It’s an industry-wide problem.īut this is bigger. And besides, this is a larger trend: as more bigger names work on TV series, they often don’t want to make series commitments, forcing the shows to contort their schedules to shoot their stars in and out. Aging Movie Star Doing Television Has Inflated Sense of Self sounds like an Onion headline. So, what’s actually happening here? After looking into this for the past couple weeks, I learned many of Costner’s Yellowstone cast, crew, and executives have been frustrated by his ego and his unavailability for a few years now. So when rumors leaked earlier this month that Yellowstone may end after its current fifth season because Costner is locked in a standoff over his shooting dates, few associated with the show were surprised. Chris McCarthy, and others on the Yellowstone team before it was deleted-only exacerbated what has become a frayed and possibly severed relationship between Paramount’s cash-cow Sheridan machine and Costner, the star of the biggest show on television. The missive about the hit series-which, I’m told, made its way to Sheridan, Paramount Media Networks president and C.E.O. I’m actually embarrassed for you as a writer and creator.” Here’s a sign that the relationship between Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan isn’t going great: On Instagram a couple months ago, Costner’s longtime assistant/associate Glenn Kleczkowski posted the following review of Sheridan’s Sylvester Stallone mobster show, Tulsa King: “Stick to westerns, bro.
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