Actor Sylvester Stallone is currently in negotiations to executive produce and star in Kansas City for Paramount+, according to Deadline. This will be Stallone's first major leading role in a television series.

According to a synopsis, the series is set in the present day and chronicles legendary New York mobster Sal--played by Stallone--who is tasked with "re-establishing his Italian mafia family to the modernized, straight-shooting town of Kansas City, Missouri. There, Sal encounters surprising and unsuspecting characters who follow him along his unconventional path to power.

Kansas City comes from Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) and Terence Winter (The Sopranos), with Winter serving as showrunner. David. Glaser, Ron Burkle, and Bob Yari of 101 Studios will executive produce.