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Taylor Sheridan on the ‘Yellowstone’ Spin-Off
(L to R) Kevin Costner as John Dutton III, Kelly Reilly as Bethany “Beth” Dutton, and Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.

Taylor Sheridan just keeps on expanding the ‘Yellowstone’ TV universe while also developing other series.

And now he’s been talking to The Hollywood Reporter about his plans for more from the main franchise. ‘Yellowstone’, which stars Kevin Costner as the powerful, gruff patriarch of a wealthy ranching family in modern-day Montana. It has since spawned prequels such as ‘1883’ and ‘1923’ and has scope for other shows.

One big one is a modern-day sequel series called ‘6666’, about the Four Sixes ranch in Texas (a real-life property as opposed to the fictional Dutton property from the series, but also featured in the show). The new show is likely to feature a mostly new cast, led by Matthew McConaughey, who is in negotiations.

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The ‘Yellowstone’ spin-off

Matthew McConaughey in director Yann Demange’s ‘White Boy Rick.’

While it’s still at a relatively early stage, the spin-off is something that Sheridan has been discussing with McConaughey for a while.

Here’s Sheridan on the situation:

“We had a few conversations over the years, and spitballed a few ideas. Then he started watching ‘Yellowstone’ and responded to it. He was like, ‘I want to do that.’ And by ‘that’ he meant diving into a raw world clashing up against the modern world. And then I said, ‘Buddy, that we can do.’”

A future without Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.

And a spin-off will come in handy, since Sheridan is in the middle of wrapping up the flagship series, partly because star Kevin Costner is a busy director in his own right.

Costner has reportedly been angling to spend less and less time working on the series, since he’s been a little busy of late. He’s leaving to focus on his own Western epic, a four-movie saga titled ‘Horizon’ that he’s co-writing, directing and starring in. The actor had been trying to get ‘Horizon’ made for 35 years and is expected to wrap the second film this week and has said the first installment might premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Sheridan had this to say about the Costner situation:

“My last conversation with Kevin was that he had this passion project he wanted to direct. He and the network were arguing about when he could be done with ‘Yellowstone’. I said, ‘We can certainly work a schedule toward his preferred exit date,’ which we did. My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn’t altered. His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful, and I’ve never had an issue with Kevin that he and I couldn’t work out on the phone. But once lawyers get involved, then people don’t get to talk to each other and start saying things that aren’t true and attempt to shift blame based on how the press or public seem to be reacting. He took a lot of this on the chin, and I don’t know that anyone deserves it.”

Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.

Other Movies Similar to ‘Yellowstone’:
- ‘Silverado‘ (1985)
- ‘The Mosquito Coast‘ (1986)
- ‘Dances with Wolves‘ (1990)
- ‘Wyatt Earp‘ (1994)
- ‘Open Range‘ (2003)
- ‘Cowboys & Aliens‘ (2011)
- ‘Sicario‘ (2015)
- ‘Hell or High Water‘ (2016)
- ‘Wind River‘ (2017)
- ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado‘ (2018)
- ‘Let Him Go‘ (2020)
- ‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse‘ (2021)
- ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead‘ (2021)
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June 23, 2023
Matthew McConaughey Eyed For Yellowstone Spin-off

(Center) Matthew McConaughey in director Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar.’

Popular cowboy drama ‘Yellowstone’ has some drama of its own!

Alright, alright, alright. It looks like Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey is being eyed for a spin-off series for the popular drama ‘Yellowstone’. Deadline reports co-creator and showrunner, Taylor Sheridan, Paramount Global, and Paramount Network are looking to end the series due to scheduling conflicts with its star, Kevin Costner.

Costner, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year for his role in the series originally limited himself to 65 days of of filming. Later, the actor only wanted to film for 50 days for the first half of current season. For the second part of season, he then only wanted to film for a week.

Given the show’s popularity, the series is likely to continue with or without its star. Garnering 8.2 million same-day views in the first half of the fifth season, Yellowstone grosses more viewers than any other primetime network shows.

The spin-off would extend the Dutton Family storyline, further expanding the Yellowstone universe. A spokesperson from Paramount says, “We have no news to report. Kevin Costner is a big part of ‘Yellowstone’ and we hope that’s the case for a long time to come. Thanks to the brilliant mind of Taylor Sheridan, we are always working on franchise expansions of this incredible world he has built. Matthew McConaughey is a phenomenal talent with whom we’d love to partner,”

While no deal has been set, Sheridan is planning to write with McConaughey in mind. No word on who from the cast will appear in the new show. The spin-off would start on Paramount Network then stream exclusively on Paramount+.

Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.

Expanding the universe wouldn’t be a difficult task as prequel limited series such as ‘1883’ and ‘1932‘ are a hit with the audience. In fact, ‘1923’ which stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren has already been confirmed a second season. It will focus on Western expansion, prohibition, and the Great depression.

Sources say Paramount Network has declined Costner’s recent proposal and has decided to move on to the other show. If this is true, then it is likely that ‘Yellowstone’ will end with the second half of the current season.

‘Yellowstone’ follows the story of the Dutton Family who are the owners of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, the largest ranch in Montana. The family’s patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) leads his family through difficult times with developers, the national park, the bordering Brocken Rock Indian Reservation and internal family conflicts.

The show stars Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley, and Kelsey Asbille Chow.

‘Yellowstone’ was co-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. Produced by 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios. Executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, John Linson, Kevin Costner, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, and Stephan Kay.

(L to R) Kevin Costner as John Dutton III, Kelly Reilly as Bethany “Beth” Dutton, and Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.
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February 7, 2023
Teaser for ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel Series ‘1923’

Taylor Sheridan has certainly found a rich vein of Western-flavored TV to tap for his ever-expanding ‘Yellowstone’ franchise.

With the well-established ‘Yellowstone’ bubbling along nicely (the fifth season just debuted), he’s also dug back into the history of the Dutton clan and their territory for this year’s ‘1883’.

And it continues to attract big names following the likes of Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly in ‘Yellowstone’ and Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in ‘1883’.

With all due respect to Costner and Elliott, the leads for ‘1923’ might be the most exciting yet, as the show will follow the hardships and triumphs (and if it keeps to established format, more of the former) of Jacob and Cara Dutton, played by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. And the teaser for the new spin-off is now online.

Linked directly to ‘1883’ but set 40 years later, ‘1923’ has some of its connective tissue via Ford’s Jacob, who is the brother of McGraw’s James. And we’ll learn the ultimate fate of the ‘1883′ characters (again, we’re not hopeful of some big happy ending).

(L to R) Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in ‘1923’ streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo Credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+.

This time around, Dutton Ranch faces challenges like drought, pandemics, Prohibition, and the beginning of the Great Depression.

Alongside Ford and Mirren are other new faces on the Dutton ranch that must rise to this era’s challenges. James Badge Dale plays John Dutton Sr, just a little boy in ‘1883’ who’s now a middle-aged manager at the ranch with Ford’s Uncle Jacob. Marley Shelton plays his wife Emma, while Darren Mann is Jack, their son, who’s the great-grandfather of Costner’s character on ‘Yellowstone.’ Others include Michelle Randolph’s Elizabeth Strafford, who wants to marry Jack, and Brian Geraghty’s Zane, a loyal foreman on the ranch. There are characters beyond the Dutton ranch, too. Aminah Nieves plays Teonna, a Native American woman forced to attend a government-run boarding school. Meanwhile, Jerome Flynn leads the “sheep men” as Banner Creighton, a Scottish shepherd who serves as this series’ big bad.

“You’re very close to the bone here,” Ford told Vanity Fair. “The story is told in a very honest and straightforward way. There’s no apology for what becomes necessary to do. There’s a very strong moral context that’s frangible. The Duttons live by a code of behavior that they set for themselves, and it requires complicated moral and ethical judgment. It’s not just the physical life that’s hard… the upcoming Depression and all of the pressures, economic and social, are leading up to this very volatile time in American history.”

And like its stablemates, this is no small show, with filming at the sprawling Yellowstone ranch in Montana, but also in South Africa, Tanzania, and Malta, to give a sense of the saga’s scope.

Just don’t get too attached to ‘1923’ though – while it is indeed a series, it’s currently only planned to run for two seasons.

The first will debut on Paramount+ on December 18th.

Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton in ‘1923’ streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo Credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+.

Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton in ‘1923’ streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo Credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+.

Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in ‘1923,’ streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo Credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+.

Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in ‘1923,’ streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo Credit: James Minchin III/Paramount+.

November 14, 2022
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren Starring in ‘1932’

( L to R) Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford in 1986’s ‘The Mosquito Coast.’

Taylor Sheridan’s rapidly expanding ‘Yellowstone’ TV universe just keeps adding spin-offs. And big names to go along with them.

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren are the latest actors to sign on to roles, making deals to lead new series ‘1932’.

That show – the date is apparently a working title for now, is still being kept mysterious, though according to Sheridan, “the next story will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.”

Ford has rarely been a TV man since his career took off with the likes of ‘Star Wars’, but that attitude has been changing of late with him joining Jason Segel in ‘Shrinking’, a new comedy that Segel has created with ‘Ted Lasso’s Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein.

Mirren, though, has much more small screen experience – she played DI Jane Tennison in the popular ‘Prime Suspect’ series in the UK and spent a chunk of her younger days appearing in plays on TV. More recently, she’s been seen in HBO Miniseries ‘Catherine the Great’ and provides a voice for Netflix comedy series ‘Human Resources.

Parent series ‘Yellowstone’, of course, has Kevin Costner as its tough center, while ‘1932’s fellow period spin-off ‘1883’ features the mustachioed gravitas of Sam Elliott, along with Country Music legends Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

‘1932’s first season will shoot this year and is targeting a December launch on streaming service Paramount+.

In this publicity image released by Universal Pictures, Harrison Ford, left, and Daniel Craig are shown in a scene from ‘Cowboys & Aliens.’ (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Timothy White)

And that wasn’t the only ‘Yellowstone’ news. With Paramount holding its Upfront presentation for advertisers today, word comes that another spin-off, titled ‘6666’ is headed for a different venue.

Originally announced for Paramount+, ‘6666’ will now find a home at the Paramount Network, as the company looks to spread the Taylor Sheridan wealth across its various outlets.

The series takes place when Comanches still ruled West Texas and no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666. Still operating as it did two centuries before, and encompassing an entire county, the 6666 is where the rule of law and the laws of nature merge in a place where the most dangerous thing one does is the next thing. The 6666 is synonymous with the merciless endeavor to raise the finest horses and livestock in the world, and ultimately where world class cowboys are born and made.

There’s no announced date yet for ‘6666’ to premiere. But at this rate, Paramount might just end up rebranding as the ‘Yellowstone’ Network.

Also, because Sheridan apparently has given up the need to sleep (actually, he’s just good at delegating), there is yet another show confirmed. While ‘1883’ was designed as a one-season drama, it will also have a spin-off, with David Oyelowo starring in ‘1883: The Bass Reeves Story’.

Reeves was known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, and also believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.

This new miniseries doesn’t have a scheduled date yet, but it will debut on Paramount+.

David Oyelowo attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images).

May 18, 2022