Kurt Russell May Just Be the Latest A-Lister Added to the ‘Yellowstone-verse’
Kurt Russell is the latest Hollywood A-lister to be around yellowstone rumours. A report has surfaced claiming tombstone Star will direct a new topical spin-off in Taylor Sheridan’s ever-growing series yellowstone-Verse on Paramount+. Is there any truth to the claim?
Is Kurt Russell Leading a New “Yellowstone” Spin-Off?
A new report from Giant Freakin Robot claims that Kurt Russell has signed on to star in another yellowstone Spinoff that will be set in the present. However, this is not yet in development 6666 Spinoff set at the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas. Instead, it is believed that Russell’s rumor streak “is an offshoot of the existing mainline yellowstone Story.”
This hasn’t been confirmed by anyone at Paramount, but it builds on another report from Deadline, which claims Kevin Costner (John Dutton) is on the way out of the flagship series. The Russell rumor is tied to reports that Costner is quitting yellowstone at the end of season five to make way for a new lead – Matthew McConaughey.
With Costner reportedly out after five seasons, the theory goes that Sheridan is trying to “put together several shows that tie into the mainline yellowstone Drama” with other big names.
What’s Happening to Taylor Sheridan’s Main Series “Yellowstone”?
The latest confirmed yellowstone What’s new is that Sheridan and Paramount are taking steps to end the flagship series in its current form. Apparently, that means the departure of Costner’s character and a continuation of the Dutton saga with McConaughey in the cast.
It is unclear which yellowstone Actors will be part of the new version of the neo-western. However, it is expected that the series’ biggest stars – such as Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley and Luke Grimes – will remain in the franchise. After all, any of their characters could lay claim to being the new head of the Dutton family if John were out of the picture.
Insiders claim that Costner — who was originally limited to 65 days of filming per season yellowstone – only wanted 50 days to shoot the first part of the fifth season. Then he just wanted to come back for a week to film his scenes for the second half.
Costner is currently directing and starring in his own western epic horizonand apparently did yellowstone and John Dutton a low priority. Rumor has it that this has caused some moral problems yellowstone Sentence.
Could Kurt Russell be part of another generation of Duttons?
We should also mention that the Russell yellowstone Rumors could potentially be linked to new report that another prequel has been given the green light – 1944. On the heels of 1883 And 1923the new prequel is officially in the works after the network gave it the green light in early February.
“We have 1923we have the sequel, we won’t let the cat out of the bag, they say 1944‘ Tom Prince, executive vice president of 101 Studios, told Ravalli Republic.
It’s possible Russell is part of that generation of Duttons instead of today. Fans will just have to wait and see what Sheridan has planned.
yellowstone will return to the Paramount Network this summer for the second half of season five.