The ‘Yellowstone’ empire is reeling: from Deadline they reveal that the successful series is on its way to a premature outcome due to the availability of Kevin Costner to roll. It seems that this has led to taylor sheridan has decided that the current incarnation of the series come to an endbut it will not be the end of the road for several of its protagonists.
The conflict with Costner
It all comes down to Costner only agreeing to shoot for 65 days in the current fifth season. 50 were for the first part, but the actor then wanted to further reduce his tight availability and participate in just 7 days of shooting during the second part. That hasn’t gone down well with the ‘Yellowstone’ team and neither has the rest of the cast.
Taking into account Costner’s million-dollar contract, which has made him one of the highest-paid actors in the entire history of television, it is surprising that he is putting up so many problems. There, he may simply have more interest in another ambitious project that will be his first film as a director since it premiered in 2003. ‘Open Range’.
Of course, both Paramount and Sheridan do not plan to stop squeezing this universe, so they are already working on expanding the Dutton saga with a new series with Matthew McConaughey as a protagonist in which it is expected that several of the protagonists of ‘Yellowstone’ will also participate.
Come on, don’t be surprised that Costner’s character dies and this new series works as a sequel in which everything remains more or less the same but with another actor leading the cast. In fact, It is not convenient to rule out the possibility that this fifth season of ‘Yellowstone’ ends up being the last.
However, from Paramount Network they have indicated that “We have nothing to announce. Kevin Costner is a big part of ‘Yellowstone’ and we hope that remains the case for a long time to come.“. Damage control to make it official when they see fit or is everything still up in the air?
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