Chris McCarthy – head of Paramount’s Media Networks – confirmed this information during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in March. During the wide-ranging conversation, he told the outlet that the star would top-line “a Yellowstone extension, which will move forward regardless of whether Costner returns to the original.”

Sheridan himself has called the series a “new chapter.” And in his own interview with THR, stated that “he seems like a natural fit. We had a few conversations over the years and spitballed a few ideas. Then he started watching Yellowstone and responded to it. He was like, ‘I want to do that.’ And by ‘that’ he meant diving into a raw world clashing up against the modern world. And then I said, ‘Buddy, that we can do.’“

While Sheridan only has the “broadest of strokes” when it comes to the idea, he has revealed that it might not involve any of the previous Yellowstone characters, kicking off with a new cast, and a new location.

Referring to prequels 1883 and 1923 – which also have fresh casts – Sheridan said: “My idea of a spinoff is the same as my idea of a prequel — read into that what you will.”

Doubling down b on that statement, he adds: “There are lots of places where a way of life that existed for 150 years is slamming against a new way of life, but the challenges are completely different. There are a lot of places you can tell this story.”

It’s also unknown where the spin-off will sit in the overarching Yellowstone timeline.