- CBS is cooking up a “procedural” spin-off of Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone with Luke Grimes set to reprise his role as Kayce Dutton.
- The new show would join a growing stable of Yellowstone spin-offs which currently include The Madison starring Michelle Pfeiffer; 6666; the Beth Dutton & Rip Wheeler-centric series; and plenty more.
- This article will be regularly updated as new information becomes available.
Months after the flagship neo-western series concluded in a rather divisive manner, the Yellowstone universe appears to be on track for yet another expansion – this one, as we’d anticipated, centring on Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes).
According to both Puck’s Matt Belloni and Variety, CBS is currently in early discussions for a procedural series of all things fronted by Grimes’ former Navy SEAL turned rancher and livestock commissioner. But beyond that, this plot is very much still under wraps and “no deals are believed to be in place at this time.”
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Grimes previously told Esquire that “there’s always talks of spin-offs,” before affirming his willingness to get onboard But admittedly doesn’t see where it’d go post-season 5B finale.
“Kayce wants to cowboy and be happy with his family. He doesn’t want to kill people anymore. He doesn’t want the weight of a huge mega ranch that isn’t sustainable in today’s times. He wants his little slice of heaven. It’s that simple,” he said.
In Yellowstone season 5B, to preserve the land his family had died for across generations, the surviving Dutton son sold the coveted Yellowstone Ranch to Thomas Rainwater and the Broken Rock Reservation for a symbolic price of $1.25 per acre – the price his ancestors paid.
As a gesture of goodwill, the reservation offers him a modest piece of land where he can live in peace with his wife Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and own son Tate (Brecken Merrill), run the ranch at his own leisure, and most importantly, be canonically free for narrative manoeuvring by showrunner Taylor Sheridan.
But even if the Kayce Dutton-led Yellowstone spin-off ultimately falls through at CBS, fans can expect plenty more from Sheridan’s money-making stable of bingeable dramas.
The most prominent new material involves spiritual sequel series The Madison. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, it follows the story of wealthy matriarch Stacy Clyburn, who moves her family from NYC to Montana “in the wake of her husband and brother-in-law’s tragic deaths in a plane crash.”
Suits alum Patrick J. Adams, Matthew Fox, and Beau Garrett are set to join Pfeiffer. Cameras officially began rolling back in August 2024 in Montana, New York, and Texas with the expectation of a premiere sometime in 2025.
The week of the flagship’s finale, there were also talks of a spin-off with fan favourites Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) being developed as we speak – something we’ve noted will functionally exist as a sixth season.
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“It’ll likely feature other cast members from the mothership series alongside Reilly and Hauser, I hear,” explained Nellie Andreeva of Deadline.
“Led by Yellowstone characters played by the same actors in the same present-day time frame, the new offshoot shares the most DNA with the mothership of any shows in the Yellowstone universe to date, which explains why it will be the first spinoff to carry Yellowstone in the title, sources said.”
Additionally, there’s the following:
- 6666
A present-day story about the legendary Four Sixes Ranch in Texas – which Taylor Sheridan owns in real life, because of course he does – backdoor piloted by the season 4 story arc of Jimmy Hurdstrom (Jefferson White), and built upon by the interstate arc heavily featured throughout season 5. - 1923
The ongoing prequel starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and Brandon Sklenar currently on its second season that follows the concluded 1883; centred upon a generation of the Dutton family during the titular year – a time of great hardships ranging from Prohibition, drought, and the early days of the Great Depression, which impacted Montana long before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. - 1944
Another prequel detailing the Dutton family’s troubled origins, picking up where 1923 eventually leaves off. Fun fact: prior to Kevin Costner’s exit, there were also discussions about a prequel set in the 80s with young John Dutton III.
Keep an eye out here on details surrounding the developing Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) Yellowstone spin-off series, i.e. release date, cast, news, trailer.
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