Hold your horses, Yellowstone fans. The Matthew McConaughey-led spinoff doesn’t sound like it left the stable just yet. Though previous reports claimed that a sequel series would immediately follow Yellowstone’s series finale in November 2024, a new dispatch suggests that McConaughey’s involvement isn’t sure thing after all.
McConaughey’s hesitation is reportedly due to the fact that he hasn’t seen a script. According to Matthew Belloni of Puck News, McConaughey is still the top choice to lead the project. His involvement is just a little “overstated”—at least, until Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan sends over a script. As of today, there are also no reports regarding who McConaughey would play, or how the new series will advance the Dutton family saga. Though Belloni added that producers are close to a deal with Michelle Pfeiffer, who is in negotiations to play the female lead.
Sheridan was already cooking up some ideas for the series this past June, praising McConaughey as “a natural fit” for his modern western TV universe. “We had a few conversations over the years, and spitballed a few ideas,” Sheridan revealed. “Then he started watching Yellowstone and responded to it. He was like, I want to do that. And by that he meant diving into a raw world clashing up against the modern world. And then I said, Buddy, that we can do.”
I know for sure that in season two of 1923 Spencer will manage to reach Montana and hopefully Alexandra will meet with him there from that point on. We are not certain what to expect from Spencer’s Journey but I know for sure that a lot of us want to see him more in the series as we don’t think 1923 will be enough to explore the character to its full extent.
Therefore I believe Taylor Sheran will make Spencer Dutton one of the main characters in 1944. We know that the current family tree shows Jack as the grandfather of the modern day John Dutton and thus everyone bets on his survival rather than the other characters. However this doesn’t mean that the rest of the family has to die even if Jack is the grandfather whose lineage will end up becoming the modern the Yellowstone Spencer might still run the ranch in 1944 doing what Jacob has done for them.
When they were just children in that case Brandon scenar who is starring a Spencer in 1923 would be too young to play the 5ish year-old Spencer in 1944 at that point I believe McConaughey comes to the scene think about it even though his facial features are not exactly similar to Spencer. He might be the only actor who can embrace the soul of an older Spencer perfectly his talent would be enough to overcome the lack of resemblance.
In my opinion best Ideas including an A-list actor like him in 1944 would fit Sheridan strategy for the prequel Series in which he makes sure to cast some massive names so that even people who are not Yellowstone fans would watch the show. Can you think of a better name for the older Spencer than McConaughey? I certainly cannot.
1944 is expected to be released later this year right after 1923 completes its run with its second season. McConaughey demands a fortune to start in the show but it seems like Sheridan will do his best to cast him either way so soon. We will witness a new era beginning in the Yellowstone Universe under the leadership of McConaughey as Spencer Dutton. What do you think about McConaughey starring as Spencer in 1944? Let me know what you think in the comments below.
