The Mailbag: Yellowstone Standoffs (Cont’d) & Elon’s Disney No-Show

Answers to burning questions from readers, sources, listeners, agents, producers, and hangers-on about the sad state of movie stardom, the Iger proxy war, AppleTV+ ratings, Shohei’s moneymen… and much more.

Kevin Costner has been telling people he’s planning to return for at least a cameo and possibly more, but there are currently no discussions for him to do that. Courtesy of Paramount

Matthew Belloni

March 24, 2024

It’s spring-cleaning time at What I’m Hearing HQ, so today I’m scouring my inbox (and tweet replies) to answer some reader questions. (I’ve edited them for clarity.) Let’s start with one of my favorite topics…

What’s going on with the Yellowstone sequel/continuation show? Last you reported, Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) were holding out for more money, and the studio was about to pull their offers. What’s up?