‘Yellowstone’ Begins Production On Part 2 Of Fifth & Final Season

Production is underway in Montana on the second half of the fifth and final season of Yellowstone, Paramount Network said today. As previously announced, the series, which has been on hiatus since January 2023, is slated to return for the final episodes in November.

Yellowstone chronicles the Dutton family who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect – the ranch is in constant conflict with those it borders – an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and America’s first national park.  

Kevin Costner, who departed the series last year in the starring role of John Dutton, is in Cannes right now where his film Horizon: An American Saga, world premiered. He is currently filming Chapter 3 of Horizon. At a Cannes press conference, Costner said he had taken a break to go to Cannes and is heading back to continue filming.

Costner told Deadline in an interview last week that he has been open to returning to reprise his John Dutton character for the final episodes. “I think that they should do whatever they want to do,” Costner said. “Am I open to coming back? I’ve never been in a position to tell them what to do. I can only do what I can do. He also noted he has not seen the final scripts. “I’m not involved in any of that stuff,” he said.

“I’d like to be able to do it but we haven’t been able to … I thought I was going to make seven [seasons] but right now we’re at five,” he told Entertainment Tonight last month. “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. If it does and I feel really comfortable with [it], I’d love to do it.”

Yellowstone is co-created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Wind River, Hell or High Water, Sicario) and John Linson. Executive producers include John Linson, Art Linson, Taylor Sheridan, Kevin Costner, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, Stephen Kay, Michael Friedman, Christina Voros and Keith Cox. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.