Saying goodbye to Yellowstone was tougher than Luke Grimes anticipated, however he felt his Dutton chapters have been over. After which, just some months after Yellowstone‘s ultimate season wrapped filming, the thought for the Kayce Dutton spinoff, Y: Marshals, got here alongside. Grimes explains his causes for saying sure to the CBS procedural in a brand new interview.
Following the Yellowstone sequence finale in December, there are two spinoffs within the works, every centering the surviving Dutton siblings. There’s the Beth and Rip spinoff starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, a sequence that can doubtless be airing on Paramount Community and/or Paramount+. The second spinoff is about Grimes’ Kayce Dutton, but it surely’s shockingly going to be a procedural on CBS. Whereas CBS is underneath the Paramount umbrella, and whereas CBS aired seasons of Yellowstone prior to now, it’s an surprising growth to see this franchise transfer over to broadcast TV.
In Y: Marshals, Kayce has joined an elite crew of U.S. marshals. He’ll be seen combining his expertise as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to convey vary justice to Montana, the place he and his teammates should stability household, responsibility, and the excessive psychological value that comes with serving because the final line of protection within the area’s warfare on violence. A solid checklist has but to be introduced, but it surely’s presumed that Kelsey Asbille and Brecken Merrill will reprise their roles as Monica and Tate Dutton, Kayce’s spouse and son, within the present set to debut in spring 2026 in a Sunday primetime slot.
“On the final day of taking pictures, I believed it was my final day as Kayce. It was over to me,” Grimes informed Individuals. “It was seven years of enjoying an individual that I’ll by no means see once more, aside from having his hat and jacket in my closet. It wasn’t till in all probability three or 4 months after that that every thing began aligning for the [spinoff].”
Grimes admitted that closing the door on Yellowstone was “quite a bit larger of a life second than I believed it will be. To attempt to put that present away, it was arduous. It was actually arduous, and I do know that is going to sound bizarre, but it surely was form of emotional. It was like dropping a household in a approach.”
“No one wished it to be over,” Grimes mentioned. “I don’t suppose the followers wished it to be over. Lots of us actors type of didn’t need it to be over, and the studio and community actually didn’t need it to be over.” However in the end, the way in which Yellowstone wrapped up did make Kayce’s story really feel full. He “form of will get what he has been on the lookout for, his dream life” within the sequence finale after promoting the Dutton household ranch to Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and securing a patch of that land for a house for his household, Grimes defined. Kayce was “again to who he actually is and his soul” on the finish. After which, “Lastly got here alongside a very good concept” to revive Kayce’s story.
“We undoubtedly wished to verify to present it an actual story and make it fascinating and make it plausible,” Grimes shared, noting that “if it was identical to, ‘effectively, he’s blissful’ — we’re simply going to observe him be blissful? That’s not very cool. However I’ll say this, the concept that was pitched to me may be very, superb and really fascinating and it actually roped me in and I believe it’ll rope the viewers in as effectively.”
“Will probably be bizarre” to return to the world after having already mentioned his goodbyes, the 41-year-old actor admitted. However he additionally revealed that “there’s going to be some acquainted faces” in Y: Marshals. “There’s going to be quite a lot of new faces too, so we’ll see how that every one feels.”
The star mentioned it’s a “actually weird transition” to bid farewell to Yellowstone, however even the joy of returning to that world isn’t sufficient to eliminate the brand new bizarre feeling that the spinoff brings for him. “To return into it in a brand new set of circumstances goes to be type of transition” in and of itself, Grimes mentioned.
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Y: Marshals, Collection Premiere, Spring 2026, CBS