Wowza, Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone”-verse is not playing. Today, Paramount+ announced that Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren and Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford will star in the highly anticipated next installment of the “Yellowstone” origin story, previously announced as “1932” (working title).
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From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, the new series follows the record-breaking performance of “1883,” a series that Paramount is touting as the most-watched title ever on Paramount+ globally. Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, and Bosque Ranch Productions, the series will debut on the service in December.
The next “Yellowstone” origin story will introduce a new and next 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. So yes, if you’ve been following “1883,” which is still on the air, mind you, this is the next chapter when the children on that show are all grown up.
In addition to 1883 being a breakout hit for Paramount+, Sheridan also received a Writers Guild of America Awards nomination for his work on the pilot episode. On Paramount Network, “Yellowstone” had a record-breaking season four run, attracting an average of 11 million total viewers, and recently garnered its first-ever Screen Actors Guild Awards® and Producers Guild Awards® nominations.
“1932” (working title) is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, John Linson, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Ben Richardson. Its big and bold casting perhaps shows the power and sway of Sheridan’s writing and the big-ass empire he’s created on Par+.
