The first half of Yellowstone Season 5 is in the books, and 1883, which told us the origin story of the Dutton Ranch, and how the original Dutton family (played by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) made the trip across the great plains to settle in the great state of Montana, is in the books as well. We’ve seen the first season of 1923, which continues the Dutton story, and the show is slated for a second season which should premiere later this year, or possibly in early 2025.
Another spinoff, which may or may not feature Matthew McConaughey, is also in the works, a modern-day sequel of sorts with the working title 2024, in addition to another prequel series, 1944. Not to mention, he is currently filming for his new series titled Landman starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm, as well as the 3rd season of Mayor Of Kingstown which stars Jeremy Renner. And there are plenty more shows on the docket over the next couple years…
So that begs the question… how does Sheridan do it? Does he eat? Does he sleep? Where does he find the time to crank out a zillion shows every year? Well, as it turns out, the grueling process damn near kills him when he gets on set.
In his recent podcast visit to the Joe Rogan Experience, Sheridan detailed his grueling schedule:
“When I go direct, if I go on a six-month, which I’m about to, a six-month, seven-month run of directing every single day… where I have to make decisions from 6am until 9 o’clock at night, then I got to watch footage till midnight, I get 3, 4 hours of sleep a night for 6 months. I’m a f**** wreck after 6 months.”
Oh, yeah and he does movies too…
He went on to explain how he was filming Those Who Wish Me Dead, which starred Angelina Jolie and Yellowstone’s Finn Little, and had to write for his shows throughout the night when they weren’t filming:
“I was directing a movie with Angie, Angelina Jolie in New Mexico, and they had a start date that, by God, they were gonna start, it didn’t matter they didn’t have scripts, they were gonna start. We would do a night-shoot Friday night and finish about 7 in the morning. And I come home and sleep till 2 and wake up, have coffee and write the script Saturday until 1, 2 in the morning. Wake up Sunday, do it again, finish the script, send it off… I did it 10 episodes. I did it 10 weeks in a row. F****** killed me.”
He went on to say that he takes a number of nutritional supplements to keep his health in order during this grueling schedule:
“You’ll get what they call the movie flu where you just get run down. The hours are 14, 16 hours a day”
Insane… and yet, you could argue that Sheridan is probably busier than ever this year, following the writers and actors strikes. With Yellowstone to finish, 1923 to finish, the other shows in the Yellowstone universe, plus everything else on his plate… it’s gonna be a wild few years for Mr. Sheridan.
You can listen to Sheridan discuss the history that inspired the beginning of Yellowstone, Sheridan’s 1883:
Mapping Out The Dutton Family Tree
With the second installment to the Yellowstone prequels underway, we’re getting another look into the history of the Dutton Family.
Following 1883, the next part of the story picks up in 1923, as we see the next generation of Dutton struggle to maintain ranch life at the newly constructed Dutton Ranch.
According to the official synopsis:
“1923 focuses on the Dutton family’s next two generations as they struggle to survive historic drought, lawlessness and prohibition, and an epidemic of cattle theft; all battled beneath the cloud of Montana’s great depression, which preceded the nation by almost a decade.”
The first season of 1923 has wrapped and we’re expecting a second season in the near future. We’ll get into all that chaos with Kevin Costner another time, but for now, this new chapter of the Dutton saga might have some of you confused about the family tree of the Dutton family.
And honestly, when I went looking for a Dutton family tree, I had a hard time finding an accurate one (or, at least what I believe to be an accurate one). So, we made our own…
Of course, not everything is 100% clear, but with the first season of 1923 n the books, and another on the way, I’m sure some more information will come to light. And we will get into some details so if you haven’t watched 1883 or 1923 yet, you might want to stop at the graphic.
But without further ado… mapping out the entire Dutton family, from 1883, to today.
