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[This story contains major spoilers from Dutton Ranch’s season one finale, “El Padrino.”]
Annette Bening was lured into the Taylor Sheridan-verse by Beulah Jackson. She was already a fan of Yellowstone when the Dutton Ranch role came to her, and playing a rancher who is one of most powerful women in Texas was too juicy to pass up.
“They told me the [whole] story. All of that was just so appealing and exciting, like a new adventure; a new place to go,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter about saddling up with Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, as well as Yellowstone franchise newcomer Ed Harris, for Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler’s spinoff — where she plays a rival ranch boss who we know now made a deal with the cartel.
Dutton Ranch just concluded its first season and already has a second season on the way. Reilly and Hauser told THR the writers room starts soon, with production slated for early 2027 after a cliffhanger finale that set up an all-out war between the Jackson family and their 10 Petal Ranch with the Duttons. The season ended with Beth and Rip’s adopted son Carter (Finn Little) being abducted by the family that Beulah scorned when going into business with the infamous Beth Dutton.
