YELLOWSTONE

With a possible release date of June 20th, the epic tale of the Dutton’s, for season four, was filmed primarily in Montana, and in Fort Worth, Texas with that shooting schedule likely having to be in support of the spin-off, Yellowstone 6666. All the stars have been dropping hints to feed the media on the outcome for the characters after season’s three’s explosive ending.

TAYLOR SHERIDAN

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There is an end in sight for the current run of Yellowstone, as Taylor Sheridan looks to the future with what could become his lifetime epic work – Yellowstone 6666. There is speculation that is the intent and why Sheridan spearheaded the offer to purchase the 6666 Ranch for a reported $340 million dollars. Published interviews of Sheridan report he has an end point in mind for the current Yellowstone series. Sheridan’s second spin-off is Yellowstone: 1883, which will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ late in 2021. Paramount+ is a new streaming service that Viacom, the owners of Paramount, are betting-big that Taylor Sheridan can pull in subscribers. This version of the Dutton story-line takes place in the rough and tumble wild west as they embark on a great journey toward the untamed wilderness beyond the Great Plains. Taylor explores the hardships of fleeing poverty to find a better life no matter what the sacrifice. As the story is told the Dutton family heads to Montana, settling there just 11-years after President Ulysses S. Grant created Yellowstone National Park thru the Protection Act. The family is expected to just be scraping by on arrival creating a humble beginning to the narrative of the Duttons in Yellowstone Season 4.

ViacomCBS and Taylor Sheridan are in serious business together and both are flexing their muscles into the streaming video arena. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter turned Yellowstone into a colossal success for the Paramount Network in their early days. Now they are betting big on Sheridan with four-series including the Lioness, a story of a young Marine recruited to use a terrorist’s daughter to infiltrate the organization. Sheridan’s personal pet project, the production of The Last Cowboy has been filming nationwide, and should wrap-up production in August at the Las Vegas event The Run for a Million. No release date has been made public for what in the past was a six-episode series. In the first season The Last Cowboy project eventually landed in the hands of Truly Original and veteran reality show producer Glenda Hersh and Steven Weinstock who served as executive producers with Taylor Sheridan and David Glassner. Tori Socha oversaw the production for Paramount Network is best known for her work in Bar Rescue, Ink Master and Wife Swap. Tori put the spin on reining, with all the tricks of reality TV creating a ratings success, pulling over 1 million viewers for a single episode.

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