Following the Yellowstone Season 5 premiere, fans got their first glimpse at the upcoming Harrison Ford prequel, 1923. With a release date sooner than you might expect, an incredible cast, and a plot that will undoubtedly keep us glued to the screen, here’s what we know about the new series.
What is the release date for the Yellowstone prequel 1923?
The Yellowstone prequel 1923 will start on Sunday, December 18, 2022. Viewers in the U.K. and Australia will be able to start watching from Monday, December 19, 2022. The series is set to run for two seasons in total on Paramount Plus, each made up of eight episodes. There’s no word yet on whether the series will stick to Yellowstone’s usual weekly release schedule, or if the entire first season will launch all at once.
1923 trailer released by Paramount
Who is in the cast for Yellowstone prequel 1923?
- Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton
- Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton
- James Badge Dale as John Dutton Sr.
- Marley Shelton as Emma Dutton
- Darren Mann as Jack Dutton
- Brandon Sklenar as Spencer Dutton
- Timothy Dalton as Donald Whitfield
- Sebastian Roché as Father Renaud
- Robert Patrick as Sheriff William McDowell
- Jerome Flynn as Banner Creighton
- Jennifer Ehle as Sister Mary
- Michelle Randolph as Elizabeth Strafford
- Aminah Nieves as Teonna Rainwater
- Brian Geraghty as Zane
- Julia Schlaepfer as Alexandra
What is the Yellowstone prequel about? What’s the 1923 plot?
1923 will serve as a Yellowstone origin story for the Dutton family, introducing a new generation that’s led by patriarch Jacob (Ford) and matriarch Cara (Mirren). Taking place in a time when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, there’s a lot for the Duttons to deal with.
Speaking about the series with Vanity Fair, Ford said: “There’s very little that sustains them [the Dutton family] other than themselves and the hard work and investment they put into their future and their family. It is a tough life, and it’s full of not just physical challenges but moral ones as well.”
Mirren added: “You need someone who is capable of making decisions, and hopefully making the right decisions, but at least making a decision and going with it – in other words, a leader. That’s what has propelled them into this position of running the ranch, running the family, being the linchpin around whom, at this moment in time, the family revolves.”
