As Taylor Sheridan rides off into the sunset following his expired contract with Paramount, two Yellowstone alums are teaming up for a

new cinematic western thriller for the studio. Yellowstone’s Hassie Harrison and 1923’s Brandon Sklenar have been tapped to star in The

Rescue, a contemporary western about a rodeo cowboy and his pet dog searching for his missing daughter.

 

 

Considering The Rescue’s well-worn genre and familiar pedigree, it seems as though Paramount is attempting to mount more compelling Western stories without Sheridan leading the charge. As the busy scribe takes his talents to NBCUniversal, it will be interesting to see how The Rescue plays among Yellowstone fans and whether Paramount will double down and make more westerns in Sheridan’s absence.

Billed as a modern-day Western thriller, Paramount’s The Rescue has a chance to ride on the successful back of Yellowstone and its various TV spin-offs. Written by genre veteran John Fusco (Young Guns, Young Guns II) and directed by Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry), the premise blends classic Western tropes from Sheridan’s TV shows Yellowstone and The Last Cowboy with vengeful crime tenets seen in Taken.

 

 

While details are fairly scant, Deadline reports The Rescue’s logline as: “A modern-day Western, in which a rodeo cowboy’s skills are put to the test outside the arena.” On IMDb, the basic plot is revealed to be about: “A rodeo cowboy and his dog search for his missing daughter.” With a particular set of skills that the father will undoubtedly use to disarm his daughter’s captors, the premise reeks of a Taken-style revenge thriller with Neo-western conventions.

As Taylor Sheridan rides off into the sunset following his expired contract with Paramount, two Yellowstone alums are teaming up for a new cinematic western thriller for the studio. Yellowstone’s Hassie Harrison and 1923’s Brandon Sklenar have been tapped to star in The Rescue, a contemporary western about a rodeo cowboy and his pet dog searching for his missing daughter.

Considering The Rescue’s well-worn genre and familiar pedigree, it seems as though Paramount is attempting to mount more compelling Western stories without Sheridan leading the charge. As the busy scribe takes his talents to NBCUniversal, it will be interesting to see how The Rescue plays among Yellowstone fans and whether Paramount will double down and make more westerns in Sheridan’s absence.

‘The Rescue’ Reunites Two ‘Yellowstone’ Franchise Stars
Laramie and Walker sit together in Yellowstone
Laramie and Walker sit together in Yellowstone
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Billed as a modern-day Western thriller, Paramount’s The Rescue has a chance to ride on the successful back of Yellowstone and its various TV spin-offs. Written by genre veteran John Fusco (Young Guns, Young Guns II) and directed by Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry), the premise blends classic Western tropes from Sheridan’s TV shows Yellowstone and The Last Cowboy with vengeful crime tenets seen in Taken.

While details are fairly scant, Deadline reports The Rescue’s logline as: “A modern-day Western, in which a rodeo cowboy’s skills are put to the test outside the arena.” On IMDb, the basic plot is revealed to be about: “A rodeo cowboy and his dog search for his missing daughter.” With a particular set of skills that the father will undoubtedly use to disarm his daughter’s captors, the premise reeks of a Taken-style revenge thriller with Neo-western conventions.

Although their roles have not been specified, The Rescue will star Yellowstone franchise stars Brandon Sklenar and Hassie Harrison. Harrison played Laramie in 18 episodes of Yellowstone, a barrel-racing ranch hand at the Dutton Family Ranch, the best friend of Mia (Eden Brolin), and the girlfriend of Walker (Ryan Bingham).

Sklenar starred in 15 episodes of the Yellowstone spin-off, 1923, playing Spencer Dutton, the son of James (Tim McGraw) and Margaret Dutton (Faith Hill). Traumatized by the brutality he witnessed in battle during WWII, Dutton travels to Africa following the war and becomes a big game hunter before making a long pilgrimage home and acclimating to civilian life.