Why Is Kevin Costner Is Hunting for Sunken Treasure?

"Kevin Costner couldn't care less about all the bad press dragging his name through the sand. That Hollywood Reporter story about the actor fighting Wes Bentley on the set of Yellowstone? The lawsuits? The reports that he can't find funding to finish his four-part western film franchise? Who cares. According to Page Six, a source close to the former Yellowstone star says ... wait for it ...Kevin Costner is on a deep-sea diving binge to discover sunken treasure."

"He found gold coins and emeralds recently in the Caribbean, the source continued. Now he's shopping a TV series on finding sunken treasure around the world. That's right, folks. Apparently, Costner is going full National Treasure on us after starring in a couple Yellowstone national park history shows for Fox Nation. He's spilling invisible ink all over the back of the Declaration of Independence and using Ben Franklin's bifocals to hunt for the lost city of Atlantis."

"In a video posted to Facebook by Costner's maritime partner, underwater archaeologist Alex Mirabal, Costner explains that the two first met when he was exploring a Portuguese shipwreck in Mozambique. The duo also visited the nautical archives of the Castillo de la Real Fuerza Museum in Havana, Cuba, just this past March. Alex and I have been pursuing the idea of bringing history back alive, Costner stated in the 2019 video. We formed a company, and right now we're looking for a boat."

Kevin Costner is pursuing deep-sea diving expeditions to recover sunken treasure and is shopping a TV series about finding underwater caches worldwide. He reportedly recovered gold coins and emeralds in the Caribbean. The treasure concept originated in 2019 after partnering with underwater archaeologist Alex Mirabal; the pair met while exploring a Portuguese shipwreck in Mozambique and visited the nautical archives of Castillo de la Real Fuerza Museum in Havana. Costner and Mirabal formed a company, have been seeking a boat, and are still searching for investors. Funding difficulties emerged after Costner left Yellowstone, and financing for related film sequels remains unresolved.

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