Kevin Costner as John Dutton in “Yellowstone” Kevin Lynch/Paramount+
Kevin Costner is formally executed with Yellowstone.
“I simply wish to attain out and allow you to know that after this lengthy yr and a half of engaged on Horizon and doing the entire issues that’s required, and desirous about Yellowstone, that beloved collection that I like and I do know you’re keen on,” Costner mentioned in a video shared through X late Thursday, June 20.
He continued, “I simply realized that I’m not going to have the ability to proceed season 5B or into the long run. It was one thing that basically modified me. I liked it. And I do know you liked it. I simply needed to let you recognize that I gained’t be returning. I like the connection we’ve been in a position to develop, and I’ll see you on the films.”
An replace for you guys. I’ll see you on the films. pic.twitter.com/DpuC5cOP6F
— Kevin Costner & MW (@modernwest) June 21, 2024
Costner’s official affirmation of his Yellowstone departure comes simply hours after Paramount Community introduced that the ultimate episodes will premiere on Sunday, November 10, at 8 p.m. ET after a prolonged delay. The primary half of season 5 concluded in January 2023.
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Costner’s involvement within the second half of season 5 has been unclear, however he was not talked about in Paramount’s announcement on Thursday.
Costner beforehand denied that his Yellowstone exit was the results of a feud with present creator Taylor Sheridan or his busy schedule with the four-part Horizon saga, the primary of which hits theaters on June 28.
“I’ve taken a beating from these f–king guys and I do know plenty of occasions the place it’s coming from,” he instructed Deadline final month of the rumors. “I simply elected to not get into that. But when you recognize me properly sufficient, I made Yellowstone the primary precedence, and to insinuate the rest can be flawed. I didn’t provoke any of these issues. They did.”
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Costner continued, “I left precisely after they needed, and it made it laborious on me. It seems they didn’t have the scripts for 5B. They wanted 4 extra days simply to finish the primary eight episodes. I left early to present them what they wanted to have an entire eight, and I felt dangerous that the viewers didn’t get 10.”
Regardless of the drama behind the scenes, Costner has mentioned he can be keen to return to the function of John Dutton.
“If I just like the story [and] the place it was going, I might return,” he mentioned throughout a Sunday, June 16, interview with CBS Sunday Mornings. “I did every little thing that I used to be contracted to do with Yellowstone.”
