Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren to star in Yellowstone prequel 1932

Harrison Ford and Dame Helen Mirren have been cast in the upcoming Yellowstone prequel series ‘1932’ for streaming service Paramount+ it was announced Tuesday.

Ford, 79, and Mirren, 76, are the latest stars to join the Yellowstone universe, from creator Taylor Sheridan, which has already produced the spin-off 1883, starring Sam Elliott and Faith Hill. 

1932, which is the show’s working title, will be an origin story that will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family.

Paramount+ said in a statement that the drama will ‘explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain West and the Duttons who call it home.’

There have been no further details on the characters that Ford and Mirren will be playing. 

The American drama premiered in 2018, on Paramount Network with Kevin Costner as the lead star, playing John Dutton, a widowed sixth-generation patriarch of the Dutton family who operates the Yellowstone/Dutton Ranch. 

It has since built up a huge audience, with its season four finale reaching Game of Thrones-level height of 9.3million viewers. 

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren to star in Yellowstone prequel 1932 playing a new generation of the Dutton family