Pedro Pascal in The Mandalorian and GroguImage via Lucasfilm
There has been no shortage of content flowing out of the Western genre of late, and much of the genre’s resurgence can be credited to Taylor Sheridan, who has spent years developing and writing some of the most popular neo-Westerns of the last 10 years. Clint Eastwood also spent more than 50 years releasing spaghetti Westerns and more neo-Western thrillers dating back all the way to the 1960s, and while he may be done making movies now that he’s over 90 years old, his impact on the movie industry as a whole is undeniable. Even Quentin Tarantino, who hasn’t directed a feature film since 2019, has given a load to the Western genre with films like Django Unchained (starring Jamie Foxx) and The Hateful Eight (starring Kurt Russell). However, Western fans are always on the lookout for great projects, and there’s a new one coming soon that’s already earning buzz.
Legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook, who is responsible for hits such as The Handmaiden (2016) and No Other Choice (2025), is teaming up with a loaded ensemble for a new Western that’s finally found a home. Park has recruited a trio of big-time stars in Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian and Grogu), and Austin Butler (Caught Stealing) for his new Western thriller, Brigands of Rattlecreek, which has officially landed at Warner Bros’ Clockwork as one of the hottest new packages out of Cannes. The film had reportedly been struggling to get the backing it needed over the last few months, and now it will have the full funding it needs to get across the finish line and into theaters once it’s ready to be released.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Is ‘Brigands of Rattlecreek’ About?
While specific details about Brigands of Rattlecreek are still being kept under wraps, it’s said that it will follow the sheriff and doctor of a small town as they seek revenge against a group of ruthless bandits who continue to rob innocent citizens. The film has all the perfect themes of Unforgiven and Django Unchained for fans of classic Western revenge tales. If Park keeps the same trajectory that he’s been on the last few years, fans could easily be in for another all-time classic when Brigands of Rattlecreek tumbles into theaters.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Park Chan-wook’s new Western, Brigands of Rattlecreek, which is coming to theaters courtesy of Warner Bros Clockwork.
