Dutton Ranch: release date, plot and everything we know about Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler Yellowstone spinoff on Paramount+

Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton stand outside a ranch together in Yellowstone season 5.

Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler Yellowstone spin-off: key information

- Releases on Paramount+ on May 15
- It will be set in the present day, and will explore the Dutton’s lives after the events in season 5
- Other actors from Yellowstone are likely to appear in it, including Finn Little, who plays Carter
- It will share “the most DNA with Yellowstone” than any of the (many!) other planned spin-offs
- First announced in December 2024

The Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler spinoff series from the Yellowstone universe officially has a release date and while we're still a while away, we do know some crucial details about what the new Paramount+ series might look like.

You should never underestimate the pull of a good Western: and the TV series Yellowstone has totally proved this. Launching without much fanfare on the Paramount Network back in June 2018 (HBO turned it down initially) the Kevin Costner-fronted show steadily drew in a bigger and bigger audience, as the series – which covered life in and around a ranch in Yellowstone, Montana – went out on a high in the final series five in 2024 with a viewership of more than 12 million people.

But the people, like the ranchers, wanted more. And spin-offs of the Dutton family were hastily assembled by creators Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. First were the prequels, 1883 and 1923, then the sequels and other Dutton-adjacent series (deep breath): The Madison, Marshals (both out in March 2026), 1944, 6666 and, perhaps the most eagerly awaited of all the new series in the Yellowstone universe, a show that some have said will be called Dutton Ranch.

So, what do we know about the spinoff show that will see Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprising their roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler? Here’s everything you need to know about the neo-Western series so far, including cast, plot and release date

Dutton Ranch release date

It's a return to Dutton Ranch for Beth and Rip. (Image credit: Paramount+)

Huzzah! We've finally got an answer for this: Paramount has confirmed that Dutton Ranch will be launching on Paramount+ on May 15.

It's a lot earlier than I'd have predicted, with Marshals and The Madison only having released in early March.

It will also air on the Paramount Network beginning May 15, at 8pm ET/PT, with two episodes, and then weekly throughout the series’ nine-episode first season.

Dutton Ranch: is there a trailer yet?

Fan favourite Beth smokes a cigarette to kill time while waiting for the trailer. (Image credit: Paramount+)

No, there’s nothing as yet – we’ll let you know as soon as anything drops.

Dutton Ranch cast

Finn Little will be making a return to the bullring as Carter. (Image credit: Paramount+)

Paramount has so far confirmed the below cast:

• Kelly Reilly
• Cole Hauser
• Finn Little
• Juan Pablo Raba
• Jai Courtney
• J.R. Villarreal
• Marc Menchaca
• Natalie Alyn Lind
• Ed Harris
• Annette Bening

Aside from the famous faces we already know from Yellowstone, we annoyingly have no idea who our new cast members will play as of yet.

Dutton Ranch plot

The series will pick up after the events of Yellowstone season 5 (Image credit: Paramount+)

Paramount has so far only confirmed a brief synopsis for Dutton Ranch: "As Beth and Rip fight to build a future together - far from the ghosts of Yellowstone — they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire. In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul."

It was always obvious that Beth and Rip would be at the heart of the action. At the end of season 5 of Yellowstone (spoilers ahead, if you’re not up to date yet) the Dutton Ranch is no more, after being sold to the Broken Rock Reservation, allowing the land to be preserved as a protected reservation.

Beth’s father, John Dutton III, was murdered by a contract killer (by a gunshot to the head) hired by Jamie Dutton and Sarah Atwood, but it was staged to look like suicide. In the season’s finale, Beth, who vowed revenge for her dad’s death, stabs Jamie.

According to Deadline, the spinoff is likely to pick up where season 5 ended. It will be “led by Yellowstone characters, played by the same actors in the same present-day time frame; the new offshoot shares the most DNA with the mothership of any shows in the Yellowstone universe to date.”

Hauser is remaining tight-lipped about the plot, also telling Fox News in May 2025: "We can expect the same that we've been doing for the last seven years. Kelly and I are going and working our [expletive] off trying to create something special.”

Meanwhile, he told The Hollywood Reporter in June 2025: “Kelly and I, we're focused on [Rip and Beth's] relationship and our love together, and what we're going to get [them] into. I'm excited just like everybody else. I can't wait to see what they come up with. Hopefully, we'll start seeing stuff soon.” We’d hope so too, if the series is to be released by the end of the year.

What are the other spin-offs, sequels and prequels of Yellowstone that we know about?

The Beth and Rip series will be set in the present day. (Image credit: Paramount+)

There are two more upcoming series in the Yellowstone universe: 1944 (set during World War II and will explore the Dutton family's experiences during that era) and 6666 (about another ranch, Four Sixes, which also appears in Yellowstone and will be about the characters who live on it) which have been previously announced as “in development”.

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