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Following the success of the 2018 Paramount Network seriesYellowstone,featuring Kevin Costner, the showmakers returned with a prequel to the series called1923. Premiering in December 2022, the crime drama television show starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, turned out to be an epic.
However, considering the eye-watering amount that went into the production of1923,it seems that Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren teaming up somehow impacted the cost. Spending a mind-boggling amount of $500,000 per minute, the show became one of the most expensive productions in the history of television.
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1923Had an Eye-watering Amount of Production Cost
Kevin Costner‘s 2018 drama seriesYellowstone, became one of the most renowned television shows, boasting an inflated budget. Thus, reaching grand success, the show creator Taylor Sheridan began working on a prequel story toYellowstone. That’s when he came up with1923.
Featuring a stellar cast consisting of Harrison Ford andHelen Mirren,1923premiered in December 2022, on Paramount+. Being a part of theYellowstoneuniverse,1923is supposed to bring forthcoming sequels including1883,6666, and more. However, shockingly, Taylor Sheridan’s 2022 prequel story itself surpassed $500M annually, in productions.
Apparently, according toThe Wall Street Journal,Paramount has invested $200M solely for the first installment of1923. For the initial eight episodes that aired, featuring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as ranchers during the Great Depression, has already amounted to roughly $500,000 per minute.
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What Increased Harrison Ford’s Show’s Production Cost?
There’s no denying that evenYellowstoneboasted an inflated production cost, but1923seems to spend an eye-watering amount of production, per minute of screentime. There are several similar shows to that of the 2022 iteration, but none costs as much as1923, thus making it one of the most expensive productions in the history of television.
According toThe Wall Street Journal,Paramount’s rushed timeline for airing1923had a massive impact on the show’s production costs. Apparently,Taylor Sheridanhad to reduce the number of episodes from ten to eight, which resulted in a surge in expenses. Further, featuring Harrison Ford had its own impact.
Paramount couldn’t denyHarrison Ford‘s passion for flying, which ended up causing a rise in production cost, as the flight insurance coverage turned out to be quite costly. Apart from that filming across multiple international locations had a significant impact on the expenses.
WatchYellowstoneand1923on Paramount+.
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Source:The Wall Street Journal
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