Sheridan did not deliver scripts when promised, the show was put on hiatus, and everyone contracted was waiting and waiting and waiting.
Costner accomodated his "Horizon" project to the "Yellowstone" schedule, but nothing happened on "Yellowstone" - so Costner actually shot two "Horizon" films during this downtime.
And then they blindsided him by telling the press he preferred to film "Horizon".
Now, in 2024, they are filming the 5B season of "Yellowstone" without him.
It´s just a terrible power play to cover up Sheridan's status of being totally overworked, leading to him neglecting "Yellowstone" in order to write all these other series for Paramount. And Paramount is protecting him because they need him to keep their hopeless streaming outlet attractive.
To blame Costner is the easy way out - and completely wrong.
The best way they could have dealed with this would have been to tell all the actors: okay, we can't do the next season for at least a year. You don't have to stick around waiting, go and do other stuff, and then next year we will come back with this schedule.
So let's stop spreading the bull about Costner being responsible. It´s Sheridan.
If the media/producers/Paramount lied, why didn't Costner sue them ? He has been silent on the matter for over a year, and suddenly claims that it is not him, but them. Coincidentally just as he is about to premiere his film...
I've never seen the show, but got curious upon seeing a few clickbaity headlines.
Sounds to me like the situation is closer to what Willgoldnewtonbarrygrusin describes than anything else - overall development on S5 sounds like it was repeatedly delayed with Sheridan trying to work on multiple shows at once and at least one strike getting in the way.
Hence an actor like Costner is forced to decide - does he wait for the showrunners to sort themselves out, or go and make something he wants to do?
I see this so often - a preconditioned response to a situation because someone loves a show/movie/actor/composer and needs to blame it on someone. Similar to someone being angry at a filmmaker that a composer wasn't given an assignment - and not stopping to consider (or admit) whether the composer themself just didn't want to do it.
Costner has been silent on the matter for over a year, and suddenly, after a year, claims that it is not him, but them.
Why? Why now?
Why did he remain silent? To not sour the relationship further, to not openly fight with a studio. Still with the hope of being asked back.
Now, people have been bombarding him with questions about Yellowstone, and he knew that he had to say something during the press tour for Horizon. So he gave that interview to Deadline which explained his situation.
Yesterday he publicly stated that he will not be back definitely after saying he hoped he will be back. Apparently, Sheridan put his foot down, probably to give other actors the clear sign: I will fire everybody if you go against me. So, McConnaughey, choose wisely…
I've never seen the show, but got curious upon seeing a few clickbaity headlines.
Sounds to me like the situation is closer to what Willgoldnewtonbarrygrusin describes than anything else - overall development on S5 sounds like it was repeatedly delayed with Sheridan trying to work on multiple shows at once and at least one strike getting in the way.
Hence an actor like Costner is forced to decide - does he wait for the showrunners to sort themselves out, or go and make something he wants to do?
I see this so often - a preconditioned response to a situation because someone loves a show/movie/actor/composer and needs to blame it on someone. Similar to someone being angry a a filmmaker that a composer wasn't given an assignment - and not stopping to consider (or admit) whether the composer themself just didn't want to do it.
I never watched the show, but I heard the Season 1 and 2 albums because I was always a Brian Tyler fan. I guess I have three more albums I need to listen to.
1. Yellowstone Main Title (1:07) 2. Family Matters (5:24) 3. My Father (1:55) 4. Come Home (2:41) 5. 6666 (1:43) 6. Nobody’s Hobby (1:51) 7. Forgotten Till You Disappear (2:28) 8. The Younger Lion (3:16) 9. Camped on a Snake Den (2:46) 10. Fathers and Sons (1:28) 11. Let’s Go to Work (2:18) 12. Next Time Is the Last Time (2:56) 13. Gift of Life (1:17) 14. Something’s Wrong (4:26) 15. Take a Walk (1:58) 16. All Out of Legends (3:30)
A satisfying series finale, most of the threads were neatly closed. I will miss this series, for me one of the best TV-series ever produced.
The last volume of soundtrack just relesed digitally! The album features selections of the original music from the final episodes of the show's second part of the fifth season.
1. Push Him Back (2:03) 2. My Fault (1:53) 3. Not Our Home (1:14) 4. Counting Coup (3:09) 5. Staying On (1:20) 6. The Farewell (feat. Vito Gutilla) (4:47) 7. Save This Place (1:44) 8. Suffering’s the Job (0:44) 9. Declaring War (2:53) 10. Beside My Mother (2:05) 11. Brothers to Each Other and the Land (3:40) 12. Family Secrets (4:48) 13. The Burning Car (3:05) 14. Starting My Own Brand (2:22) 15. Final Resting Place (4:40)
I finished the series a couple of nights ago, after binging it for a couple of weeks, and am now onto 1883. It's a good show, no doubt about it, but also with some flaws.
It's kinda like a western version of SUCCESSION, and what it has over that show, is that there are certain emotional core characters that we can identify and sympathize with. SUCCESSION didn't have a single likeable character, YELLOWSTONE at least has Costner and Kaycey.
However, where SUCCESSION wins over YELLOWSTONE is a more realistic flow of events. YELLOWSTONE is peppered with random dramatic events, which makes it all rather soap opera-like. Also, it suffers immensely in the last part of the last season when Costner's character is killed out of nowhere, and for no particular reason, apparently because the production clashed with his HORIZON project. The character was no doubt meant to die, but not like that. My guess is he was supposed to go out the way that old cowboy does in one of the last episodes, sleeping under a tree.
The score by Tyler and Vivian is good throughout, but I'm perfectly content with a whittled-down version of the first soundtrack. I have a 41-minute playlist for that and a 49-minute one for 1883. Will get to 1923 in due time, both series and score. This universe has really exploded, with all kinds of spin-offs, and more are apparently planned.
The score by Tyler and Vivian is good throughout, but I'm perfectly content with a whittled-down version of the first soundtrack. I have a 41-minute playlist for that and a 49-minute one for 1883. Will get to 1923 in due time, both series and score. This universe has really exploded, with all kinds of spin-offs, and more are apparently planned.
What’s the track list for your season one playlist?
