Thursday, June 4, 2026

Kevin Costner Now Says He’s Not Returning to “Yellowstone” — But The Show Had Moved On Without Him

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Kevin Costner’s been making the rounds publicizing his “Horizon” movie, saying he could go back to “Yellowstone.”

But now he’s put up an Instagram video saying he’s not going back. Why? Because the show has already filmed its final season without him. And Paramount just yesterday announced a return date for November. Costner always knew he wasn’t going back. John Dutton dies off screen.

Costner got caught in a timing problem. At the same time he was using “Yellowstone” for his own publicity, they had already moved on.

“Horizon” is tracking at an opening next Friday of $10 million. I think the “Yellowstone” fans will not support Costner. They’re angry the show is ending because of him, essentially.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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