensory processing issues due to past concussions a "ghost" in his perception that makes the 200mph speeds terrifyingly unpredictable.
