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Josh Brolin. But it didn’t take much for him to agree to star in Amazon Prime Video’s “Outer Range.”“I never want to do anything straightforward,” he tells Variety.
“I find it boring. This felt like a major swing and it had all the room to fail, and I like those odds.”The series, despite being part of the western genre, isn’t like others. Set against the Teton Mountains in Wyoming, using the allure of a bottomless hole to weave a multi-layered story together.“I think the West is a lot stranger than our narrative categories have always really portrayed,” creator Brian Watkins says.
“I wanted to write something that I felt encompassed the West I knew, as a place that was always reaching for transcendence. It is a place that is undeniably filled with mystery and wonder.” As for the genre’s rising popularity — see Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” the highest-rated cable telecast in years — Watkins isn’t surprised.“The idea of a showdown is not a low-stakes, mumblecore event.
It is a literal showdown, there’s a payoff at the end and the fun of that is what I hope we tapped into for ‘Outer Range,'” he says.Brolin, for his part, is used to the genre, starring in “No Country for Old Men” and “True Grit.” Now, his daughter Edin appears on Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” while he leads “Outer Range” — but don’t call it a copy-cat.“‘Yellowstone’ was the first — like we were with ‘True Grit’ — in bringing back the Western, and that’s a great thing. If you piggyback on that trend, you feel like you are piggybacking,” he says.
“But if you are coming with something within the genre that’s wholly original, then you feel good about it. There’s nothing other than horses and cowboy hats and maybe warring families in ‘Outer Range’ that
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appeared in a video alongside “Ant-Man” costar Evangeline Lilly (aka Hope van Dyne and The Wasp) that plays on the Disney Wish cruise ship.He touched upon the idea that because Ant-Man can shrink himself to the size of an insect, he would have been able to murder Thanos (Josh Brolin) easily by crawling up his butt.“I’ve heard a lot of chatter out there asking why I didn’t shrink down, go in, and uh … kill Thanos in a really creative way,” Rudd said.“First of all: gross. Secondly, it’s much more complicated than that.
This week, Paramount+ launched in the UK with a broad content slate of more than 8,000 hours of content. The crown jewels in Paramount’s wares are writer/director/creator/showrunner Taylor Sheridan’s (“Sicario,” “Wind River”) “Yellowstone” series and its spin-off “1883,” both of which come from 101 Studios.
When Kevin Costner first got pitched the dramatic Montana-set Western “Yellowstone” by Academy Award-nominated writer and director/creator/showrunner Taylor Sheridan (“Sicario,” “Wind River”) he was all in, though he may not have been entirely sure what he was signing up for. “He said something that I’ve been doing my whole career,” Costner recalled during this week’s press day to celebrate Paramount+’s very recent launch in the U.K.
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Eric Warren Singer, one of the screenwriters behind Paramount’s summer smash Top Gun: Maverick.
Léa Seydoux is set to play Lady Margot in Dune: Part Two, the next instalment of the fantasy blockbuster. Deadline reported that the French actress is still in negotiations to join the cast which includes Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin and Zendaya. In May it was confirmed that Christopher Walken and Austin Butler would star in the second film.
EXCLUSIVE: Yellowstone co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan will direct the first two episodes of Bass Reeves, the six-part limited series starring David Oyelowo as the legendary Wild West lawman.
No Time to Die star Léa Seydoux has landed a key role in Dune: Part Two.As reported by Deadline, the actress has been cast by director Denis Villeneuve as Lady Margot Fenring, a member of the Sisterhood of sorceresses.Seydoux joins an all-star cast for the sequel, including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista and Austin Butler.In May, it was announced that veteran actor Christopher Walken will also join the sequel as Emperor Shaddam IV, another significant character in the story.Pre-production on Dune: Part Two began in April, according to Villeneuve – who will once again write, direct and produce the epic’s latest chapter.On what to expect from the sequel, Villeneuve previously told ET Canada: “I cannot say nothing about the movie – I don’t like to talk about projects as I am doing them – but it’s probably going to be the biggest challenge of my career, again, because it’s even more complex than Part One.”Elsewhere, the director recently confirmed that Zendaya will have a significantly larger role in Part Two, having featured sparingly in the first film.Speaking to Variety, he said: “For Zendaya, I will say Part One was a promise. I know that we saw a glimpse of her in Part One, but in Part Two, she’ll have a prominent part.“We will follow Timothée [Chalamet] and Zendaya on their adventures in the desert.
Kevin Costner isn't hanging up his hat just yet. Costner spoke with ET’s Cassie DiLaura during the Paramount+ U.K.
EXCLUSIVE: Striking while the iron’s hot following her critically acclaimed performances at the recent Cannes Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve has tapped Léa Seydoux play Lady Margot in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two. Seydoux is currently in negotiations and will join the all-star ensemble that includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin, who are expected to reprise their roles, as well Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Austin Butler, who were also recently announced. Villeneuve is back to write, direct and produce. Spaihts will return to co-write with Villeneuve.
EXCLUSIVE: They have the best seats in the house.
Kevin Costner is ready for whatever Harrison Ford is bringing to the universe. The actor, who stars as John Dutton in the original series, spoke with ET’s Cassie DiLaura during the Paramount + U.K.
Sylvester Stallone is getting a taste of the gangster life in Paramount+'s upcoming crime drama, . The series follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterTaylor Sheridan’s new “Yellowstone” prequel at Paramount+ is taking a trip back in time.It was announced Monday that the prequel series “1932” will now instead be known as “1923” and will take place in the new titular year as opposed to the former. Per the new logline, “1923” focuses on the Dutton family’s next two generations as they struggle to survive historic drought, lawlessness and prohibition, and an epidemic of cattle theft; all battled beneath the cloud of Montana’s great depression, which preceded the nation by almost a decade.
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel has a new title.
If you haven’t jumped on the “Yellowstone” train just yet, now might be the time to do so. The hit modern western meets prime time soap opera is hitting its popularity apex, it’s finally getting awards attention, and, more importantly, it’s actually really damn good.
Wilson Chapman editorSylvester Stallone is making the jump to streaming. Paramount+ has released the first teaser for “Tulsa King,” the new crime drama from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, featuring Stallone in the central role.Stallone, in the first regular TV role of his career, plays Dwight Manfredi, a New York Mafia head who finally gets out of jail after a 25-year sentence. Upon his release, he’s unceremoniously relocated by his boss to Tulsa, Okla.