Overview
- The change affects multiple departments, including sound, camera, stunts, rigging, transportation, the production office, extras casting, hair and photography, according to reports.
- Season 4 is slated to begin filming in about a week, with most of the vacated roles expected to be refilled.
- Emmy-nominated stunt coordinator and longtime Sylvester Stallone double Freddie Poole says he was told he was out for “creative reasons” and declined a reduced photo-double offer.
- 101 Studios and Paramount declined to comment, and unnamed insiders said those not returning did not have contracts and that budget considerations were not the cause.
- The staffing shakeup follows earlier creative changes with Terence Winter returning as head writer and Dave Erickson exiting, alongside industry context that includes Taylor Sheridan’s future NBCUniversal deal and recent Paramount layoffs.