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Michelle Pfeiffer will star in the “Yellowstone” spinoff “The Madison.” (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images/for 21st Century Fox)

Michelle Pfeiffer is the newest star in the “Yellowstone” universe.

The 66-year-old actress will star in the spin-off show “The Madison” of the successful flagship series and will also serve as an executive producer. Variety reported on Thursday.

Pfeiffer confirmed the casting news in a post she shared on her Instagram page.

“The cat is out of the bag. Can’t wait to see it! #Madison,” the three-time Oscar nominee wrote alongside a screenshot of the Variety article.

“Yellowstone” creator Sarah Sheridan will write “The Madison,” which follows a family of native New Yorkers now living in the Madison River Valley in central Montana, the Paramount Network reports via Variety.

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The broadcaster described “The Madison” as a “sensitive study of grief and human connection.”

“Michelle Pfeiffer is a remarkable talent who brings emotional depth, authenticity and grace to every role. She is the perfect anchor for the latest chapter in the ‘Yellowstone’ universe, ‘The Madison’ from the brilliant mind of Taylor Sheridan,” Chris McCarthy, co-CEO of Paramount Global and president and CEO of Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement to Variety.

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“The Madison” marks Pfeiffer’s return to television after she starred as Betty Ford in the Showtime anthology series “The First Lady” in 2022. The premiere date for “The Madison” has not yet been announced.

The original title of 2024 is The Madison, set in the present day and a sequel to Yellowstone. The series was first announced in November 2023, when Paramount announced that the last episodes “Yellowstone” would not air until November 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes last fall.

At the same time, Paramount announced that another spin-off entitled “1944” was also in the works. “Yellowstone” has already spawned the successful spin-off series “1883” and “1923”.

Set in the present day, “The Madison” is a sequel to “Yellowstone.” (Joe Maher/Getty Images for Paramount+)

“Yellowstone,” which premiered in June 2018, is about the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner), who owns the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, a vast tract of land in Montana that has belonged to the Duttons for generations.

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In June, 69-year-old Costner, who recently released the first chapter of his four-part Western film series “Horizon: An American Saga,” announced that he would not return for the second half of the fifth and final season of “Yellowsone”.

Costner announced in June that he would not return for the final episodes of “Yellowstone.” (Paramount Network)

“Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that after these one and a half years of working on horizonand to do whatever is necessary and to think about Yellowstonethis beloved show that I love and that I know you love. I just realized I can’t continue Season 5 or the future,” Costner said. said in his contribution.

“It was something that really changed me. I loved it and I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be going back. I love the relationship we were able to build and I’ll see you at the movies.”

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