Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Mike Redmond | News | August 26, 2025
Nic Pizzolatto has been dining off True Detective Season 1 for over a decade now. Has he delivered anything close to that season in all of that time? Sure hasn’t. Did a previous attempt to work with Matthew McConaughey fall apart at FX? Sure did. And, yet, the two of them still managed to spark an all-out bidding war that ended with Netflix ponying up a bucket of cash for a new sports series that’s reportedly roped in Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser.
Via THR:
Sources say Amazon, Apple and Netflix were on the court for this one, with Netflix winning. The project is considered in development with deals with McConaughey and Hauser to star are being finalized.Notably absent from the mix was HBO, which has had a rocky relationship with Pizzolatto, who last year openly dissed the network’s fourth season of the anthology crime drama he created.
Here’s where things get interesting: McConaughey was infamously supposed to be the new face of Yellowstone after things started going south with Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan. However, in the least shocking twist, McConaughey and Sheridan reportedly started beefing, which seemingly put an end to all of that.
As for Hauser, he and Kelly Reilly’s Rip and Beth are set to move the Yellowstone franchise forward with The Dutton Ranch. Annette Bening joined the cast less than 24 hours ago, so everything seems like a go there. Or is it?
Not for nothing, Sheridan all but neutered Rip in recent seasons, and the two of them also had beef over coffee brands that led to a lawsuit. Considering Hauser hasn’t leveraged his Yellowstone fame into other projects, I’m almost positive he’s still in the fold.
Then again, working with Matthew McConaughey and the creator of True Detective for a high-profile Netflix series definitely qualifies as Hauser cashing in some chips. Is that enough to make him bail on the flailing Yellowstone-verse that’s constantly being diluted by spinoff after spinoff? Things could get interesting.
