Kevin Costner’s John Dutton may seem within the closing episodes of Yellowstone in any case.
“Kevin has reconsidered his stance on returning to Yellowstone. He would come again if he receives a script he likes they usually can agree on the phrases,” a supply solely tells Us Weekly. “There’s important battle in the intervening time, and whereas he’s at present not concerned, issues may change.”
Costner, 69, confirmed his potential curiosity in returning to Yellowstone Ranch throughout a Sunday, June 16, interview with CBS Sunday Mornings.
“If I just like the story [and] the place it was going, I might return,” he stated within the interview, denying that he left the present with a view to make his upcoming movie Horizon. “I did every little thing that I used to be contracted to do with Yellowstone.”
In accordance with the insider, Costner may seem in both a present-day or flashback scene relying on whether or not he authorized of showrunner Taylor Sheridan’s script.
Costner has starred as John Dutton on the Western sequence for the reason that sequence started in 2018. Rumors later swirled that Costner allegedly had pressure with Sheridan, 54, over the filming schedule, which halted throughout manufacturing on season 5. (The primary batch of episodes debuted in January 2023, however a premiere date for the remaining episodes has not been introduced.)
The supply additionally tells Us that filming for the finale has began, however the scripts are “nonetheless being revised,” leaving “a possible” to put in writing Costner into the scenes.
“Present producers have additionally shifted their perspective, acknowledging that they could have to carry him again to attain some decision,” the insider says. “They’ve been understanding a strategy to do with out him, however it’s been tough. There’s a void within the story with out him.”
Costner had beforehand denied that his Yellowstone exit was the results of a feud with Sheridan or his busy schedule with the four-part Horizon.
“I’ve taken a beating from these f–king guys and I do know a whole lot of instances the place it’s coming from,” he instructed Deadline final month of the rumors. “I simply elected to not get into that. But when me effectively sufficient, I made Yellowstone the primary precedence, and to insinuate anything could be flawed. I didn’t provoke any of these issues. They did.”
Costner continued, “I left precisely after they needed, and it made it arduous 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 a whole eight, and I felt dangerous that the viewers didn’t get 10.”
Us Weekly has reached out to reps for Costner and Yellowstone for remark.
With reporting by Andrea Simpson