# A Taylor Sheridan Favorite Officially Returns With a Wild New Western Series

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-taylor-sheridan-favorite-officially-returns-with-a-wild-new-western-series/
- Published: 2026-10-25T22:45:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T23:09:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/bass-x-machina-bass-reeves-steampunk-western-release-date-november-3/
- Topics: Asia, Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- Netflix’s *Bass X Machina* premieres on 3 November.
- Brian Tyree Henry voices Bass Reeves as a bounty hunter.
- The eight-part series mixes Western, steampunk and supernatural elements.

## Summary

Netflix is releasing *Bass X Machina*, an eight-episode animated sci-fi Western that reimagines historical lawman Bass Reeves as a bounty hunter in a steampunk version of the American West. The series offers a new chapter for Reeves on screen while *Lawmen: Bass Reeves*, the acclaimed live-action series, has yet to receive news of a second season.

Brian Tyree Henry voices Reeves, who has a prosthetic arm and is sent on a mission to stop the Confederacy’s resurrection amid mechanical and supernatural threats. Janelle Monáe voices his wife, Glory, and sings the opening theme; Tati Gabrielle plays aspiring engineer Dana Starr. Studio Mir is producing the animation, and the series premieres on Netflix on 3 November.

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