THR reports that the “Butch and Sundance” series “is envisioned as a larger franchise with multiple series and spinoffs.” The series is in the early stages and not a done deal yet, so it hasn’t lined up a director or locked in an episode count. However, it received a straight-to-series order and is already shaping up to be a family affair.

The Russo brothers are attached to the project through their production company AGBO and their existing relationship with Prime Video on the upcoming, big-budget event series “Citadel,” starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra. In addition to the Russos, fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe alums and screenwriting cousins Kaz and Ryan Firpo (“Eternals”) are also attached.

“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the namesake of the Sundance Film Festival, already received a 1979 prequel, “Butch and Sundance: The Early Days,” starring Tom Berenger and William Katt. So the idea of revisiting the characters’ adventures in the wild West is not entirely unprecedented. The original movie, written by William Goldman and directed by George Roy Hill, was loosely based on the lives of two real-life outlaws, Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longabaugh.

Having Page and Powell play new versions of the characters, putting them in an alternate-history situation, and building a whole shared streaming universe around them is certainly a choice, but we’ll have to wait and see how it all pans out.