New Details Emerge About Behind The Scenes Drama That Could Tank ‘Yellowstone’

The situation between star “Yellowstone” The relationship between Kevin Costner, the actor, and Taylor Sheridan (showrunner), has apparently become so toxic that it is not possible to repair the relationship.

Puck News reported This week has seen bitter divisions between Costner and Sheridan’s teams emerge on social media. One example is Sheridan, who was shot by a Costner long-time associate in an Instagram post. This was in response to Sheridan’s new mobster series. “Tulsa King,” writing: “Stick to westerns, bro. You don’t know S*** about THIS life. Stay in your lane, country boy. I’m actually embarrassed for you as a writer and creator.” It was reported that the post reached Paramount Media Networks’ CEO and president before it was deleted.

According to the report, Costner’s was the root cause. “ego and his unavailability” He is known for being an excellent leader. “either exacting to a fault or an unjustified pain in the ass.”

Once “Yellowstone” Costner reports that the drama has skyrocketed to become television’s most-watched. “squeezing,” For promotion days, he is seeking to be compensated and to have the episode total increase from $1.2 million to $1.25 million per episode in the event of a sixth series.

After the fifth season had been extended from 10 to 16 episodes, it was divided into two parts. Costner had agreed to short windows when he would be available for filming. Costner was reportedly diagnosed with COVID in the first window of filming. Instead of waiting until he was free to go back to work, Costner allegedly said that the window had expired and that filming would have to be delayed for months. Costner’s crew allegedly gave only a narrow window of time to begin filming again for the second half, as opposed to the full season. “impossible” To pull off.

Costner’s crew pointed fingers at Sheridan after filming for the fifth season was supposed finish last year. Sheridan claims that she delivered the scripts late.

“The idea that Kevin was only willing to work one week on the second half of season five of Yellowstone is an absolute lie,” Marty Singer, Costner’s attorney, told Puck. “It’s ridiculous — and anyone suggesting it shouldn’t be believed for one second. As everyone who knows anything about Kevin is well aware, he is incredibly passionate about the show and has always gone way above and beyond to ensure its success.”

Sheridan is also responsible for the highly popular “Yellowstone” prequel series “1883” And “1923.”

If Sheridan decides not to take Costner’s character on the show, patriarchal figure John Dutton – then it could take up to four years before Matthew McConaughey’s spinoff comes to the network. This is because of legal issues.

According to the report, Sheridan was “furious” The situation has caused Costner to be so upset that he won’t be able to complete the fifth season of Season Five until Costner is resolved. It is clear that their relationship is over.

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