Taylor Sheridan has built the most impressive television empire ever at Paramount over the last few years. His work first started with Yellowstone, the hit neo-Western starring Kevin Costner, and it has expanded over the years with other series like Landman, Tulsa King, and more. The Yellowstone creator is famous for carving out his own path, and resisting studio interference. He likes doing things his way, and he doesn’t want to be told what to do. His production studio, SGS Studios, recently teamed up with Paramount to construct a 450,000 square foot production campus in Fort Worth, and the state of Texas even invested $1.5 billion to get the ball rolling.

The studio first got off the ground earlier this year, with its debut project coming on Landman Season 2. It’s also scheduled to host several of Sheridan’s other upcoming projects like The Madison, the Yellowstone offshoot starring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer. There’s also whispers that it could become the home for other studios to shoot projects, which further signifies a move out of Hollywood for movie productions. Sheridan’s campus with SGS and Paramount offers what few other studios can: freedom to make movies and shows as you please.

While this is certainly exciting for Sheridan and his large fan base, it has other corners of Hollywood more concerned than enthusiastic. Paul Ardoin, director of the film and media program at the University of Texas at San Antonio, called this movie a “threat” to the moviemaking business in Hollywood. “The shift is real,” he said, “and the threat to Hollywood is real. Austin, Texas is increasingly a hotbed for celebrities and filmmakers formerly of Hollywood, and the state has recently drastically increased its own incentive program to continue to spur that growth.”

President Donald Trump Is Pushing for More Movies To Be Made in America

Just last week, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he has plans to place a 100% tariff on all movies made outside of America. Trump first revealed these plans in May earlier this year, but he’s seemingly ready to act on them after moving on from the Jimmy Kimmel controversy. No plans have been announced as to how the White House would enact a rule like this. However, with the sheer number of blockbusters that are produced in other countries, this could shake Hollywood to its core like nothing ever has before.