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Michele Pfeiffer Is Montana-Bound in ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff Called ‘Madison’

Michelle Pfeiffer appears at the UK launch of the streaming site Paramount + in London on June 20, 2022. (AP)
Michelle Pfeiffer appears at the UK launch of the streaming site Paramount + in London on June 20, 2022. (AP)
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Michele Pfeiffer Is Montana-Bound in ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff Called ‘Madison’

Michelle Pfeiffer appears at the UK launch of the streaming site Paramount + in London on June 20, 2022. (AP)
Michelle Pfeiffer appears at the UK launch of the streaming site Paramount + in London on June 20, 2022. (AP)

Michelle Pfeiffer is heading to Montana.

The Oscar nominee will executive produce and star in “Madison,” a new Taylor Sheridan-penned series set in the “Yellowstone” universe, Paramount announced Thursday.

Set in present day, “Madison” is the “Yellowstone” sequel that has been promised since it was announced the upcoming second half of season five would air in November. Those final episodes will conclude the series and be without its original star Kevin Costner.

The mothership series, about the Dutton family — who for generations has owned a massive, enviable piece of land in Montana — has been a benchmark for the Paramount streamer. The 2022 premiere episode of season five was watched by 12.1 million people.

Another “Yellowstone” prequel is also planned called “1944.”

Pfeiffer’s show follows a family of New Yorkers, now in the Madison River valley of central Montana, and deals with themes of grief and human connection.

Her last TV show was in 2022 playing Betty Ford in Showtime’s “The First Lady.”

A release date for “Madison” has not been announced.

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Disney Reportedly to Spend $5 Bln in Europe, UK on New Blockbusters

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Times Square Disney store is seen in Times Square, New York City, US December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Times Square Disney store is seen in Times Square, New York City, US December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi/File Photo
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Disney Reportedly to Spend $5 Bln in Europe, UK on New Blockbusters

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Times Square Disney store is seen in Times Square, New York City, US December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Times Square Disney store is seen in Times Square, New York City, US December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi/File Photo

Disney plans to spend at least $5 billion in the UK and continental Europe over the next five years to produce blockbuster movies and TV shows, Jan Koeppen, its president across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Financial Times on Friday.

The company will commit about $1 billion a year in the region over the next five years across films, Disney+, National Geographic and other TV productions, Koeppen told FT.

Disney's plans could build on the recent success of films like "Inside Out 2" and the company's television business.

"Inside Out 2" notched $1.6 billion in global ticket sales and "Deadpool & Wolverine," which debuted in the current quarter, has brought in more than $850 million.

"We feel like we're really on a roll again with movies, which is fantastic,” Koeppen told FT.

Disney didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment
Koeppen's comments follow Disney forecasting a 'moderation in demand' at its theme park business in coming quarters, pulling shares down 1.1% on Wednesday.

Koeppen leads Disney's EMEA business commercially and operationally in over 130 markets across the region, according to the company's website. His responsibilities include handling Disney+, motion pictures, television, content licensing and local original productions, the website showed.