Texas Residents Are Upset With Taylor Sheridan For Turning The Dallas-Forth Worth Area Into A Film Set

Not everyone is excited about Taylor Sheridan moving Hollywood to the Dallas-Forth Worth area.

The writer, director and creator of shows like Yellowstone, its prequel and sequel spinoffs, and his most recent hit Landman, has long been a supporter of the state of Texas. That’s probably because it’s the state he currently calls home, as he lives in Weatherford, Texas at his Bosque Ranch. He also sometimes resides at his 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas – which was featured in the Yellowstone series.

To make a long story a little bit shorter, Sheridan loves everything that Texas represents, and aims to give back to the state as much as he can. He’s already lined up a small town in Texas as the filming location for one of his next Yellowstone spinoffs titled, Rio Palo, and Sheridan also just helped bring a production studio to the Lone Star State. It’s called SGS Studios, and it’s officially the largest TV and film production studio in Texas.

Sheridan teamed up with Paramount and real estate development company Hillwood to bring the studio hub to the Dallas Fort Worth area. A press release that was made public earlier today made the announcement official:

“Hillwood, a Perot Company, today announced a landmark partnership with SGS Studios, which will operate the venture and oversee all production services, to bring large-scale film and television production to the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in Fort Worth.

In collaboration with Paramount Television — the studio behind cultural landmarks like Yellowstone and Landman — SGS Studios has launched a cutting-edge production campus totaling 450,000 square feet, purpose-built to support four concurrent large-scale productions. This development marks the largest operating studio facility in Texas.”

The Dallas Morning News reported that Taylor Sheridan’s efforts have brought nearly $1 billion in revenue and 50,000 jobs to the area in the past decade or so. And those already impressive numbers could continue to go up thanks to a move by Texas legislators earlier this year that allowed for $1.5 billion in film incentives over the next 10 years.

But as Dallas-Forth Worth continues to grow as a site for filming such shows as Lioness, Landman, and Yellowstone spinoffs, the residents that have called the metropolitan area home for years are feeling like an afterthought. Those that live in Fort Worth and it’s suburbs have apparently been subjected to frequent closures while shoots take place in neighborhoods and other spaces in town, and they are complaining that there’s often no communication or heads up about them.

The Dallas Morning News included these quotes from residents and community members:

Cherri Cetto, a resident in Mistletoe Heights for 25 years: “It’s absurd that film crews are allowed to disrupt our lives for days on end.”

Graham Brizendine, a Vice President of a neighborhood association: “I do get that Fort Worth needs business growth, but the city has to take into account how it’s impacting the residents. There has to be a balance.”

Mary Wells, a resident living near Fort Worth: “The money and public relations are going to be good for Fort Worth. But with all of the state incentives coming, this could get crazy. Now is the time to establish some parameters.”

That seems like the cry here from the Forth Worth community: More transparency, and less intrusion. Some community members were allegedly told to hold off on decorating homes for Halloween so that Special Ops: Lioness could shoot in their neighborhood and not have decor in the background that would distract or require additional editing.

Clearly there’s a fine line between wanting the city to benefit from a Taylor Sheridan boom and not making every part of the urban area a sound stage, at least from the perspective of those that live there. Elizabeth Beck, a Forth Worth Councilwoman, may have summed everything up best with this quote that she provided:

“We want the film industry here. They are making tremendous investments in Fort Worth. But at same time, we’re not writing a blank check to the industry at the expense of our residents.”

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