It’s almost maddening to think that it’s been 3 ½ years since reports first linked Matthew McConaughey to mega-producer Taylor Sheridan, which came out amidst all of the latter’s behind-the-scenes chaos on Yellowstone with Kevin Costner.Since that point, the flagship show ended, the prequel 1923 wrapped, two sequel series premiered (Marshals and Dutton Ranch) along with the initially-a-spinoff drama The Madison, and Sheridan himself signed a lucrative new deal with NBCUniversal. So it’d seem like any potential McConaughey projects have been put to pasture, right?
Not so fast! Even though nothing concrete has yet has been settled on for the Interstellar star to partner up with Sheridan on, McConaughey surprisingly revealed that such hypothetical plans are technically still in place. It’s just a matter of landing on whatever makes the most sense. While speaking with The Playlist ahead of his newest starring role in The Rivals of Amziah King, the actor was asked if the Yellowstone follow-up plans were dead, and responded with: