A new report suggests that Kevin Costner’s team is “still asking that [Taylor] Sheridan bring him back to finish his arc.”
Yellowstone’s success is undeniable. CBS is running Yellowstone repeats, Paramount has multiple spinoffs in the works, and John Dutton is such a powerful figure in television that he’s holding up the entire franchise. The series also remains incredibly popular, even at a time when we haven’t seen any new Yellowstone episodes in over a year. But will we again?
Well, Yellowstone fans, I come bearing both good and bad news. The good news is that Yellowstone will get an official ending to season 5. The bad news is that audiences have no another nine months to see it. The final episodes are set for November 2024, according to The Hollywood Reporter, when we’ll see the end the Dutton family saga. I choose to look at the news with a glass half full. Yellowstone will get an actual ending! Plus, Sheridan is reportedly also working on two more spinoffs. There’s a present-day story set in 2024—which is most likely the sequel that Paramount already teased, with Matthew McConaughey likely to star—and there’s another prequel spinoff set in 1944. Fear not, Yellowstone will go on.
The series is set to continue without its leading patriarch, 68-year-old actor Kevin Costner. The actor’s rumored feud with series creator Taylor Sheridan over filming schedules and contract disputes certainly didn’t help the series finale’s delay. Other factors include the SAG-AFTRA strike, Costner’s divorce, the actor’s plans for his own western film franchise (Horizon), and Sheridan’s own strike-while-the-iron’s-hot clip of other Paramount+ series, such as Special Ops: Lioness and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
