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Yellowstone became TV’s hottest amusement and a ratings juggernaut. The show’s rising trajectory came to a screeching halt pursuing the merchandise of the archetypal batch of Yellowstone play 5 episodes. Reports began to swirl that Kevin Costner was leaving Yellowstone and that the amusement would beryllium ending aft play 5.
So, what’s truly going on? Will Kevin ever instrumentality arsenic John Dutton? HollywoodLife has each the latest quality astir Kevin’s aboriginal with Yellowstone.
Kevin Costner arsenic John Dutton. (Paramount Network)
Is Kevin Costner Leaving Yellowstone?
Yes, Kevin Costner is leaving Yellowstone, and the show’s 5th play volition beryllium the last season. Yellowstone was expected to instrumentality for Part 2 of play 5 successful the summer, but the formed has not adjacent filmed the 2nd fractional of the play yet. This is owed to the alleged behind-the-scenes play with Kevin.
In February 2023, Deadline reported that co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan, Paramount Global, and Paramount Network were “moving to extremity their signature amusement successful its existent form” and perchance research a sequel bid with Matthew McConaughey.
According to the outlet, Kevin reportedly acceptable a 65-day shooting schedule. For the archetypal portion of play 5, helium allegedly lone wanted to sprout for 50 days and walk conscionable a week shooting the 2nd fractional of the season. The disagreements implicit Kevin’s shooting schedule, which interaction everyone, became a “source of frustration” for Taylor and began “causing morale problems” with the different formed members.
“We person nary quality to report. Kevin Costner is a large portion of Yellowstone and we anticipation that’s the lawsuit for a agelong clip to come. Thanks to the superb caput of Taylor Sheridan, we are ever moving connected franchise expansions of this unthinkable satellite helium has built. Matthew McConaughey is simply a phenomenal endowment with whom we’d emotion to partner,” a Paramount Network spokesperson said successful a statement.
Kevin’s lawyer, Marty Singer, denied immoderate reports astir discord implicit the Oscar winner’s shooting docket successful a connection released connected February 21. “The thought that Kevin was lone consenting to enactment 1 week connected the 2nd fractional of play 5 of Yellowstone is an implicit lie,” Marty told Puck.News successful effect to an exposé that was published. “It’s ridiculous — and anyone suggesting it shouldn’t beryllium believed for 1 second. As everyone who knows thing astir Kevin is good aware, helium is incredibly passionate astir the amusement and has ever gone mode supra and beyond to guarantee its success.”
Kevin Costner with co-star Kelly Reilly. (Paramount Network)
In April 2023, sources told The New York Post that Yellowstone was going to extremity with play 5. “Hopefully Kevin [Costner] volition instrumentality for the remaining episodes if everyone works together, but it looks similar Yellowstone volition extremity aft this season.” At the time, the outlet besides alleged that determination was “friction” betwixt Kevin and Taylor.
Paramount announced connected May 5 that Yellowstone would so extremity aft the 5th season. “Yellowstone has been the cornerstone connected which we person launched an full beingness of planetary hits – from 1883 to Tulsa King, and I americium assured our Yellowstone sequel volition beryllium different large hit, acknowledgment to the superb originative caput of Taylor Sheridan and our unthinkable casts who bring these shows to life,” Chris McCarthy, President & CEO Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, said successful a statement.
Why Is Kevin Costner Leaving Yellowstone?
Kevin has yet to explicate precisely wherefore helium decided to leave Yellowstone aft play 5. The amusement could person easy gone connected for several much years. However, helium is focused connected his 4-part Western epic Horizon, which helium is directing, starring in, producing, and co-writing.
The archetypal movie successful the saga has already been filmed, and 3 sequels are presently successful the works. The 2nd movie successful the bid started accumulation successful May 2023. Kevin’s co-stars include Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Luke Wilson.
Kevin Costner successful ‘Yellowstone’ play 5. (Paramount Network)
In the midst of the Yellowstone play and filming Horizon, Kevin is besides embroiled successful a nasty divorce with his ex Christine Baumgartner. In caller tribunal documents obtained by Page Six, Kevin revealed that helium could not hold to Christine’s demands for $248,000 a period successful kid support. “I volition gain substantially little successful 2023 than I did successful 2022. This is due to the fact that I americium nary longer nether declaration for Yellowstone, the main root of my income past year,” helium said.
In a June 2023 profile, Taylor Sheridan addressed the Kevin feud rumors and revealed his absorption to Kevin leaving Yellowstone prematurely.
“My sentiment of Kevin arsenic an histrion hasn’t altered,” Taylor told THR. “His instauration of John Dutton is symbolic and almighty … and I’ve ne'er had an contented with Kevin that helium and I couldn’t enactment retired connected the phone. But erstwhile lawyers get involved, past radical don’t get to speech to each different and commencement saying things that aren’t existent and effort to displacement blasted based connected however the property oregon nationalist look to beryllium reacting. He took a batch of this connected the chin and I don’t cognize that anyone deserves it. His movie seems to beryllium a large precedence to him and helium wants to displacement focus. I definite anticipation [the movie is] worthy it — and that it’s a bully one.”
He added, “I’m disappointed. It truncates the closure of his character. It doesn’t change it, but it truncates it.”
Will Kevin Costner Be Replaced?
Since the amusement is ending aft play 5, Kevin is not going to beryllium replaced. Let’s beryllium real, they would ne'er recast John Dutton. Kevin simply is John Dutton.
There person already been Yellowstone prequel bid — 1883 and 1923 — but Paramount is successful “late-stage negotiations” with Matthew McConaughey astir a Yellowstone sequel series. It’s unclear if different archetypal Yellowstone formed members would beryllium progressive successful the series.
Matthew McConaughey is successful talks for a sequel series. (Matt Baron/Shutterstock)
“He seems similar a earthy fit,” Taylor told THR about Matthew. “We had a fewer conversations implicit the years and spitballed a fewer ideas. Then helium started watching Yellowstone and responded to it. He was like, ‘I privation to bash that.’ And by ‘that’ helium meant diving into a earthy satellite clashing up against the modern world. And past I said, ‘Buddy, that we tin do.'”
David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios, said successful a May 2023 connection astir a follow-up series: “The Dutton communicative continues, picking up where Yellowstone leaves disconnected successful different epic tale. We are thrilled to bring this caller travel to audiences astir the world.”
When Will Yellowstone Season 5 Return?
The 2nd portion of Yellowstone play 5 inactive does not person an authoritative premiere day yet. The archetypal portion of Yellowstone play 5 ended connected January 1, 2023. The 2nd fractional was expected to premiere successful the summertime of 2023.
Paramount Network tentatively acceptable a November 2023 premiere day model for portion 2 of play 5, but thing has been confirmed. Since the formed has yet to movie immoderate of the 2nd fractional and the ongoing writers’ strike, the premiere day whitethorn beryllium pushed adjacent further into 2024. HollywoodLife volition support you posted connected the latest updates astir Kevin’s aboriginal with Yellowstone.
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