Everything We Know About a Potential Yellowstone Season 6

Everything We Know About a Potential Yellowstone Season 6
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The future of Yellowstone post-Season 5B has been shrouded in uncertainty and mystery. Paramount once made it clear that the show wouldn't return for another season, and the door remained shut until Season 5B's promotional material started sending mixed signals to fans, hinting that the series' finale might not even be in Season 5. Meanwhile, fans have been flooded by reports about potential spinoffs and cast returns, but hardly anything is confirmed.

1923 is returning for another season to tackle the Dutton family's history. The spinoff series The Madison was once set to be a direct sequel to Yellowstone. However, the story's change of direction in focusing on a new family leaves the Dutton family's post-Yellowstone fate in the air. With the rumor of a Beth and Ripp spinoff potentially picking up where Season 5B left off, many fans are wondering what Yellowstone's future looks like now that the Season 5 finale is out.

Yellowstone was supposed to end with Season 5B, with Paramount's previous announcement in 2023 revealing that the sixth season had been scrapped. In exchange, the network planned on going forward with a sequel series. In the statement, David Classer, CEO of 101 Studios confirmed that "the Dutton story continues" in "another epic tale," which would pick up right where Yellowstone left off. There have been many different reports after Season 6's initial cancelation. Matthew McConaughey was reportedly going to headline a sequel titled 2024, which was later retitled The Madison, following a different family. The sequel stars Michelle Pfeiffer in the lead role as Stacy Clyburn, along with Beau Garrett, Patrick J. Adams, Elle Chapman, Amish Miller, Alaina Pollack, Rebecca Spence, Kevin Zegers, Ben Schweitzer and Danielle Vasinova, among others.

How McConaughey would fit into the project is a mystery that's leaning toward the fact that he's not in it. However, there was a time when McConaughey's involvement in a Yellowstone sequel seemed like a done deal. In a Hollywood Reporter profile on Taylor Sheridan, the show's creator revealed that they were "in late-stage negotiations" with McConaughey for a sequel, in which the actor seemed like "a natural fit." However, the actor never confirmed his involvement in the project. The updates on a sequel with McConaughey went nowhere, and the release of Yellowstone 5B in 2024 also changed the course of the franchise.

Yellowstone 5B isn't billed as the series finale in the promotional material, which led to many thinking that the main show could potentially return for another season despite the previous cancelation. The teaser trailer for Season 5B used wording such as "season finale" instead of series finale, leaving the door open for the show. It seems that Paramount didn't rule out the possibility of the show's return. Meanwhile, the network is busy eying cast members for Yellowstone-related projects that would continue the Dutton story (with The Madison seemingly moving more into the direction of a spinoff rather than a direct sequel). How the Duttons' story will continue is a question that is yet to receive a clear answer.

The Dutton family patriarch's death kicked off Yellowstone Season 5B with a mystery. The last batch of episodes ties up the Dutton's multi-generational story in the Yellowstone franchise. The fate of the ranch is settled by a deal between Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), which honors the agreement made by Jamie Dutton and the Indigenous Americans centuries ago in 1883. When James and his wife Margaret settled in Montana, they agreed to return the land to the Indigenous Americans in seven generations. Yellowstone Season 5B's finale sees Yellowstone Ranch becoming part of the Native American Reservation. At the same time, Beth avenges her father's death.

Grimes previously discussed his return for a potential Season 6 with Esquire, though he didn't think it'd make sense for the mothership to continue. The actor admitted that if the network chose to continue Yellowstone, he'd "do it." Though with the way Season 5B left things, he didn't think another season would work out so well with Kayce's character arc also coming to an end. He said:

I'd do it. I just don't understand how it would work once the story ends. Kayce wants to cowboy and be happy with his family. He doesn't want to kill people anymore. He doesn't want the weight of a huge mega ranch that isn't sustainable in today's times. He wants his little slice of heaven. It's that simple.