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Taylor Sheridan has change into TV’s golden man. “Yellowstone” had comparatively humble beginnings as an upper-tier cable present at a time when the Western style wasn’t precisely popping off when it comes to reputation. But, right here we’re a handful of years later, and Sheridan has constructed a whole empire primarily based round that present, with a number of spin-offs to assist it. One such spin-off, the prequel sequence “1923,” just lately wrapped up its second season on a tragic observe.
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Followers of the franchise are possible questioning if “1923” season 3 is within the playing cards. In brief, it isn’t. Sheridan had a narrative he wished to inform, and provided that the title of this explicit sequence is predicated on a particular 12 months, there was at all times going to be a finite variety of episodes he and Paramount+ may get out of it. Very similar to “1883” earlier than it, that is going to be extra of a restricted sequence than an ongoing one.
“1923” focuses on the Dutton ranch within the early 1900s. The second season picked up after a tough winter introduced forth new challenges and unfinished enterprise to Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara (Helen Mirren). Harsh circumstances and adversaries threaten to finish the Dutton legacy, with Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) embarking on a deadly journey dwelling, racing in opposition to time to avoid wasting his household.
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1923 season 2 accomplished the present’s story
To be clear, it isn’t as if Paramount does not need anymore tales centered on the Dutton household – they completely do. Sheridan additionally has extra of those tales to inform. It is simply that this explicit present has run its course. The “1923” season 2 finale solved a giant “Yellowstone” thriller and served as a becoming finish to the present. In a 2023 interview with Deadline, Sheridan defined that “1923” was actually an element one and an element two, with each halves telling an entire story.
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“It is actually the second half of the season. This one is completely different than 1883 the place I had the entire thing blocked out in my head. This one, I had no concept what I used to be going to do. I simply went on a journey myself and I am the one which made the decision to the community, which might be the best name they ever obtained. Hey, I must make extra episodes to complete this story. I want to do that in two blocks. An eight episode block and a second eight episode block to wrap this up. I am unable to wrap it up in two episodes and do the story justice. For them, it’s nice as a result of they get extra content material. For me, I get extra runway.”
“It is bookend. It is nonetheless restricted, however I consider it as one piece — there’s only a break up within the center, but it surely’s all one piece. It can conclude,” Sklenar stated to The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, which was proper according to Sheridan’s feedback. In different phrases, the story is over.
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That stated, the “Yellowstone” prequels aren’t over, and the story of the Duttons is much from over. Apart from the “Yellowstone” sequel sequence centered on Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, Sheridan has additionally already confirmed plans to go again to the previous to inform one other story and fill in some extra gaps within the Dutton household timeline.
One other Yellowstone spin-off will choose up the place 1923 left off
In November 2023, Paramount introduced that two extra “Yellowstone” spin-offs had been within the works. One was titled “2024,” which later grew to become “The Madison.” The opposite was titled “1944” and is the logical successor to “1923.” Per Selection, on the time of the announcement, Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime & MTV Leisure Studios, had this to say about it:
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“On the heels of ‘1883’ and ‘1923’s’ success, our new deliberate spinoffs, ‘1944’ and ‘2024,’ will take audiences on an exciting, new and sudden journey with the complicated and compelling storytelling that has change into a trademark of the franchise and has helped flip it right into a worldwide cultural phenomenon – because of the inventive mastermind of Taylor Sheridan.”
In the interim, plot particulars for “1944” are being stored firmly underneath wraps, however this implies we’ll be seeing the Dutton household throughout World Conflict II. An older Spencer Dutton may, in principle, seem within the present, however nothing has been confirmed at the moment. Yellowstone govt producer and director Christina Voros, talking with TVInsider in December 2024, provided a bit of replace on the present’s progress. In brief, it is all in Sheridan’s fingers. As he defined:
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“I truthfully do not understand how Taylor chooses to inform which tales he chooses to inform when. I believe he has closed a variety of doorways on Yellowstone this season. There are clearly characters that we are going to not see once more as a result of they’ve been dispatched. However I believe he has left some doorways open, and there is some doorways that I am unable to inform in the event that they’re locked or not but. However we’ll know once we cross by way of them.”
In the interim, Sheridan may be very busy. He additionally has “Landman” season 2 to fret about, amongst a number of different non-“Yellowstone” reveals. Not solely that, but it surely was just lately revealed that Paramount is seeking to make reveals extra cheaply, which may have an effect on Sheridan’s reveals shifting ahead. How that does or doesn’t affect “1944” stays to be seen, however for followers of the franchise, this present will successfully take the place of “1923” season 3, every time it involves fruition.
