Yellowstone could wrap at the end of this season trends now
Hit television show Yellowstone may come to an abrupt end at the end of its current season, as star Kevin Costner seeks to limit his time filming.
Deadline reports that the 68-year-old actor had asked Paramount Network executives to let him spend only one week filming the second half of the fifth season as he works on his own passion project.
Costner, who just recently won a Golden Globe for his performance as John Dutton on the show, is now directing and starring in his own multipart western epic, Horizon, which he co-wrote with Jon Baird. It has been picked up by Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinemas.
But, unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations said, network executives have declined his offer — and are instead moving forward with a new spin-off series starring Matthew McConaughey.
The True Detective star is said to be already in negotiations with the network for a new show that would air on Paramount Network and stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Kevin Costner, 68, reportedly asked Paramount Network executives to let him film the second half of the current Yellowstone season in only one week
Network executives are now said to be moving forward with a new series starring Matthew McConaughey (pictured in 2018)
Sources familiar with the negotiations say Costner had already limited himself to 65 days of shooting on Yellowstone, then wanted to shoot for only 50 days for the first half of its current season.
But for the second half of the fifth season, sources told Deadline, Costner only wanted to spend a week filming.
As he stars in the show as John Dutton, the patriarch of the Dutton clan, the proposal frustrated show creator Taylor Sheridan and is said to be causing morale problems among other cast members, which includes Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille and Gil Birmingham.
Network executives decided to refuse Costner's demands, sources said, and instead made the decision to move on with a spin-off show starring Matthew McConaughey.
Costner's show may now end with the second half of its current season, which aired its eighth episode in early January, and is set to return in the summer.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Paramount Network
