Kevin Costner revealed he would ‘love’ the opportunity to return for the final season of Yellowstone.
While speaking about the highly-anticipated sixth season of his hit Western drama, which is scheduled to air in November 2024, the actor, 69, confirmed he is eager to return to his role as John Dutton.
‘I’d like to be able to do it but we haven’t been able to,’ he told Entertainment Tonight. ‘I thought I was going to make seven [seasons] but right now we’re at five. So how it works out — I hope it does — but they’ve got a lot of different shows going on. Maybe it will. Maybe this will circle back to me.’
He continued: ‘If it does and I feel really comfortable with [it], I’d love to do it.’
Kevin Costner revealed he would ‘love’ the opportunity to return for the final season of Yellowstone
Costner allegedly departed the franchise last year amid reports of a feud with creator Taylor Sheridan, 53.
The two-time Oscar winner has reportedly been ‘telling people’ he plans on returning ‘for at least a cameo and possibly more’.
He is apparently hoping to ‘leverage’ the desires of the Yellowstone fanbase, eager to see Dutton once more.
‘Kevin Costner has been telling people he’s planning to return for at least a cameo and possibly more, but there are currently no discussions for him to do that,’ Matthew Belloni of Puck News reported.
‘Even if Costner significantly lowers his financial and time commitment demands, Sheridan may not want to bother reopening his finished scripts to accommodate a send-off for John Dutton. But the Yellowstone fans would certainly love it, which Costner knows and hopes to leverage, as he always does.’
Last year, during a profile of Sheridan, The Hollywood Reporter reported there were ‘ongoing discussions’ with Costner to film the final episodes of the show. However at the time, scripts had not yet been completed.
Entertainment Tonight reported last year Costner would be departing the series after its current fifth season amid his alleged rift with Sheridan.
Yellowstone will officially end with it’s current fifth season, however fans have been waiting for more than a year for the second half of season five to debut.
While speaking about the highly-anticipated sixth season of his hit Western drama, which is scheduled to air in November 2024, the actor, 69, confirmed he is eager to return to his role as John Dutton
The first half of the season aired in late 2022 but the second half has yet to begin filming.
Recently, one of the show’s stars shared an update on when viewers can expect to see more of the exploits of the Dutton family, even as creator Taylor Sheridan moves on to other shows.
Ian Bohen, who started out as a recurring cast member at the start of the series before joining the main cast in season four, recently told Entertainment Tonight that Yellowstone may begin filming again in late spring or early summer.
If all goes according to plan, the Paramount Network series would be back on the air by autumn of this year.
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