Zoë Saldana and Nicole Kidman aim to stop global terrorism in Paramount+’s new series.
21.06.2023 - 20:25 / deadline.com
Taylor Sheridan has revealed where he stands on the WGA’s minimum staffing demands on episode TV: It’s a non-starter for the former-actor-turned prolific scribe, who wrote all the episodes for Yellowstone, 1883 and 1923, along with the upcoming Lioness.
“The freedom of the artist to create must be unfettered,” Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in a lengthy interview. “If they tell me, ‘You’re going to have to write a check for $540,000 to four people to sit in a room that you never have to meet,’ then that’s between the studio and the guild. But if I have to check in creatively with others for a story I’ve wholly built in my brain, that would probably be the end of me telling TV stories.”
Before the WGA launched its strike, it had proposed minimum staffing for episodic TV writers rooms. For pre-greenlight rooms, it proposed “minimum staff of six writers, including four Writer-Producers.” For post-greenlight rooms, it proposed “one writer per episode up to six episodes, then one additional writer required for each two episodes after six, up to a maximum of 12 writers. Example: eight episodes requires seven writers including four Writer-Producers; 10 episodes requires eight writers including five Writer-Producers.”
This doesn’t jibe with how Sheridan likes to operate his dramas.
“My stories have a very simple plot that is driven by the characters as opposed to characters driven by a plot — the antithesis of the way television is normally modeled,” continued Sheridan. “I’m really interested in the dirty of the relationships in literally every scene. But when you hire a room that may not be motivated by those same qualities — and a writer always wants to take ownership of something they’re writing — and I give this
Zoë Saldana and Nicole Kidman aim to stop global terrorism in Paramount+’s new series.
Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña are leading an elite group of operatives in a new Paramount+ drama from creator Taylor Sheridan. inspired by a real-life U.S. military program, centers on CIA missions to place undercover operatives close to high-value targets in order to gain their trust and eliminate them swiftly and quietly.
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Yellowstone.” It was reported that Costner might not be returning to the show after the conclusion of Season 5. The alleged reason behind this potential departure stems from differences between Costner and the series creator, Taylor Sheridan, concerning the actor’s filming commitments and scheduling conflicts.According to Entertainment Tonight, the ongoing mid-season break of “Yellowstone” has further fueled speculation.
Kevin Costner claimed he cannot afford to pay estranged wife Christine Baumgartner $248,000 a month in child support now that he is no longer “under contract” for Yellowstone.
EXCLUSIVE: After taking on a major recurring arc across multiple seasons of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit neo-Western drama series Yellowstone, actress Q’orianka Kilcher has signed with Silver Lining Entertainment for management.
Taylor Sheridan may have populated 1923 with mega-stars but it wasn’t just Harrison Ford or Helen Mirren who blew away viewers with a stirring performance. For the first time on TV, Sheridan depicted the dark legacy of Catholic boarding schools and how they dehumanized young indigenous women — one of whom is played by the courageous Aminah Nieves. While the Duttons were busy saving the ranch in one part of Montana, Nieves’ Teonna Rainwater was being held prisoner by savage, paddle-swinging nuns in another. Here, the Indiana-born newcomer recalls how hard it was to decide whether to accept such a life-changing role.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s difficult to know whether Lainey Wilson would be as big a star as she’s recently become in the field of country music without the visibility boost she’s received from “Yellowstone.” The series began featuring her songs in season 2, a few years before Lainey was cast for a recurring role as a musician in season 5. The most likely answer: She’d probably be almost as big, even without the Taylor Sheridan factor. After all, it’s not a TV show that came up with the combination of country-rock singing chops, irresistible Louisiana accent and gosh-dang gung-ho that have captivated listeners to the point that, in short succession, she’s racked up four No. 1 Mediabase radio singles and been one of the leading winners at the CMA and ACM awards shows.
As "Yellowstone" prepares to wrap up the hit show after five seasons, Lainey Wilson is just as excited as fans to see how the series will end. "I have realized that the TV world is even crazier than the music world," she said during an interview with People. "I'm like, ‘Taylor Sheridan, you got to let me know what's going on, bro.’ I'm excited to see what happens.There’s no doubt the rest of season five is gonna be money." While the second half of the fifth season of "Yellowstone" is expected to premiere in November, the country star admitted she’s also in the dark about co-creator Sheridan’s plans for the series. Wilson portrayed the singer Abby on the hit show "Yellowstone" for four episodes. The 30-year-old artist pointed out how "Yellowstone" has made a major impact in the western world and the music industry overall. "What ‘Yellowstone’ has done for the western way of life has been a huge turning point," she said.
With “Special Ops: Lioness” arriving on Paramount+ next month, that marks six shows created by Taylor Sheridan on TV right now. And there’s more where than came from.
.Paramount Network announced in May that the popular flagship series would be ending after the current fifth season, following the impending departure of series star and executive producer Kevin Costner amid ongoing tensions. While it's unclear when the remaining episodes will air due to the writers' strike and uncertainty over when production will be allowed to resume, the drama surrounding Costner's future on has been nonstop.Created by Taylor Sheridan, chronicles the Dutton family, led by Costner's patriarch John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States.
Taylor Sheridan is finally speaking out about the end of Yellowstone and Kevin Costner‘s exit.
creator Taylor Sheridan is sharing how he feels about Kevin Costner leaving the hit Paramount show.In a lengthy profile in, Sheridan expressed that his opinion of Costner as an actor hasn't «altered» but he's «disappointed» with what his exit means to the character in the hit series that has spawned, at least for now, two hugely successful spinoffs in and .«My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn't altered,» Sheridan tells the outlet. «His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful… and I've never had an issue with Kevin that he and I couldn't work out on the phone.
the Hollywood Reporter and also revealed that HBO passed on landing the hit show.“Look, it just feels so Middle America,” an HBO exec said, according to Sheridan. “We’re HBO, we’re avant-garde, we’re trendsetters. This feels like a step backward.
Yellowstone boss Taylor Sheridan finally broke his silence on the rumored feud between him and Kevin Costner — and the writer claims they’re on good terms.
Before Season 5 of “Yellowstone” began airing, we knew the final season of the series would be broken up into two parts. However, what fans didn’t expect, especially after the first half of the episodes ended its run on January 1, was that the wait for the final batch of episodes would be this long.
Helen Mirren put all of her confidence in "Yellowstone" creator, Taylor Sheridan. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Mirren revealed why she said yes to playing Cara Dutton in the prequel series before ever seeing a script. "He [Sheridan] didn't describe the character particularly, he didn't describe the journey of the character.
Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features When series creator Tony McNamara was crafting the character of Aunt Elizabeth in Hulu’s Emmy-winning biographical comedy “The Great,” he penned it with his actor wife and fellow Aussie, Belinda Bromilow, front of mind. “I knew the character and I knew what I needed from an actor to do it,” says McNamara, a seasoned playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Yorgos Lanthimos’ piquant 2018 drama “The Favourite.” “I knew [Elizabeth] needed to have a strong dramatic voice but also be a bit idiosyncratic and have really good comic bones,” McNamara continues. “The actor needed to be able to do comedy and be able to shift gears into a darker place. And I’d worked with Belinda before and knew that she could do that.”
“1883,” a prequel to Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” is coming to the network. Beginning Sunday, June 18, the first two episodes of the series will premiere at 8/7c p.m. After that the series will move to a weekly release schedule.To be clear, this is not a second season of the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Western drama.
The exciting first trailer for Paramount+’s new spy drama “Special Ops: Lioness” has been out and it features megastar Zoe Saldana prominently.