Paramount's "Frisco King" starts filming in North Texas later this month

• Ah, Frisco, the city of master-planned communities and builder-grade homes, a perfect hiding place for a fictional hitman.

Flashback: The show will be a spinoff of "Tulsa King," a Paramount crime drama that is preparing for its fourth season.

• The spinoff was planned as "NOLA King," set in New Orleans, but was overhauled to become "Frisco King," per Deadline.

State of play: The first season will have eight episodes, all written by Sheridan. Filming will begin this month.

• Most of the daily filming will take place in Fort Worth, with one or two days per episode filmed in Frisco, per a Facebook post from Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney.
• And, most of the cast will be locals, including Frisco residents looking for their big break, Cheney said.

• "They did joke nobody knows the direction the script will take until Taylor writes it…even Taylor," the mayor said in his post.

Between the lines: Frisco ranks 13th on Fortune's list of best places to live for families and is trying to become more recognizable with PGA Frisco and Universal Kids Resort, slated to open this year.

Reality check: "I hope they shoot a scene at Frisco Costco on the weekend to show the real Frisco," one person commented under Cheney's post.