Taylor Sheridan’s hit Yellowstone will probably not end with season 5. Deadline has confirmed that negotiations are underway for a sixth season of the flagship drama, starring Yellowstone Outstanding stars: Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser.

Sources stress that the deals are not yet finalized, but the intention is YellowstoneThe story will continue after Season 5B, which is expected to see the departure of the original lead character, Kevin Costner’s John Dutton. (Costner has confirmed that he will not appear in upcoming episodes.)

While Season 5B was originally announced as YellowstoneWhen the teaser for the November 10 premiere date was revealed in June, the new installment had not yet been marked as the final chapter of the saga. (You can see it below.)

In the meantime, Reilly and Hauser had been negotiating new contracts for months, initially Yellowstone Offshoot. The first contemporary spinoff of the franchise, The Madisonstarring Michelle Pfeiffer, is set to follow season 5B of the parent series.

Yellowstone is the chronicle of the Dutton family, which controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds and hard-won respect, the ranch is in constant conflict with its neighbors – a growing city, an Indian reservation and America’s first national park.

Reilly plays Beth Dutton, the daughter of John Dutton (Costner), a former acquisitions executive at the financial firm Schwartz & Meyer. Hauser plays the jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler, who came to John Dutton as a young boy while on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother. John treated him like a son and taught him to be a cowboy.

Executive producers include Sheridan, Costner, John Linson, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, Stephen Kay, Michael Friedman, Christina Voros and Keith Cox. The Paramount Network series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

The news about the possible 6th season of Yellowstone was first reported by Puck.