ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Group signed Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan to huge deal. The pact includes multiple series, the first of which is a Yellowstone prequel. That series, Y: 1883, will premiere on Paramount+.
Sheridan is an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee. This exclusive new multi-platform deal is with MTV Entertainment Studios and 1010 Studios. It is multi-year with five cycles per year of “scripted and procedural series.”
Here’s how ViacomCBS describes the first show under the new pact, Y: 1883 –
Y: 1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
The series builds on Paramount+ key strategy to franchise marquee shows and IP for which MTV Entertainment Studios will be a major supplier. It will be executive produced by Sheridan, John Linson, Art Linson, David Glasser, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari.
