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Paramount is pressing ahead with "1944," Taylor Sheridan's long-shelved Yellowstone prequel, according to new reporting from Matt Webb Mitovich via MovieWeb, ending an extended public silence around one of the franchise's most opaque projects.
The development arrives as Sheridan continues assembling a multi-platform television empire, having recently inked a major deal with NBCUniversal while his Yellowstone properties remain spread across Paramount+ and CBS — a cross-network positioning that underscores the IP's unusual commercial weight.
A Franchise That Keeps Expanding Sheridan built the Yellowstone universe into one of the defining neo-Western franchises of the streaming era, and he has shown little appetite for stopping there.
The existing universe already spans two prequels — "1883" and "1923" — alongside the in-development spin-offs "Marshals," set to air on CBS, and "Dutton Ranch," headed to Paramount+.
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