Kevin Costner Leaves ‘Yellowstone’ Behind as His New 8-Half Civil Conflict Western Will get a Main Replace

Kevin Costner has solely ever starred in a single film that the Academy deemed worthy of Awards recognition, but it surely did properly sufficient to earn a pair of Oscars. Costner earned his solely Oscar performing nod in 1991 for his efficiency in Dances With Wolvesand though he didn’t win the award, he did take house the gold for Finest Director and in addition for Finest Image — Costner produced the movie along with starring in it. Not lengthy after Costner’s Oscar-winning work on a sweeping western epic, he starred in a Robin Hood story earlier than additionally headlining The Bodyguard. He actually arrived as a star within the early Nineties, together with along with his work in The Postman (1997), however all these years later, he’s nonetheless breaking the mildew with new roles.

Costner has change into much more well-known within the later stage of his profession for his efficiency in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstonewhich went off the air on the finish of 2024 after 5 turbulent seasons. Costner’s first post-Yellowstone Western comes within the type of The Grey Homea brand new Civil Conflict-set epic following 4 girls who flip the tide of the struggle in the course of the Underground Railroad period. Costner won’t star within the mission, however he’s concerned as a producer alongside Morgan Freeman. Throughout a latest interview with ScreenRant, The Grey Home author Leslie Grief and producer Lori McCreary clarified Costner’s involvement within the mission: “Kevin broke down that script and had story variations with the present’s writing workforce,” stated Grief.

Persevering with, Grief described Costner as “a tricky taskmaster who went by means of the script line by line (with us).” Producer McCreary additionally additional highlighted each Costner and Freeman’s involvement, saying that neither star is the kind to have their title hooked up to one thing and never give enter:

“I had two guys who weren’t simply going to slap their title on the mission. They didn’t want the job. They didn’t want the cash. They needed to inform a narrative of significance. They have been each very concerned. I imply, Morgan began with creating with Lori after we initially began with John Sayles.”

When Does ‘The Grey Home’ Come Out?

Prime Video has confirmed that the primary two episodes of The Grey Home can be launched on the finish of this month, on February 26. The present shouldn’t be billed as a miniseries, however the destiny of The Grey Home past Season 1 has but to be determined. The collection ensemble forged consists of Daisy Head as Elizabeth Van Lew, Paul Anderson as Stokely Reeves, Amethyst Davis as Mary Jane Richards, Ian Duff as Jericho Bowser, Hannah James as Clara Parish, Robert Knepper as Bully Lumpkin, and Christopher McDonald as Thomas McNiven.

Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates and protection of The Grey Home.