- 'Modern-day' Western movie The Rescue set for January 2027 release with Paramount
- Stars Yellowstone's Hassie Harrison, 1923's Brandon Sklenar, and Ransom Canyon's Josh Duhamel
- Follows "a rodeo cowboy and his dog search for his missing daughter"
Paramount hasn't limited its Western-genre content to Taylor Sheridan shows, with the studio set to release "neo-Western thriller" The Rescue in January 2027.
With Old Henry's Potsy Ponciroli directing the film and a screenplay by John Fusco, information is extremely limited. In fact, all we have is one logline: the new movie will follow "a rodeo cowboy and his dog search for his missing daughter".
Paramount's genius, however, is in its casting. Not only is it uniting the ever-enduring Yellowstone and prequel spinoff 1923, but it's also incorporating Netflix's new rival TV series, Ransom Canyon.
1923's Brandon Sklenar looks set to be the film's lead, with Yellowstone's Hassie Harrison and Ransom Canyon's Josh Duhamel in additional roles.
But the fact that The Rescue will be more thriller than traditional cowboy drama means we could be watching something a world away from any Western we've seen the trio in before.
Paramount's The Rescue takes Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone and gives it a thrilling twist
For example, let's break down what we know about the trio's existing Western characters.
In Yellowstone, Harrison plays Laramie, a tag-along character who ended up having a serious relationship with Ryan Bingham's Walker. She is a pillar of quiet strength, but also a barrel racer at the local rodeo.
1923 is already a completely different vibe from a film set in the present day, so Sklenar's Spencer Dutton is likely to be far removed from his character in The Rescue. Spencer is a battle-hardened war veteran and big-game hunter who struggled with PTSD while balancing staying loyal to those who meant the most to him.
If anything, I'd guess that Duhamel's Staten in Ransom Canyon could most closely resemble whatever The Rescue is set to become. Wounded and grief-stricken, Staten is aggressive and resistant, refusing to give over the Double K Ranch when his land comes under threat.
If I were to put money on it, The Rescue will be nothing like any of the above, not least because it has nothing to do with Sheridan or Netflix.
But that in itself is exciting: if the Western genre can be more malleable than what we've already seen, there's no stopping it.
