Yahoo News Matthew Fox Will Star in the 'Yellowstone' Spin Off, 'The Madison'
A new Yellowstone show is making headlines. Earier this month, TVLine exclusively revealed that there was a new spin off tentatively titled The Madison in the works. The series announced its star, early on: Michelle Pfeiffer.
“Michelle Pfeiffer is a remarkable talent who imbues every role with emotional depth, authenticity and grace,” said Chris McCarthy, the Co-CEO and President of Paramount Global and CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, which will co-produce the series. “She is the perfect anchor to the newest chapter of the Yellowstone universe, Madison, from the brilliant mind of Taylor Sheridan.”
Pfeiffer will also executive produce the series, which will be, "a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana," according to Paramount.
Initially it was reported that the show would "follow wealthy matriarch Stacy Clyburn and her family as they leave New York City and head to Montana in the wake of her husband and brother-in-law’s tragic deaths in a plane crash." It's not currently clear whether those details remain accurate.
The cast
Since the news of Pfeiffer's involvement broke, casting news just keeps on coming. The latest? Patrick J. Adams, perhaps best known for starring in Suits opposite a pre-royal Meghan Markle, has officially signed on to the show, along with Elle Chapman, Beau Garrett and Amiah Miller.
Adams will play Russell McIntosh, "a young investment banker who has followed the life path set before him from the start," according to a release announcing the casting. Chapman will play his wife, Paige, "a somewhat self-centered woman who indulges in a luxurious New York lifestyle provided by her parents and investment banker husband," while Garrett will be Abigail Reese, "a resilient and sardonic New Yorker, who is a recently divorced mother of two." Miller will play Abigail's daughter.
Per Deadline, Chapman and Garrett's characters will be the daughters of Pfeiffer's character.
When news of the show first broke Kurt Russell was also said to be close to signing a deal for the show, though no additional announcements have been made about his involvement since.
Perhaps most notably for fans of creator Taylor Sheridan's universe of Yellowstone shows, Variety reports that The Madison is indeed the spin off previously operating under the working title 2024. Pfeiffer was previously expected to star in said series alongside Matthew McConaughey, who has been rumored to join the Dutton universe for over a year.
2024, which was announced last fall along with an additional prequel series 1944 (following on the heels of Sheridan's Dutton-focused 1883 and 1923) has been the source of speculation for months, since McConaughey was originally rumored to be joining the Yellowstone as far back as February 2023. However, despite the persistent word that the star was in talks for the project, no casting confirmations for him ever materialized.
News the The Madison is indeed the renamed 2024 would seem to indicate that McConaughey (who was said to be growing impatient over protracted contract negotiations) is no longer involved. Likewise it would appear to nix the chances of current Yellowstone stars Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, and Luke Grimes joining the series, despite word that they were close to signing on for the project earlier this year. No official announcements have been made on either of those fronts, though, so for now fans will have to continue to hope.
When will The Madison debut?
Per TVLine's previous reporting, The Madison is slated to begin production in August, with filming planned for Montana and New York, as well as Texas, where filming for the second season of the prequel 1923 is also currently underway.
When 2024 was announced, it was slated to debut following the final installment of Yellowstone's season 5 (the first half of which concluded in January 2023.) Those episodes are scheduled to premiere this November, though it has not yet been announced exactly how many there will be. Given that, it's possible that we could see The Madison airing as early as this winter, though it may well be early 2025. It's equally unclear at the moment whether the series will appear on cable via Paramount Network, as Yellowstone does, or if it will be be streaming-first on Paramount+, as with Sheridan's other Dutton spin-offs.
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