The last few years have been somewhat chaotic for Kevin Costner. The abandonment of yellow stone by the actor brought Taylor Sheridan’s series to its premature end. Costner made the decision after creative differences and because he wanted to focus on his ambitious film project. Horizon: an American saga.
Unfortunately, Costner’s western tetralogy was not as successful as he desired, and its fate appears to be hanging in the balance at the time of writing.
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But Kevin Costner is still working: we saw him as a narrator in Kevin Costner’s Wild Westand this Christmas he will present a special for ABC. However, his real return to television through a series will be later, and will have nothing to do with the western, although it has nothing to do with one of his other favorite genres: the political thriller.
As reported deadlinethe star of yellow stone hangs up the cowboy hat when approaching the role of Bill Clintonthe 42nd president of the United States, in the series Unitedwhich he also intends to produce, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
Kevin Costner returns to the White House
Although a deal has not yet been reached for Costner to play Bill Clinton, the series appears to be heading in that direction, as is the case with Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), who is in negotiations to play the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
The series has not revealed its synopsis, but seeing the characters that are being sought after in the selection process, many believe that it will revolve around the East Timor crisis in 1999.
Kevin Costner is no stranger to this type of political thriller: in 1993 he starred JFK: Open caseand in 2000 thirteen daysabout the Cuban missile crisis. He’s also no stranger to playing real characters, with cases like Wyatt Earp, Eliot Ness or District Attorney Jim Garrison.
What he will do is play an American president for the first time, although he almost did that in Air Force Onebut rejected the role in favor of Harrison Ford because filming coincided with that of Future Messenger.
United It will be filmed in 2026 in Atlanta, but will also arrive on Spanish soil. We are currently waiting to confirm whether Kevin Costner star in the series as Bill Clinton or if other actors are sought.
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