‘Yellowstone’ stars Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes need wage bumps for spinoff

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By Michael Starr

There’s somewhat extra giddyup on the Dutton Ranch.

“Yellowstone” stars Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes and Cole Hauser are in search of raises to seem on the present’s spinoff sequence, in response to a report in Puck News.

Within the Paramount Community sequence, Reilly, Grimes and Hauser play Beth Dutton, Kayce Dutton and Rip Wheeler, respectively. In line with the report, there have been back-and-forth conversations about wage for a number of months.

Reilly, Grimes and Hauser have reportedly requested for large per-episode wage bumps to return to the “Yellowstone” franchise — $1.5 million for Reilly, 46, and $1.25 million for Hauser, 48, who at the moment makes $700,000 per episode for “Yellowstone,” in response to the report. They need to be first on the manufacturing’s name sheet above Matthew McConaughey, who nonetheless has not formally signed on for the sequence.

Reilly has lowered her per-episode wage calls for to $1.2 million, in response to Puck. There was no phrase on what Grimes, 40, seeks for the spinoff, solely that he’s been in discussions.

All three actors — Reilly, Grimes and Hauser — had been contracted for a sixth season of “Yellowstone,” which is now useless, however Paramount should nonetheless pay them for the ghost season, in response to Puck.

Collection co-creator Taylor Sheridan, 53, hadn’t deliberate on together with the trio within the spinoff however modified his thoughts after being persuaded they may draw viewers to the brand new present, which is able to reportedly star McConaughey, 54, in response to Puck.

Michelle Pfeiffer, 65, is in negotiations to affix the sequel, tentatively titled “2024,” which is able to decide up after the occasions of “Yellowstone,” in response to Puck.

“Yellowstone” is scheduled to wrap its fifth and last season later this yr — apparently with out sequence star Kevin Costner, 69, who’s been feuding on and off with Sheridan for nearly two years.

All of it reportedly began when Costner needed extra day off from “Yellowstone” to shoot his two-part Western “Horizon.” He additionally reportedly claimed the “Yellowstone” script delays had been slicing into manufacturing for “Horizon.”

The primary half of Season 5 of “Yellowstone” premiered in late 2022 to 12.1 million viewers and averaged a whopping 17.1 million viewers over its eight-episode run.

Half 2 was alleged to premiere final summer time however was derailed by the writers strike (WGA) and actors strike (SAG-AFTRA) that ran virtually concurrently from final Might by way of November, which threw sequence manufacturing into chaos and delayed most of prime time.

Half 2 is scheduled to premiere in November.

Along with “2024,” “Yellowstone” has spawned the prequel sequence “1883” — starring Tim McGraw and Religion Hill — and “1923,” starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren — each recounting the saga of the Dutton household.

Sheridan can also be feuding with Hauser over his espresso model, Free Rein, and in November filed a lawsuit in federal courtroom within the Northern District of Texas’ San Angelo division for trademark infringement.

Sheridan alleges that Free Rein makes use of “a model mark strikingly just like Bosque Ranch’s registered trademark, probably deceptive customers,” in response to San Angelo Reside.

Sheridan owns Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas, the place scenes from “Yellowstone” have been filmed. It’s valued at $264 million, in response to Wide Open Country.

He reportedly costs Paramount $50,000 every week to movie there. Sheridan additionally owns the 6666 Ranch within the Texas Panhandle.