Hollywood star Jai Courtney is the latest Aussie to join Yellowstone‘s highly-anticipated Beth and Rip spinoff series.
The 39-year-old, best known for his film roles in Suicide Squad, Terminator Genisys and the Divergent trilogy, will throw on a cowboy hat for the sequel currently titled The Dutton Ranch.
Courtney joins Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser as they reprise their roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler.
Courntey also joins fellow Aussie Finn Little, 19, who earlier this month confirmed his return as the duo’s ‘adpoted’ son Carter.
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According to Variety, Courtney will play “an imposing, unpredictable ranch foreman” named Rob-Will in the series.
The upcoming Paramount+ spinoff will pick up with Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler trying to hold on to the 7,000 acre ranch they fought so hard for.
Reported by Deadline in August, the series has cast five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening in a lead role.
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The 67-year-old will play Beulah Jackson, who is described as a “powerful, cunning and charming head of a major ranch in Texas”.
Whether she will be friend or foe to Yellowstone‘s fan favourites remains to be seen.
Deadline first confirmed the spinoff in December 2024, stating that it would follow the same present-day time line as the original series, which followed Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III and his family battle to keep control of their ranch.
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Following the series’ conclusion, Hauser expressed excitement at the possibility of returning as his beloved character Rip in the future.
“Hopefully, we can continue to get in people’s living rooms and entertain them the way we have over the last seven years,” he told PEOPLE.
Yellowstone‘s explosive finale saw the end of the Dutton Ranch. In an effort to protect the land and his family legacy, Kayce Dutton sold the ranch to Thomas Rainwater for $1.25 an acre, the same price his ancestors paid when they settled there.
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Meanwhile, Beth and Rip purchased their own ranch near Dillon, Montana.
While the original family ranch is no more, creator Taylor Sheridan’s universe is only getting bigger and bigger.
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Michelle Pfiffer will lead a Paramount+ offshoot titled The Madison while Luke Grimes reprises his role as Kayce Dutton in Y: Marshals, expected to hit screens in 2026, for American network CBS.
Two additional projects, titled 1944 and 6666, were previously announced as being in development.
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