After a two-year absence, and after the fifth and final-ish season of its predecessor Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan’s 1923 landed on the 2025 TV schedule to wrap up its second season with quite a lot of lethal outcomes for a number of foremost characters, together with Julia Schlaepfer’s Alexandra Dutton and Brandon Sklenar’s Spencer. Issues have been fortunately much less deadly for Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren’s Jacob and Cara Dutton, propping the metaphorical door open for his or her potential returns. Simply how a lot potential’s there, although?
One may assume the reply is “zilch,” however that’d underestimate simply how satisfying each Ford and Mirren discovered filming 1923 to be. Each A-tier actors have been available to speak concerning the Paramount+ collection for an FYC Q&A — an occasion I doubt both would have attended in the event that they weren’t all-in on the Duttons — and whereas Ford shared his curiosity degree on probably reprising Jacob for an upcoming Yellowstone present, Mirren talked child John and the long-gestating sequel-prequel 1944, first introduced in November 2023.
Harrison Ford On Presumably Returning To Yellowstone-Verse As Jacob Dutton
Regardless of starring in among the most profitable and celebrated film franchises in existence in Star Wars and Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford is not an actor that is ever been synonymous with sequels, and even his Jack Ryan films are mutually unique sufficient. However he spoke fairly extremely about 1923‘s last episode, saying it was “unbelievable” and “probaby the densest script” that he is lent his efforts to in years.
So with 1944 on the best way and no direct indicators of when and/or how Jacob and Cara meet their makers, it is nonetheless possible for Ford’s now-retired rancher to outlive into the subsequent collection in grandpa-mode. And it does not sound just like the actor would reject the provide to return again, both. As he put it:
I am nonetheless alive. [If Taylor Sheridan] asks good. I do not know what his plans are.
One can solely hope that franchise ringleader Taylor Sheridan himself has a transparent concept of the place he is taking the Duttons’ story, and whether or not it’s going to finally hyperlink up instantly with the mothership collection. And logistically talking, I do not assume he’d be that interested by having 100-year-old Jacob Dutton strutting round in 1944, however I feel it could be an excellent transfer to pepper that present with flashbacks that lay out how Jacob, Cara and Spencer bought on collectively after their prolonged time aside.
However Helen Mirren’s Ideas About Child John Have Me Extra Curious
Curiously sufficient, 1923 ends on an lovable observe for Cara Dutton, whose last moments have her cradling Spender and Alex’s John Dutton II. And for all of the hypothesis that is gone into that child’s existence – here is what the forged instructed CinemaBlend about it – nobody participating within the FYC chat was coughing up any further particulars.
However Mirren sounded fairly within the concept of 1923 closing out on youth and age coming collectively in such a means, and I’ve to surprise if she’d be interested by exploring Cara’s motherly abilities with an precise toddler as an alternative of grown youngsters. This is how she described it:
I like the truth that the way forward for Yellowstone is left on this tiny child, within the arms of two older individuals, grandparents age. I assumed that was a really attention-grabbing idea. And Taylor now I feel goes to do 1944 as I perceive, in order that will likely be attention-grabbing too, the subsequent technology.
Certainly, that technology will doubtless be closely impacted by each Cara and Jacob Dutton, in addition to Spencer (whose flash-forward demise was specified by 1923‘s last moments). So it could presumably really feel like too empty of a home if 1944 arrives and it is simply Spencer, one other spouse, and two youngsters that viewers do not know something about. Certain could be good to have one thing acquainted round in that case, reminiscent of Harrison Ford’s face made as much as look 20 years previous. Or possibly that’d be scary. I can not fairly inform.
I suppose it is price stating right here that 1923 technically hasn’t been canceled or something, so it is potential that Season 3 might occur and provides followers a extra direct take a look at Cara and Jacob elevating John II. However we’ll have to attend and see if Paramount+’s execs make any publicized selections going ahead.