Yellowstone fans can rejoice as the first teaser trailer for the spinoff prequel series, 1923, was released on Sunday, by Paramount+.
The new 30 second clip shows Harrison Ford, 80, as family patriarch, Jacob Dutton, and Helen Mirren, 77, as the matriarch, Cara Dutton, as they rule the famed Dutton ranch.
The second Dutton origin story also shows a glimpse at Darren Mann as Jack Dutton, James Badge Dale as John Dutton Sr, and Michelle Randoph as Elizabeth Strafford.
First look: The first teaser trailer for Yellowstone prequel, 1923, was released on Sunday, starring Harrison Ford, 80, as patriarch, Jacob Dutton, and Helen Mirren, 77, as Cara Dutton
The show takes place 40 years after the predecessor series, 1883, and continues on the legacy left by James and Margaret Dutton, after they settled in the Montana territory.
The series will follow Ford and Mirren, along with their kids, as they handle the different challenges of the early twentieth century, including a drought, pandemics, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression.
The teaser – which dropped during Sunday’s season 5 premiere of Yellowstone – is chock-full of excitement, showing different battles taking place.
Spinoff: The show takes place 40 years after the predecessor series, 1883, and continues on the legacy left by James and Margaret Dutton, after they settled in the Montana territory
It begins with a shot of a cowboy standing in a stable, before a horseback rider is seen galloping through a herd of sheep.
We then see Darren Mann, who stars as Jack Dutton, on the ground next to his horse while desperately reaching for the pistol laying nearby him.
Meanwhile Faith Hill’s character Margaret Dutton narrates in a voice over, ominously stating: ‘Violence has always haunted this family.’
We next see a shot of James Badge Dale, as John Dutton Sr, as he aims his gun, though we are not shown what he’s aiming at.
First glimpse: In the beginning of the trailer we see Darren Mann, who stars as Jack Dutton, on the ground next to his horse while desperately reaching for the pistol laying nearby him
John Dutton Sr.: We next see a shot of James Badge Dale, as John Dutton Sr, as he aims his gun, though we are not shown what he’s aiming at
New characters: The trailer also gives a glimpse of Michelle Randoph as Elizabeth Strafford
The narration continues: ‘It followed us from the Scottish Islands, the slums of Dublin, and it followed us here. And where it doesn’t follow, we haunt it down. We seek it.’
The next scene shows Ford riding a horse in a cowboy hat, before it changes to a female student beating someone up on the ground.
A man is then seen crawling on the ground, while the scene that follows appears to be a gun battle on horseback.
His land: The next scene shows Ford riding a horse in a cowboy hat as he surveys his land
Violence: A female student is then seen beating up another student, Faith Hill’s character Margaret Dutton narrates in a voice over, ominously stating: ‘Violence has always haunted this family’
History: The narration continues: ‘It followed us from the Scottish Islands, the slums of Dublin, and it followed us here. And where it doesn’t follow, we haunt it down. We seek it’
Worried: In the next scene someone is then seen entering a home, as Mirren stands up looking worried
Someone is then seen entering a home, as Mirren stands up looking worried.
The trailer continues with Harrison walking with a group of men, with what looks to be a star sheriff badge pinned to his jacket.
Mirren is then shown holding a rifle and pointing it to someone laying on the ground.
In another scene, a group of people dressed in black robes walk through a field.
The short teaser trailer continues on with a number of horseback scenes, before it ends with a close-up of Harrison aiming his rifle at an unknown enemy.
Sheriff Ford: The trailer continues with Harrison walking with a group of men, with what looks to be a star sheriff badge pinned to his jacket
Ominous: In another scene, a group of people dressed in black robes walk through a field
Beautiful: The short teaser trailer continues on with a number of horseback scenes
The end: It ends with a close-up of Harrison aiming his rifle at an unknown enemy
1923 shows yet another time period in the Dutton dynasty, following the original Yellowstone series, and the other prequel, 1883.
1883 starred Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as James and Margaret Dutton, and followed them as they relocated their family to Montana.
Development on 1923 was initially revealed to the public this past February.
Challenges: The series will follow Ford and Mirren, along with their kids, as they handle the different challenges of the early twentieth century, including the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression
In time for the holidays: 1923 is currently scheduled to premiere on the Paramount+ streaming service on December 18
According to Deadline, 1923 will run for a total of two seasons, with each consisting of eight episodes.
1923 is currently scheduled to premiere on the Paramount+ streaming service on December 18.
Deadline also reported that Yellowstone franchise co-creator Taylor Sheridan is also planning on creating spinoff series set in the 1940s and 1960s.
Exciting: Ford and Mirren were featured in a trio of first-look images from the upcoming series that were released on Friday
Silverback: Ford told Vanity Fair that the Duttons will have to deal with some difficult situations in the new series, and called his character the ‘silverback’
Ford told Vanity Fair that the Duttons will have to deal with some difficult situations in the new series.
‘He’s the silverback,’ he said of his character. ‘He’s responsible for that branch of the family. These are two people with a very strong bond to each other who are facing really complicated circumstances.’
He added, ‘The Duttons live by a code of behavior that they set for themselves and it requires complicated moral and ethical judgment. It’s not just the physical life that’s hard. The challenges that they face from modernity, the challenges to their way of life, to their freedom and the opportunities that they’ve enjoyed, is a big part of the story.’
1923 marks the first time the Indiana Jones star will lead a television series.
Complicated: He added, ‘The Duttons live by a code of behavior that they set for themselves and it requires complicated moral and ethical judgment’
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