Kevin Costner says, once and for all, that he will not return to Yellow stone.
The hit cable series finally began filming its fifth and final season recently, without Costner as farm patriarch John Dutton. Last month, Costner signaled that he would still be open to filming some sort of farewell to the show even if production had resumed without him, saying Deadline he was “very open to coming back… if the writing is there and I’m happy with it. I’m open to that.”
But Costner also said at the time that he “took a beating because these guys didn’t speak up for me and allowed crazy stories to come out” – on reports that Costner was feuding with various parties behind the scenes of Yellow stone. A few weeks later, on the eve of the release of Costner’s first film as director and actor in 20 years, he posted a video on social media making it clear that, however, Yellow stone concludes, it will be without your participation.
As he said…
I just want to reach out and let you know that after a long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the necessary things and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love. I just realized that I won’t be able to continue into season five or beyond.
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Costner reiterated that he “loved (Yellow stone) and I know you loved it, and I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be back.”
The first half of Costner’s new western film, Horizon: an American sagaopens in theaters next Friday, June 28th. The final episodes of Yellow stone are scheduled to premiere on November 10th. It’s unclear how the show will approach Costner’s departure. It is expected that upon completion of the Yellow stonea new spinoff show will take its place with other members of its cast, but without Costner.
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There must be some reason for the character’s absence – usually a sudden death – and the more absurd, the better.
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