‘The Madison’: Michelle Pfeiffer & Kurt Russell Tease Bigger Twists in Season 2

The Madison was renewed for Season 2 before Season 1 even came out on Paramount+, and the seasons were filmed back-to-back due to Kurt Russell’s schedule. As The Madison prepares to start filming Season 3 in early 2027, Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer gave an update on The Madison Season 2 plot at a recent screening.

Pfeiffer plays Manhattanite Stacy Clyburn in Taylor Sheridan‘s family drama, with Russell as her husband, Preston Clyburn. The couple is extremely wealthy, and their family has homes in New York and Montana, but only Preston spends time at the latter. Stacy, their two daughters, and their granddaughters spend all of their time in New York. When Preston and his brother, Paul (Matthew Fox, who is not returning for Season 2), tragically die in a plane crash on a fishing trip in the series premiere, their lives are turned upside down with grief.

Russell is seen throughout The Madison Season 1 in flashbacks that are primarily phone calls with Stacy. The couple was still deeply in love when he died. To feel closer to Preston, Stacy takes her family to his cabins in Montana to understand why he loved the Madison River Valley so dearly, and she learns to love it, so much so that returning to New York felt wrong and she jet off to Montana after Preston’s memorial service without her phone or telling her family. That was the Season 1 finale cliffhanger, and the stars say that Season 2 has more unexpected moments in store.

“I can tell you one thing: I think the scripts in Season 2 were even better than in Season 1,” Russell said during a panel for The Madison in Los Angeles on November 5, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I thought that some of the specifics that take place are stronger in terms of twists … and looking at the other characters, I think that they all grow fabulously.”

Pfeiffer said that “things get more and more challenging” in Season 2 as Stacy hits “the reality of trying to rebuild a life” even harder.

“The relationships are more complicated,” she says. “The family’s bonds are sort of being torn apart and rebuilt at the same time, so I think, believe it or not, it’s even more dramatic.”

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'The Madison': Elle Chapman Teases Update on Seasons 2 & 3

The Madison Season 2 doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but cast members Elle Chapman, Kevin Zegers, and Danielle Vasinova have recently stated that the new season can be expected at “the top of 2027.” They said that Season 3 filming starts around the same time.

“I’m so excited to go back for filming for that,” Chapman told TV Insider. “I think we’re going, we haven’t gotten clear dates. The top of 2027, I think it’s going to be.”

“Taylor is such a distinct voice and a specific way of building the world, and I’ve learned so much being part of that,” she added. “I’m really grateful I get to continue. And then Season 2, I think, is going to come out at the top of ’27 as well. I’m really excited for that to release.”

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