The ever-expanding world of Yellowstone is set to grow even larger as actor Cole Hauser unveils exciting news about a forthcoming spinoff series. Fans of the franchise can look forward to a new chapter featuring beloved characters from the original show.
In this upcoming series, titled “Dutton Ranch,” viewers will follow the lives of Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, portrayed by Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser respectively, as their story continues beyond the events of Yellowstone. The anticipation for this new adventure is palpable among the show’s dedicated fanbase.
On Friday, Hauser took to social media to officially announce the show’s title and teased its arrival with a striking poster. The image featured the initials “D” and “R” intertwined, accompanied by the tantalizing promise, “new series, coming soon.”
The actor captioned the photo: ‘Here…we…go’ with fans erupting in the comments.
Fans expressed their excitement online with comments full of enthusiasm. One user eagerly remarked, “So very excited for this, Cole! Can’t wait to see you and Kelly continue to rock it on screen. The journey has been amazing, and it’s so good to have them back.” Others echoed similar sentiments with exclamations like, “STOPPPPP…. RIP IS BACK!?!??!” and “Can’t happen soon enough!!! We need Rip and Beth!”
This announcement comes after some confusion, as Hauser had previously dismissed the idea of the show being named “Dutton Ranch” during a May interview with Fox, saying, “Well, first of all, it’s not ‘Dutton Ranch.’ That’s not the name of it.” Yet, it seems the name has stuck, much to the delight of fans who are ready to saddle up for the next ride in the Yellowstone saga.
The announcement comes after Hauser denied the show would be called Dutton Ranch in a May interview with Fox, saying: ‘Well, first of all, it’s not ‘Dutton Ranch.’ That’s not the name of it.’
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone franchise includes two prequel series, 1883 and 1923, as well as sequel series The Madison, which stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Patrick J. Adams and Matthew Fox, and Marshalls, starring Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton.
The Yellowstone universe is expanding even further – as star Cole Hauser confirmed new details about a hotly-anticipated spinoff series with Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler (pictured in Yellowstone with Kelly Reilly)
John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, has no chance of being on the show
The original series that started it all, Yellowstone, ended last year but without it’s main star, Kevin Costner.
Costner’s character John Dutton was killed off in a November 2024 episode of the original series amid a falling out with Sheridan.
Costner was abruptly written off the show when he acrimoniously exited over scheduling conflicts with his Western movie franchise Horizon.
The show continued for another month before Yellowstone wrapped, ending with its fifth and final season.
For another month after Costner’s exit from the series, star Luke Grimes – who played Costner’s son Kayce Cutton – said they did not talk to each other amid rumored ‘tension.’
‘I haven’t talked to him since,’ he told Men’s Health in December 2024. ‘It’s not a case of any hard feelings or anything; it’s just, he’s Kevin Costner.’
Laughing, he added: ‘He’s a big deal. I do have his phone number — I just don’t feel like it’s my place to reach out. He can reach out to me if he wants to.’
‘None of us saw it coming the way it did, and obviously there was news about possible blowups behind the scenes or whatever,’ he continued.
Hauser confirmed the imminent arrival of the show with a shot of the poster for Dutton Ranch, with the letters D and R intertwined, with the line ‘new series, coming soon’- Seen in November with Reilly
Fans reacted with elation after learning about the new spin-off
The Yellowstone prequel 1923 starred Brandon Sklenar and Julia Schlaepfer
Michelle Pfeiffer stars in the new sequel series, The Madison
‘But just, like, in life, man, these things happen. They happen fast and they’re not predictable.’
Grimes compared Costner’s sudden exit to how he couldn’t have anticipated his father’s death many years ago.
He added: ‘I lost my father a few years ago. It happened fast, and it was not the way that you would think that that would happen. In life, these things happen and then people have to start making decisions. And in our little Yellowstone world, that helped ramp the show up into a boil.’
At the time, he said that Costner’s decision not to return after nearly eight years instilled a ‘finality’ to Yellowstone.
‘Him not coming back felt like, “Okay, we’re going to have to land this plane now for real,’ he told People in November 2024.
The original series that started it all, Yellowstone, ended without it’s main star, Kevin Costner, who acrimoniously left the series over scheduling conflicts with his new Horizon project
‘I think the patriarch leaving was always going to be part of the story. That’s always where it was headed, like, “What do these kids do? What does this family do when their rock is gone?”‘
John Dutton’s memory remains alive in the very first episode of the new spin-off Marshals, the new show following his youngest son and former Navy SEAL, Kayce Dutton.
‘All those years of door-kicking, you never once mentioned that you’re some Montana Rockefeller,’ Kayce’s pal and former Navy SEAL teammate Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green) told the Kayce, according to People.
‘That was the best part about being a SEAL. Being a Dutton didn’t matter,’ Kayce replied.
