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CorporateSympathizer OP t1_j15py70 wrote

Reply to comment by Calfzilla2000 in '1923' Creator Taylor Sheridan Reveals the Insane Price Tag Attached to 'Yellowstone' Spinoff by CorporateSympathizer

According to the article it's due to all the practical effects and on-location shooting in Africa. Apparently getting thousands of cattle and horses together to run across the country while shooting on a helicopter is expensive. Plus Ford and Mirren couldn't have come cheap.

Makes sense why everything is going CGI nowadays, especially with the pandemic still causing issues.

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no_name_left_to_give t1_j16vd7f wrote

Kevin Costner did it for relatively pittance when he made Dances With Wolves. Adjusted for inflation the whole film cost $50 million (22 mil in 1990). The reason 1923 cost that much is that Paramount are willing to literally throw money at Sheridan, and as a result he and everyone down the chain to lowest subcontractor know that they could demand ridicules rates and get it.

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ObiTate t1_j16ca72 wrote

>According to the article it's due to all the practical effects and on-location shooting in Africa.

Africa? Why not just shoot on location in Montana? $350M for a season of 1923 is insane.

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Spire2000 t1_j16pwnn wrote

A good portion of the story actually takes place in Africa. So it is shooting on location.

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lxqueen t1_j1cn30b wrote

On location just means a place outside of a studio set, it doesn't necessarily mean the authentic location it's meant to represent.

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