1883

Really looking forward to this. Going to Paramount + 12/19!

[HEADING=2]Yellowstone’ Gets a Prequel in ‘1883,’ but It Wasn’t Easy[/HEADING]
This Paramount+ series tracks the Dutton family’s migration from Texas to Montana. Making it tested the mettle of the cast and crew.

Making a western is a little like building a time machine out of wooden planks, leather straps and canvas sheets. But when the cast and crew of the new Paramount+ series “1883” headed into America’s frontier past, some wondered if they would ever make it back.

The show’s writer-producer (and sometime director) Taylor Sheridan created “1883” as a prequel to his popular Paramount Network series “Yellowstone,” which tells the present-day story of John Dutton (Kevin Costner), an aging Montana rancher trying to hold on to the enormous spread his family has owned for generations. Premiering Sunday on Paramount+, “1883” is a Dutton origin story, following the original settlers of the Yellowstone land as they endure the hardships of the Oregon Trail, accompanied by European immigrants and a few skilled frontiersmen.

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