Yellowstone: Hollywood legend “in talks” for Matthew McConaughey spinoff

The Matthew McConaughey Yellowstone spinoff sounds like it’s moving ahead, and a Hollywood icon is in talks to costar.

Yellowstone is the gift that keeps giving. Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western launched on Paramount in 2018, and quickly became one of the most popular television shows on the planet.

Spinoffs followed, including 1883, and 1923, with 1944 and 2024 set to follow. While the original series is due to conclude at the end of this year.

But for months, rumors have circulated that Matthew McConaughey would top-line another Yellowstone spinoff. And thanks to a new report, we now know who his costar might be.

Yellowstone: Hollywood legend “in talks” for Matthew McConaughey spinoff

Michelle Pfeiffer is in talks to co-star with Matthew McConaughey in the as-yet-untitled Yellowstone spinoff. According to the Puck newsletter, Pfeiffer is actually closer to a deal than the actor.

“Matthew McConaughey is still the top choice to star, but reports of his commitment to the project are overstated,” Puck writes. “He won’t sign on until he sees a script, which hasn’t happened yet, per his agent. But producers are much closer on Michelle Pfeiffer, who is in negotiations for the female lead and should either close a deal or walk away in the next week or two.”

The same report also suggests that three Yellowstone stars might reprise their roles in the sequel series – Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, and Scott Grimes. Though the actors are asking for big per-episode salaries, which is giving Sheridan and Paramount headaches.

Puck states: “Reilly, in particular, initially asked for a whopping $1.5 million an episode, according to two sources, at or above the very top tier of TV stars, though in recent communications that number has come down to $1.2 million an episode… Hauser, I’m told, had asked for $1.25 million an episode, up from the  $700,000 an episode he currently makes.”

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