It’s been three years since Taylor Sheridan‘s next long-awaited Yellowstone prequel was said to be in development, and to this day, fans remain hopeful about the project even though updates have been scarce. That’s about to change, as an exciting update has come to light, suggesting that fans still have something huge to look forward to. The Yellowstone spin-off marks one of several franchise entries on the way following the announcement of a video game adaptation from the recently launched Paramount Games Studios.
With Dutton Ranch featuring Yellowstone’s iconic duo Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) still keeping fans busy until its finale in July, now seems like the perfect time for a much-needed 1944 update. Announced in February 2023, 1944 was announced as the next Yellowstone prequel following 1883 and 1923. It is set in its title year and will serve as a sequel to 1923, possibly featuring characters from the two-season series who were left alive and find their way to1944.
As part of Matt’s Inside Line newsletter, journalist and insider Matt Webb Mitovich has hinted about the status of 1944 while answering a reader’s question. Mitovich is “assured” that the prequel “is still in development at Paramount.” Nothing concrete was revealed beyond that, though there has been speculation that the Yellowstone prequel could feature Spencer Dutton (portrayed by Brandon Sklenar in 1923), the younger son of James and Margaret Dutton, returning after the death of his beloved Alex (Julia Schlaepfer) in 1923.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
You Need To Watch ‘Yellowstone’s Latest Spin-Off
From creator Chad Feehan,Dutton Ranch is currently the best Yellowstone spin-off, according to viewers. Feehan departed the series prior to its premiere on May 15, 2026, but after the first season had wrapped production. In the gripping sequel series, we see Rip and Beth gamble everything on a new life in South Texas, away from their home in Montana.
Also starring in the hit sequel are Finn Little reprising hisYellowstone role as Carter Green, Beth and Rip’s adopted son; Annette Bening as Beulah Jackson, the matriarch of the Jackson Family who owns 10 Petal Ranch; Jai Courtney as Rob-Will Jackson, Beulah’s rash youngest son; Juan Pablo Raba as Joaquin Jackson Reyes, Beulah’s eldest son who’s also the family’s fixer; Natalie Alyn Lind as Oreana Lynn Jackson, Beulah’s granddaughter and Carter’s love interest; and Ed Harris as Everett McKinney, a war veteran and the local veterinarian in Rio Paloma.
Dutton Ranch streams on Paramount+. Stay tuned to Collider for more 1944 updates.
