New Yellowstone Spin-Off Will Bring Back Another Member Of The Dutton Family – SlashFilm

The “Yellowstone” universe continues to increase, as does creator Taylor Sheridan’s checking account, it appears. That is as a result of a model new spin-off set in the identical universe as Sheridan’s wildly widespread Western TV present is in growth. Thoughts you, this isn’t the “Yellowstone” sequel sequence centered on Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler. Fairly, this new present might be bringing again a unique member of the Dutton household.

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In keeping with Puck reporter Matthew Belloni, Luke Grimes is about to return as Kayce Dutton in a brand new sequence. “CBS is creating a by-product sequence starring Luke Grimes. This can be a procedural and separate from the Cole Hauser/Kelly Reilly spinoff that’s now in pre-manufacturing,” Belloni mentioned on Twitter. This opens up an entire host of questions. For the second, we now have valuable few solutions.

Whereas CBS has but to substantiate the report, Belloni is as stable as they arrive so far as these items go. To that finish, he is suggesting that this might be extra of a procedural drama, one which is likely to be made for CBS versus Paramount+, Paramount Community, and even Peacock. On condition that CBS is beneath the bigger Paramount company umbrella, that will make some sense. However it might additionally additional splinter an already very splintered franchise.

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“Yellowstone” began life, considerably unsuspectingly, on Paramount Community. It was an higher-tier cable channel that few folks paid a lot consideration to. However that present put it on the map, turning into the largest sequence on all of cable TV. To get in on the products, NBCUniversal struck a deal for the streaming rights to the present, which went to Peacock. That is why, to this present day, “Yellowstone” is streaming on Peacock and never Paramount+.

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On the identical time, Sheridan’s spin-offs akin to “1923” and “1883” have gone on to Paramount+, with out “Yellowstone” within the titles. Paramount undoubtedly needs to maintain the franchise in-home. So what about this Kayce Dutton spin-off? In the event that they put “Yellowstone” within the title, does that then should go to Peacock? These are vital, probably costly questions. “Fascinating fodder for authorized query of what’s a ‘spinoff’ and thus goes to Peacock not Par+,” Belloni added, elevating an excellent query for some attorneys to hash out.

As for the specifics of the present, nothing has been confirmed, save for Grimes’ involvement. “Procedural” additionally implies that this is likely to be extra of a “plot of the week” present, quite than one thing that’s closely serialized, which might make sense for a community like CBS. In the meantime, Sheridan is busy increasing his empire, with one other spin-off titled “The Madison” additionally within the works. The franchise grows, from cable, to streaming, and now, fairly probably, to community tv.

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“Yellowstone” is streaming now on Peacock.