Yellowstone to continue with Beth and Rip Spinoff: report

yellow stone after all, it’s not ending, or at least not completely.

Following the upcoming season 5 finale, the yellow stone The universe will continue with a spin-off series starring Kelly Reilly and Cole HauserWednesday December 11 report of Deadline. According to the outlet, Reilly and Hauser will reprise their respective roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, and yellow stone co-creator Taylor Sheridan will take care of the creative side of things.

yellow stone It previously spawned spinoffs 1883 and 1923, but Deadline reports that this will be the first to use the word “Yellowstone” in the title because it “shares most of the DNA” with the original series. Other cast members of the series are also expected to appear.

Western drama fans have long been confused about the future of Paramount Network’s flagship series. The network announced in May 2023 that the show would end for good after the second half of Season 5, whose premiere was delayed until last month due to scheduling issues and the dual SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

However, in the lead-up to Season 5B’s premiere, reports circulated that Season 6 could still be in the works, or that the network could move forward with a spinoff focused on Beth and Rip. Once the new episodes began airing, fans couldn’t help but notice that the advertising featured season 5B as “the epic return” rather than the final release of the show. Meanwhile, the preview for the Sunday, December 15 episode presented it as the “season finale” rather than the series finale.

Reilly, 47, has played coy about the situation in recent interviews, hinting that she would be open to playing Beth again in the future.

“I’m definitely interested in Beth and who she is after some things happened,” she said. City and countryside in a cover story published last month. “Who is she in peace? As an actor, you think, ‘Ooh, let me do that.’ Wouldn’t it be fun to see Beth go to therapy?

In any case, the Dutton patriarch Kevin Costner will not return for the reported spinoff. Costner, 69, is officially out yellow stone earlier this year to focus on his Horizon film saga. He also put to rest rumors that he was responsible for the delays of season 5B.

“I gave them 25 of my days for this B thing in November and December (2022). What they called 5B. “The entire month of March (2023),” he said. Deadline In May. “I didn’t shoot 5B. There was no script. And then things imploded.”

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There’s never a shortage of drama at Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, and apparently that’s the case off-screen as well. While Kevin Costner’s future with Yellowstone has long been up in the air, his co-stars Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser and Luke Grimes are now asking for more money to appear on the show’s upcoming spin-off, (…)

He added: “I left exactly when they wanted and that made it difficult for me. Turns out they didn’t have the scripts for 5B. They needed four more days to complete the first eight episodes. “I came out early to give them what they needed to get a full eight and I felt bad that the audience didn’t get 10s.”

Us weekly has reached out to Paramount Network for comment.