“Yellowstone” will not return until one year from now.
The troubled Kevin Costner series won’t drop new and final episodes until November 2024. That’s because of the two union strikes, but also because creator Taylor Sheridan has been locked in a public fight with Costner.
How will Sheridan kill off Costner’s John Dutton? Costner demands he goes out a hero. Sheridan would love to drop a house on him.
Meanwhile, a much better Taylor Sheridan series — maybe his best — arrives this Sunday on Paramount Plus. It’s called “Bass Reeves,” stars David Oyelowo as a Civil War slave who became a famous law man. Oyelowo is outstanding in the title role but it’s also the production — the writing, design, cinematography — that is levels above “Yellowstone” or any of its spin offs — that makes it special.
As for “Yellowstone,” there are two more spin offs — “1944” and “2024” — the latter which might star Matthew McConaughey. But whole frenzy about the original series is over.
