Beth, Rip and Kayce Want Major Raises for 'Yellowstone' Spinoff: Report | 46MLRL6 | 2024-02-07 13:08:02
There's by no means any shortage of drama at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch — and that's seemingly the case offscreen as nicely.
Whereas Kevin Costner's future with Yellowstone has lengthy been up in the air, his costars Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser and Luke Grimes at the moment are asking for extra money to seem on the present's upcoming spinoff, per a Sunday, February 4, report from business publication Puck.
In accordance with the outlet, Yellowstone cocreator Taylor Sheridan hadn't originally planned to include the three actors within the new spinoff, but he modified his thoughts after listening to the suggestion that their inclusion might function some extent of entry for viewers. (Reilly, Hauser and Grimes have performed Beth Dutton, Rip Wheeler and Kayce Dutton, respectively since season 1.)
The actors, nevertheless, have reportedly requested for major salary increases to reprise their roles after Yellowstone's fifth and final season wraps up later this yr. In response to Puck, Reilly, 46, initially requested for $1.5 million per episode for the spinoff, while Hauser, 48, requested $1.25 million (up from the $700,000 per episode he at present makes). The outlet additionally reported that Reilly and Hauser need to be first on the production's call sheet, above rumored star Matthew McConaughey.
Further complicating matters is the fact that the actors have been contracted for a sixth season of Yellowstone, which is not occurring. Puck reviews that Paramount should still pay them for that season despite the fact that it was scrapped in the wake of Costner's exit from the flagship collection.
The way forward for Yellowstone has been in turmoil since early 2023 when reviews surfaced that Costner, 69, needed out of the present amid rumors of a feud with Sheridan, 53. Sheridan later clarified that Costner needed to hang up his cowboy hat so he might work on his upcoming two-part film, Horizon: An American Saga. "My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn't altered," Sheridan informed THR of the alleged drama. "His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful … and I've by no means had a problem with Kevin that he and I couldn't work out on the telephone," Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in June 2023.
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The first part of Yellowstone's fifth season premiered in late 2022, with the second half scheduled to comply with in summer time 2023. After the dual SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, Paramount Network confirmed that the second half of the season will now premiere in November of this yr. The flagship collection will conclude with those episodes.
Whereas followers are nonetheless hoping that Costner will return as John Dutton to wrap up his story line in Yellowstone's remaining installment, the Oscar winner said final yr in courtroom documents associated to his divorce from Christine Baumgartner that he "is not involved in any future episodes" of the show.
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When confirmed Yellowstone's end last yr, Paramount Network introduced that a new spinoff, tentatively titled 2024, will decide up after the events of the flagship collection. That's the spinoff that McConaughey, 54, is hooked up to, but Puck reported on Sunday that he hasn't yet signed on the dotted line.
One other spinoff, tentatively titled 1944, will recount the lives of an earlier Dutton era, as 1883 and 1923 beforehand did.
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