Alright, alright, alright. So it seems that the fabled Matthew McConaughey Yellowstone project may not be completely dead, after all. The Yellowstone universe has expanded so vastly to this point that we wouldn’t be surprised to see Yellowstone 3000 with John Dutton MMIII operating on the planet Duttonia at some point, but for now, we’re still delighted with Marshals and, most relevantly, Dutton Ranch. That’s not to say there isn’t room for more, as Dutton Ranch star Cole Hauser has been discussing.

Speaking to ScreenRant ahead of last week’s Dutton Ranch premiere, Hauser revealed that Dutton Ranch was a one-off project, a separate outing from anything planned. There had long been speculation over a McConaughey-led project, and some had theorized that it eventually spun off into The Madison, another Montana-set series that, at this point, is currently unrelated to anything to do with Yellowstone. Hauser set the record straight:

“No. Dutton was a one-off to its own. I know what you’re talking about. I’m friends with Matthew, so we had a little dialogue along the way years ago, but it had nothing to do with that. It just was how do we take these two creative beings [me and Kelly] and give us the kind of, I guess, roadmap to continue to create these characters and do something special that’s new and challenging and that’s entertaining ultimately for the audience.”

So for now, we have Rip and Beth (Kelly Reilly) doing their brutal thing down in Texas, while the McConaughey show sits in the ether. But at least we know, it’s not completely off the table.

Who Stars in ‘Dutton Ranch’?

The cast of Dutton Ranch also includes Finn Little (Those Who Wish Me Dead, Storm Boy) as Carter, Juan Pablo Raba (Narcos, The 33) as Joaquin, Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad, Terminator Genisys) as Rob-Will, J.R. Villarreal (Akeelah and the Bee, Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion) as Azul, Marc Menchaca (Ozark, The Outsider) as Zachariah, Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted, Big Sky) as Oreana, Ed Harris (The Truman Show, Apollo 13) as Everett McKinney, and Annette Bening (American Beauty, Nyad) as Beulah Jackson.

The series is created by Chad Feehan, based on characters created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. Feehan also serves as showrunner, while Christina Alexandra Voros directs multiple episodes.

Dutton Ranch airs on Paramount on Fridays at 8 PM ET/PT and streams the same day on Paramount+.

via Collider