Netflix’s Yellowstone Replacement Adds a High Potential Star for Season 2
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Netflix’s Ransom Canyon is getting a new addition to its tangled web of family feuds and frontier romance. Steve Howey— best known for Shameless and ABC’s hit procedural High Potential — has joined the cast of the streaming drama’s second season as Levi, the half-brother of Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel).
Production on Season 2 is currently underway at Netflix Studios in Albuquerque, and Levi sounds like he’ll bring a new kind of energy, being described as a “mountain man” who lives off the land. Created by April Blair and based on Jodi Thomas’s novels, Ransom Canyon follows the intersecting lives and loves of three Texas ranching dynasties in a town where romance and rivalry go hand in hand. Duhamel stars as Staten, a wealthy rancher trying to preserve his family’s land, while Minka Kelly plays Quinn, the town’s schoolteacher and Staten’s complicated love interest.
Is ‘Ransom Canyon’ Worth Seeing?
In Season 2, the future of Ransom Canyon itself hangs in the balance. Old rivalries resurface, new families stake their claims, and the town’s secrets begin to unravel — all while new faces arrive to shake up the balance of power. Collider’s review described it as “perfect escapism”, adding that Duhamel was “born to play a cowboy”:
Ransom Canyon is currently streaming on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates on Season 2.