LONGMIRE RIDES AGAIN?! — The Sheriff’s Comeback No One Saw Coming 🤠💥
Just when fans thought Walt Longmire had ridden off into the sunset, Hollywood’s dust is kicking up again! Rumors say Warner Bros. is quietly planning a revival or feature film, with whispers of unfinished business between Walt and Vic. 👀 A cryptic tweet — “Justice always finds a way” — from a former writer sent fans into meltdown. Could Robert Taylor be saddling up again to restore law and order in Absaroka County? 🚔
If this comeback happens, it won’t just be justice — it’ll be vengeance with a badge.
Out on the windswept plains of Absaroka County, Wyoming—where the horizon stretches like an unanswered warrant and the air hangs heavy with the scent of pine and payback—Sheriff Walt Longmire has been riding into the sunset for eight long years. The neo-Western crime drama, a gritty fusion of badge-and-bullet procedural and soul-stirring frontier poetry, holstered its badge after Season 6 in 2017, leaving fans with a bittersweet send-off: Walt stepping aside for daughter Cady, a fragile peace with the Cheyenne reservation, and enough dangling threads to lasso a revival. But just when the dust seemed settled, a fresh gust of rumor has whipped through Hollywood, courtesy of Warner Bros. Television. Whispers of a Season 7 or a big-screen showdown are galloping louder than ever, fueled by a cryptic tweet from a former scribe, unresolved sparks between Walt and Vic, and a licensing shake-up that’s got the town buzzing. Could Robert Taylor dust off that iconic Stetson once more? Sources murmur the cast “never stopped loving the role,” and with Western fever at a Yellowstone-fueled pitch, Longmire’s comeback feels less like a long shot and more like vengeance served cold. Saddle up, folks—this sheriff ain’t done yet.
The trail to this potential resurrection winds back to Longmire‘s hardscrabble origins. Adapted from Craig Johnson’s beloved Walt Longmire Mysteries novels, the series premiered on A&E in 2012 as a brooding antidote to glossy cop fare: Robert Taylor’s laconic sheriff, a widowed Vietnam vet haunted by his wife’s unsolved murder, patrolled Wyoming’s badlands with a moral compass as unyielding as the Rockies. Joined by fiery deputy Vic Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), wise-cracking best friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), and a rotating posse of small-town suspects, Walt unraveled everything from casino heists to cartel incursions, all laced with poignant nods to Native American sovereignty and frontier isolation. A&E axed it after three seasons—despite topping 6 million viewers—when Warner Bros. refused to sell the IP, prompting Netflix to lasso the show for a triumphant revival in 2015. There, it bloomed into a binge beast, blending taut whodunits with character arcs that cut deep: Walt’s tentative romance with Vic, Henry’s barroom philosophies, and Cady’s (Cassidy Freeman) ascent from idealistic lawyer to reluctant law enforcer.
The 2017 finale, “Ablation,” delivered closure with Walt exposing a casino conspiracy and passing the badge, but it dangled tantalizing bait: Malachi’s shadowy fate, lingering Cheyenne tensions, and that electric will-they-won’t-they between Walt and Vic, unresolved like a half-cocked hammer. Johnson’s post-show novels—Depth of Winter (2018) through Tooth and Claw (2024)—piled on fresh fuel, from Arctic abductions to Vietnam flashbacks in the upcoming First Frost. Fans, ever vigilant, kept the embers glowing: annual Longmire Days festivals in Wyoming draw thousands, and Reddit’s r/longmire hums with “petition for S7” threads. Enter the 2025 pivot: Netflix’s January 1 exodus—after a decade of steady Top 10 rankings—shifted the series to Paramount+, the streaming corral for Yellowstone spinoffs and neo-Westerns. “The show’s still alive in ratings,” Johnson posted on Instagram in December 2024, canceling his Netflix sub in protest. “Free from the sweetheart deal, will Warner Bros. finally revive it?”
That query ignited the powder keg. By July 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery’s launch of a new streaming service—aimed at clawing back share from Netflix and Hulu—stoked speculation of a Longmire anchor. “Three things fuel hopes for Season 7 or a movie: staying power, source material, and Warner’s refusal to sell,” Cowboy State Daily reported, noting Paramount+’s Western surge as prime pasture. Then, the cryptic tweet: On August 14, 2025, former writer Hunt Baldwin—co-showrunner for the Netflix era—posted “Justice always finds a way” alongside a faded Absaroka badge photo, vanishing it hours later amid a flurry of replies. “Is this S7 tea?!” one fan demanded, while another speculated, “Walt’s unfinished business with Vic? SIGN ME UP.” Insiders whisper Warner’s eyeing a 10-episode arc or feature film, blending Johnson’s Hell & Back cartel chaos with flashbacks to Walt’s youth. Showrunners Baldwin and John Coveny, fresh off Bosch: Legacy, are looped in, with location scouts spotted in New Mexico’s Valles Caldera—Longmire‘s longtime stand-in for Wyoming.
The cast? Poised like deputies at high noon. Taylor, 65 and rugged as ever post-The Meg 2, told Collider in February 2025, “I’d saddle up in a heartbeat—Walt’s got scores to settle.” Sackhoff, juggling The Mandalorian and her Rain PR firm, tweeted in March, “Vic’s fire ain’t out. If S7 calls, I’m there.” Phillips, Henry’s heartbeat, confirmed to a fan query on August 14, “Not approached yet, but Henry’s always ready,” sparking 90 likes and a thread of “REVIVAL NOW” pleas. Freeman and Adam Bartley (The Ferg) echo the enthusiasm, with Zahn McClarnon (Jacob Nighthorse) hinting at “unfinished tribal tales.” Even Bailey Chase, whose Branch bit the dust in Season 3, eyes flashbacks. “They never stopped loving the role,” a cast-adjacent source dishes to Variety. Challenges? Scheduling—Phillips eyes Young Guns 3, Sackhoff’s post-maternity slate—but optimism runs high for a full corral reunion, perhaps with fresh blood like a tech-savvy deputy or reservation elder from Johnson’s Land of Wolves.
X is a wildfire of frenzy: #LongmireRevival scorched 100K mentions post-Baldwin’s tweet, with viral edits of Walt’s stare-downs set to Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down.” “Unfinished business: Walt/Vic kiss or bust 😍,” one thread amassed 5K likes, while Reddit users plot Paramount+ petitions (20K signatures and climbing). “Paramount’s Western wave + no Netflix chains = perfect storm,” a top post argues, citing the platform’s 1883 success. Critics nod: Business Upturn calls it “timely,” praising Longmire‘s prescient take on Indigenous issues amid 2025’s cultural reckonings. A fan-made “Season 7 Trailer” on YouTube—mashing book teases with cast clips—racked 500K views, fooling some into “It’s real?!” replies.
If Longmire rides again—slated for late 2026 on Paramount+ or Warner’s streamer—it’ll arrive battle-scarred: darker stakes with cartel crossovers, Walt mentoring Cady through a brutal murder spree, and that simmering Walt-Vic tension boiling over. “Vengeance, scars, and wrongs to right,” as one insider puts it. Johnson, hosting Longmire Days in Buffalo, WY, quips, “The books keep coming; the show’s catching up.” In a TV landscape of reboots and retreads, this feels organic—a sheriff’s hat dusted off, not a forced resurrection. Hollywood didn’t see it coming, but Absaroka always did. Fans, keep your powder dry: justice, like Walt, always finds a way.
