LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Yellowstone” star Kevin Costner and show creator Taylor Sheridan lead the high-profile surprise no-shows at a sold-out “Yellowstone” PaleyFest fan event Saturday night.
Surprised fans who had purchased tickets to the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles audibly grunted and even booed when the main stars of “Yellowstone,” scheduled to appear, failed to appear onstage to discuss the suddenly crowded Paramount Network television drama. drama.
Along with Costner (who plays patriarch John Dutton) and Sheridan, “Yellowstone” stars Kelly Reilly (Beth Dutton), Cole Hauser (Rip Wheeler), Luke Grimes (Kayce Dutton), Wes Bentley (Jamie Dutton) and Gil Birmingham. (Thomas Rainwater). ) were some of the key cast names still on the list. Paleyfest 2023 festival ticket website for the April 1 (April Fool’s Day) event. None showed up.
Instead, the new lineup that took the stage included executive Keith Cox, president of Paramount Network, actors Mo Brings Plenty (Mo), Dawn Olivieri (Sarah Atwood), Josh Lucas (who plays young John Dutton, seen in flashbacks ) and Wendy Moniz (Lynelle Perry).
Beyond an anticipated event for fans, the PaleyFest gathering promised to be the first opportunity to discuss reports that Costner might be leaving “Yellowstone” following a February.com Deadline report that also suggested the global hit series could end “in spectacular fashion.” Alas, more fuel was only thrown on the campfire with the massive cast not showing up.
“Yellowstone” aired its season 5 midseason finale on January 1 and is set to return for the second half this summer.
Addressing the elephant in the room during the PaleyFest session, Cox said he was “very confident” that “the star, the face of our show” will “go on with the show.” Even the halfhearted comment about Costner’s return drew enthusiastic applause from the audience.
Cox added that the start of production on “Yellowstone” would be announced “soon” and promised that the remaining episodes of season 5 “will be terrific, I’m sure.” It might have been more believable coming from the conniving “Yellowstone” lawyer Jamie Dutton.
Frustrated audience members poured out of the Dolby Theater in droves during the question-and-answer discussion. In the lobby, fans in cowboy hats and Beth Dutton T-shirts politely signed forms requesting a refund for the event where even nosebleed tickets cost $85.
Beth Dutton would have been breaking things. Just say.
“I am extremely disappointed,” Los Angeles “Yellowstone” fan Jonathan Gucinski told USA TODAY. “It was supposed to be a celebratory event, but it became a joke. It wasn’t who I expected to see on stage tonight.”
another fan tweeted: “Not to snub the actors that were there, but @paleycenter should offer refunds for the @Yellowstone show tonight. Not one person, not one, who was listed to be there, was actually there.”
and a fan tweeted: “They knew and still showed an old episode and didn’t warn the audience. They could have told people. Waste of time and money. Do better @tylersheridan.”
PaleyFest officials did not officially comment on why Paramount Networks and “Yellowstone” failed to bring the promised cast and crew to the fan event. Variety.com he cited “scheduling conflicts” as the reason.
