Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan is expanding his already impressive roster of projects with an adaptation of Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. According to Deadline, Sheridan will take on the roles of writer and director for this endeavor, in addition to producing alongside Jenny Wood under his Bosque Ranch banner. The rights to Empire of the Summer Moon were fiercely contested, but Sheridan and Bosque Ranch emerged as the victors.
Empire of the Summer Moon, written by historian and journalist S.C. Gwynne, is a New York Times Bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist that chronicles the tumultuous relationship between the Comanche tribe and white settlers in the American West over four decades. Sheridan has long been fascinated by the book's contents, which are divided into two parts.
