The official Dutton Ranch trailer teased Beth and Rip’s plans to wage a war for their land after Yellowstone — as drama swirls around the show off screen.
Paramount+ released the sneak peek on Tuesday, May 5, with Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) making the move to Texas after buying land that becomes the Dutton Ranch. Their neighbors were not all thrilled by the new additions as Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening) is seen at odds with Beth.
There is also Everett McKinney (Ed Harris), whose intentions remain unclear as the fan-favorite couple adjust to life outside of Montana. Elsewhere in the trailer, Carter (Finn Little) is all grown up as he finds love with Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind). A body also turns up at the farm before Rip buries it — and his and Beth’s secrets.
Yellowstone, which premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family. The hit series came to an end in 2024, expanding its universe with Luke Grimes‘ CBS show Marshals and Dutton Ranch, which premieres later this month.
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“As Beth and Rip fight to build a future together — far from the ghosts of Yellowstone — they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire,” the show’s synopsis reads. “In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul.”
Weeks before Dutton Ranch’s debut, Us Weekly confirmed that Chad Feehan will not return as showrunner after completing work on season 1. Puck News reported in April that Feehan, who created Lawmen: Bass Reeves with Taylor Sheridan, stepped away from Dutton Ranch after alleged friction with series stars Hauser and Reilly, among others.
Sheridan and his producing partner David Glasser, along with the two leads, were allegedly more unhappy with how Feehan ran the production than with the scripts. None of them have publicly addressed the speculation into the drama.
Over the years, Sheridan has acknowledged his preference for not using writers’ rooms, telling The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, “But when you hire a room that may not be motivated by those same qualities — and a writer always wants to take ownership of something they’re writing — and I give this directive and they’re not feeling it, then they’re going to come up with their own qualities. So for me, writers rooms, they haven’t worked.”
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The screenwriter reflected on his decision not to compromise when it comes to bringing his visions to life.
“When I quit acting, I decided that I am going to tell my stories my way, period. If you don’t want me to tell them, fine. Give them back and I’ll find someone who does — or I won’t, and then I’ll read them in some freaking dinner theater. But I won’t compromise. There is no compromising,” he continued. “There is compromising on things like budget.”
Sheridan added: “You write a thing and it costs what it costs. I will not change a script to meet a budget. … The freedom of the artist to create must be unfettered. If they tell me, ‘You’re going to have to write a check for $540,000 to four people to sit in a room that you never have to meet,’ then that’s between the studio and the guild. But if I have to check in creatively with others for a story I’ve wholly built in my brain, that would probably be the end of me telling TV stories.”
The outlet noted that Sheridan wrote in a one-room “cabinet” he built in Wyoming. “I’ve written many episodes in eight to 10 hours,” he claimed at the time.
Dutton Ranch premieres on Paramount+ May 15.
