Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ experience is officially in excess of. Just take it from John Dutton himself

Nevertheless keeping out hope that Kevin Costner may return to “Yellowstone?” Let John Dutton established the document straight.

Costner, who starred in the hit Paramount series for five seasons, discovered on social media that his time with “Yellowstone” is officially in excess of. Amid the release of his film “Horizon: An American Saga,” the actor-director said on Instagram late Thursday, “I just understood that I’m not likely to be ready to continue on.”

The Oscar winner, 69, put to relaxation speculation about a return more than a 12 months right after information of his departure broke. Experiences about Costner’s exit to start with surfaced in February 2023, but the actor only verified the close of his “Yellowstone” journey in September all through a Santa Barbara listening to for his divorce from Christine Baumgartner. At the time he described negotiation concerns with the studios driving the beloved collection.

In Might 2023, Paramount declared that the blockbuster collection was to finish, with its episodes split into two batches. Costner claims now that a return for “season 5B or into the future” is not likely.

“Yellowstone,” established by Taylor Sheridan, premiered in 2018 and grew to become a blockbuster collection for the community. Costner starred as the Dutton family patriarch who owns Montana’s biggest ranch. In 2023, he earned a Golden World award for his functionality. At the commencing of his Instagram video clip, Costner instructed fans said “Yellowstone” is a “beloved series that I like, that I know you really like.”

He included: “It was some thing that seriously modified me. I beloved it and you beloved it and I just needed to permit you know that I will not be returning.”

Costner unveiled his statement as he promotes “Horizon,” which was reportedly 1 rationale he decided to go away “Yellowstone. Last yr, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Costner and Sheridan ended up at odds above the former’s “Horizon” routine and how it allegedly complicated his “Yellowstone” commitments.

“His motion picture seems to be a fantastic precedence to him and he desires to change aim,” Sheridan informed the Hollywood Reporter final June. “I confident hope [the movie is] worthy of it — and that it is a very good 1.”

“Horizon: An The united states Saga,” the first in a 4-movie series, helps make its theatrical bow June 28.