Taylor Sheridan’s Western television series Yellowstone has a sprawling universe with multiple spinoff shows, but his new show could easily make the world even bigger. Sheridan has made an empire of Western media recently, both with his Yellowstone franchise and its spinoffs, as well as with his other shows and movies. While those other shows exist mostly as standalone stories, one of Sheridan’s upcoming TV shows could connect to the world of Yellowstone.
Sheridan has created an expansive catalog of shows that connect to Yellowstone and added to almost every era of the ranch’s long history. Spinoff shows like 1883 and 1923 built out the history of the Yellowstone ranch and added new members to the Dutton family tree. A new spinoff is also planned, and it will explore a different side of the world of Yellowstone. As that show begins branching into new territory for the franchise, it could easily pull a different show Sheridan is producing into the shared universe.
Landman’s Texas Setting Means It Could Crossover With Yellowstone’s 6666 Spinoff
One of Sheridan’s upcoming shows, Landman, will follow the story of a modern oil company’s crisis manager. Sheridan also has another Yellowstone spinoff planned, 6666, which will chart the story of the Four Sixes ranch, which helped Jimmy become a cowboy in Yellowstone season 4. Both Landman and 6666 take place in Texas, making a potential crossover between the series extremely easy to pull off, indicating that the shows may exist in the same universe. Since the shows are so close geographically and in time, characters could easily crossover or reference each other, connecting them together.
Will Landman Be Part Of The Yellowstone Universe?
Landman is not currently confirmed to be part of the Yellowstone universe, and it may not be at all. Yellowstone is ending, and Sheridan has begun making more new shows that are independent of his main Western franchise. Landman will likely continue the trend of moving away from Yellowstone to tell a standalone story. Shows like Tulsa King and Lawman: Bass Reeves have proven that Westerns set outside the famous ranch can still be successful. Landman could be one of the first shows to begin filling the void left after Yellowstone’s ending.
Landman has also promised to be more connected to real life than many of Sheridan’s former projects. With its premise being centered around land disputes and oil drilling, the show seems likely to provide commentary on real political issues. That could move it even further from the fictional Yellowstone universe in an effort to grant the series more realism. If Sheridan decides to connect Landman to Yellowstone, he would have a very easy way of doing so, but it might not be the best move for the success of his various shows.