Who needs The Stars’ Summer House when there’s Yellowstone? Since the exit of lead actor Kevin Costner, the quarrel between him and series creator Taylor Sheridan has caused pricked ears internationally. In a new interview, Costner reveals his “real reason” for the split.
Yellowstone makers are said to have made Kevin Costner’s Horizon Western impossible
Costner explained to Deadline:
As the [Yellowstone-Produzenten] Talking about my exit didn’t feel good. Therefore, I will now explain the real reason: I had signed a contract for seasons 5, 6 and 7. In February [2022]after two or three months of negotiations, they drew up a new contract: Instead of seasons 6 and 7, they wanted to do seasons 5A and B, maybe 6.
Then Costner gets to the real point of contention between him and Sheridan:
Horizon was scheduled to be filmed in between, but Yellowstone was a priority. I have [Horizon] always in the gaps [der Yellowstone-Dreharbeiten] set. But they constantly moved the gaps.
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Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone
The fact that the Yellowstone filming collided with Costner’s gigantic passion project Horizon: An American Saga was already considered an argument for his exit. What is new is that Sheridan is responsible for the production of the Western made almost impossible by contract changes should have.
When and what will happen next with Yellowstone?
Currently, all Yellowstone fans are waiting for the second part of the fifth season, which will conclude the series. In Germany it will appear on the Paramount+ streaming service. A There is no start date yet.
Meanwhile, the western epic Horizon opens on August 22, 2024 in German cinemas and will be released shortly later, on November 7, 2024continued with a second part
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