Month: August 2024

Yellowstone, spinoff series, Patrick J. Adams, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell

Yellowstone will be coming to an epic conclusion with its upcoming final season, but the franchise will continue with a new spinoff that is attracting some big names. It has previously been rumoured that Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell have been in talks to star in the new series, and TVLine reports that Patrick J. Adams (Suits) is in talks to join them.

A Paramount Network representative declined to comment on the report, but the outlet states that the deals for Pfeiffer, Russell, and Adams are close to being finalized. They also added a few potential plot details for the spinoff. Once known as 2024, the Yellowstone spinoff is now “tentatively” titled The Madison and is “rumoured to follow wealthy matriarch Stacy Clyburn and her family as they leave New York City and head to Montana in the wake of her husband and brother-in-law’s tragic deaths in a plane crash.

The new series’ ensemble cast is still being assembled, with Beau Garrett (The Good Doctor) said to be among them. Production is expected to kick off later this month in Montana, New York, and Texas for a 2025 premiere.

You might recall that Matthew McConaughey was previously announced to be leading the spinoff, but later reports stated that the actor wouldn’t sign a deal until he saw a script from creator Taylor Sheridan. TVLine’s report doesn’t know if Russell is taking the role McConaughey was up for or if this will be a new character. It was also previously reported that Yellowstone stars Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, and Luke Grimes would be reprising their roles of Rip, Beth, and Kayce in the new show.

As for the final season of Yellowstone, also known as season 5 part 2, it will officially premiere on November 10th. Despite some hope that Kevin Costner might return, the actor officially shut the door last month. “I want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the things that’s required, and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love, I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future.” Costner explained. “It was something that really changed me. I loved it. And I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning and I love the relationship we’ve been able to develop and I’ll see you at the movies.

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Richard Simmons, Pauly Shore, biopic

Who would have thought a Richard Simmons biopic would be so rife with controversy? Pauly Shore has been developing an unauthorized biopic of Richard Simmons despite the fitness guru having expressed his displeasure on several occasions. Now, less than a month after Simmons’ death, Shore told Entertainment Tonight that he knows Simmons wanted him to do the movie, which has prompted Simmons’ family to respond.

I know he wanted me to do it,” Shore told ET. “I don’t even know if that was him tweeting [disapproval] the whole time, to be quite honest. I don’t know who that was.

In response, Simmons’ staff and brother, Lenny, stated that no such blessing ever took place. “Pauly Shore has recently made comments to Entertainment Tonight concerning his attempts to proceed with an unauthorized movie about Richard. You’ve seen here on Richard’s account what he had to say about the biopic,” Simmons’ staff wrote on X/Twitter.

Lenny added: “Dicky absolutely wrote his own posts. He worked on them a week in advance, going over and over them to get the right message. He would often read them to Cathy and I beforehand. What he has NOT done was to text, email or call Pauly with anything; not even to wish him ‘Good Luck’ as Pauly has stated many times.

Shore has already played Simmons in The Court Jester, a short film that quickly gained over one million views on YouTube in just 24 hours. The feature project was announced soon after, and Simmons was quick to shoot it down. “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” he wrote on Facebook. “I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read.

When it was later announced that Jordan Allen-Dutton (Robot Chicken) would be penning the script, Simmons again expressed his disapproval and added that he was working with studios to develop his own biopic. “I just read that a man that I don’t know is writing my biopic starring Pauly Shore,” he wrote on social media. “I do not approve this movie. I am in talks with major studios to create my own biopic with some help. Wait for this movie.

Shore, who was still holding out hope that Simmons would embrace the project, confessed that Simmons’ words brought him to tears. “I was up all night crying regarding Richard Simmons’ tweet,” Shore said. “Richard, how do you not approve of this movie? I mean, really, who’s better to play you in a movie than ME? Leonardo DiCaprio’s not gonna play you. Brad Pitt’s not gonna play you. I’m perfect. Everyone already thinks I’m you. We’re the same. Beautiful, inside and out.

Again, so much more drama than I ever would have expected from a Richard Simmons biopic starring Pauly Shore.

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