The actor breaks the silence by talking about his problems with the production.
A “long and hard-fought negotiation” ended the way he would not have wanted. As Kevin Costner explains his decision to leave the cast of America’s most-watched television series, Paramount Network’s neo-Western drama Yellowstone, which led to its sudden end after five seasons. Not in an interview but on the witness stand at a child support hearing related to his divorce from his wife Christine Baumgartner, the actor playing John Dutton, the patriarch of the eponymous family, said he intended to return for a sixth season, but ” she offered me less money than in previous seasons,” adding that there “were also creative issues” between him and production.
Yellowstone: The reasons for Kevin Costner’s departure
What has been said and written so far is that the situation was aggravated by Costner’s unilateral decision to drastically reduce his availability to film the remaining six episodes of Yellowstone’s fifth season due to his numerous commitments, particularly in the major four-parter he was co-writing , director and star of Horizon. This reconstruction was immediately denied by his lawyer Marty Singer. But according to the actor’s own admission, it wasn’t entirely wrong. The decision to divide the fifth season into two parts, which affected the film’s shooting schedule, also caused problems. “A show that I only did once a year, I’ve now done twice,” Costner testified. He then planned to shoot “Horizon” between the two parts, but we “didn’t finish filming the first half on time” and there were no “written scripts” for the second half either.
Faced with the inability to reach a new agreement with the actor, Paramount Network confirmed last May that the hit series was created by Taylor Sheridan And John Linson ends with the fifth season, the remaining episodes of which will be shown on TV until the end of the year. The former of the two then revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that “my last conversation with Kevin was that he had this project that was very close to his heart and that he wanted to direct. He and the network discussed when he might abolish Yellowstone.” I said, “We can definitely work on a program for that.” [farlo uscire quando preferisce]’what we did.
However, it won’t be a real end. The network also announced that “Yellowstone” will be followed by a new spin-off that will involve the current members of the Dutton family, with the exception of John (suggesting that the character is destined to take over this world leave). “The Duttons’ story continues, picking up where Yellowstone leaves off in another epic story,” said David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios. Furthermore, there is a rumor Matthew McConaughey will be the protagonist. However, although ViacomCBS President Chris McCarthy confirmed that the Oscar-winning actor is willing to take part in a new spin-off of the franchise, there is currently no confirmation that this is the case.