Yellowstone may be ending, but Taylor Sheridan’s Dutton universe continues to expand. What began with one show following the dramas of the modern-day Dutton family on their Montana ranch, now features multiple spin-offs, including a forthcoming second season of 1923, the Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford-fronted prequel series following an earlier generation of Duttons establishing their roots in the American west.
Ahead of the finale of season one earlier this year, Paramount+ confirmed that the show, which “explores the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, and the end of Prohibition all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home,” will be coming back for another chapter.
Since then, there have been some shakeups behind the scenes that have caused complications of the series’s second season. The Butte Civic Center, which was contracted to serve as a sound stage for the production when it was originally set to begin filming this June, ended their agreement with the show over the summer due to ongoing production delays caused by the strikes of the actors and writers guilds. According to previous reports, the series was paying Butte-Silver Bow $75,000 per month for use of the Civic Center through the end of the 2023 calendar year, and had already requested an extension on their contract when production was first delayed in May.
Now, however, NBC Montana reports that the show will, indeed, return to Butte for at least part of its filming, as confirmed by show producer Charlie Skinner. The report also notes that there are no active filming permits for the series in Butte at the moment, and that no startup date has been set. The production will evidently not be returning to the Civic Center, which they vacated earlier this year.
Here, everything we know so far about the show’s season two:
A premiere date has yet to be announced.
At this point, it seems highly unlikely that we’ll see any more of our favorite characters from 1923 before mid-2024. Given how many projects Sheridan currently has in the works, which range from other Yellowstone-related series like 6666 to original shows like Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, and Special Ops: Lioness, it’s unclear when his schedule will open up to work on what comes next for the Duttons of 1923 once he’s able to return to work.
At this point it’s anyone’s best guess as to when the show could finally make a return.
Season 2 will be the show’s last.
When asked about the possibility of future seasons, Brandon Sklenar, who stars on the series as the war-haunted big game hunter Spencer Dutton, told the Hollywood Reporter that the show will come to a definite conclusion at the end of season 2.
