Kevin Costner shot to fame due to iconic movies like “Bull Durham,” “The Untouchables” and “Subject of Desires.”
The Oscar winner may need the most important hit of his profession at the moment, although, courtesy of “Yellowstone.” The Paramount Community sequence casts the 67-year-old because the patriarch of a Montana ranching clan grappling with consequential threats from all sides.
The present is certainly one of TV’s greatest hits, burying media-friendly reveals like “Succession” and “Euphoria” within the scores. The latter’s season finale drew a hefty 6.6 million viewers. The newest “Yellowstone”season finale? Attempt 9.3 million.
Now, Costner is utilizing his movie star gravitas to honor the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Yellowstone Nationwide Park. It’s the place Costner is doing so that may flip a number of heads.
Perhaps way more.
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The actor is teaming with FOX Nation for the four-part sequence, set to bow within the fourth quarter of 2022. Right here’s the official description straight from FOX Nation’s PR crew:
Developed by Costner’s Territory Movies together with Heat Springs Productions, Yellowstone One-Fifty will probably be narrated and hosted by Costner, with episodes to be launched consecutively on the platform all through its debut week. Territory Companion Rod Lake will government produce in addition to Marc Pierce for Heat Springs Productions.
The rising platform made the announcement on the park’s official 150-year anniversary.
There’s nothing political, not less than on the floor, concerning the upcoming sequence. Some could snicker at Costner collaborating with a right-leaning streaming floor. Others could get nastier.
Even the straightforward act of kindness towards a conservative could cause a Hollywood actor to backpedal madly, as Mark Duplass did after sharing pleasant ideas about The Each day Wire’s Ben Shapiro in 2018.
Hollywood has solely grown angrier, and extra divisive, since then.
But over time Costner hasn’t let politics lavatory him down, nor gradual his spectacular profession arc. He’s publicly backed a bevy of Democratic politicians, most not too long ago Mayor turned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He’s often thrown assist behind Republicans, too.
Most significantly?
He’s not a divisive determine even when he will get political. No identify calling. No makes an attempt to decry his ideological foes. He speaks his thoughts and leaves it at that.
There’s a extra logical cause for the FOX Nation/Costner pairing. The actor should notice “Yellowstone” has large heartland attraction, and sharing his four-part sequence on a right-leaning platform makes good sense.