Published May 30, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
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Taylor Sheridan fans are riding high right now after the legendary writer has delivered several intense shows to kick off 2026. Sheridan got the ball rolling with a new Yellowstone offshoot, Marshals, which stars Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton now that he’s left ranch life behind to become a U.S. marshal. Around the same time that Marshals was first released via CBS — the first Sheridan-produced network show — Paramount Plus subscribers were treated to the first season of The Madison, the touching drama led by Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer. The Madison has already been renewed for second and third seasons, so the show isn’t going off the air anytime in the next few years. Sheridan has a few other shows set to return later this year, including Tulsa King (starring Sylvester Stallone) and Mayor of Kingstown (starring Jeremy Renner), but the latter isn’t the first time he has worked with the MCU star.
Back in 2017, just a year before the premiere of Yellowstone Season 1, Sheridan teamed with Renner and his MCU co-star Elizabeth Olsen for Wind River, the contemporary Western that’s currently streaming on Netflix. In addition to writing the film, Sheridan also directed Wind River, which isn’t something we see much nowadays out of the Yellowstone writer, who often contracts other directors to sit behind the camera for his shows. Wind River was a massive success, though, grossing $44 million at the box office against an $11 million budget and earning scores of 87% from critics and 90% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is also one of the top 10 most-watched titles on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV in a handful of countries around the world.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
Wind River follows a wildlife officer and a rookie FBI agent who team up to investigate the murder of a young woman on a reservation in Wyoming. The film is perfect for fans of Yellowstone and True Detective, perfectly balancing the contemporary Western and detective thriller genres. A sequel to Wind River, Wind River: Rising, has already wrapped filming, but it’s still unclear at this time when it’s going to be released. Neither Renner nor Olsen are returning for the sequel, which stars Scott Eastwood, Jason Clarke, and Alan Ruck. Sheridan is also not involved in the sequel as a writer, director, or producer — Kari Skogland (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) is directing with a script from Matthew George,** Patrick Massett**, and John Zinman.
Check out Wind River on Netflix in America and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Sheridan’s future projects.
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