'Yellowstone' season 5 finally has a return date. Here's what we know, and whether Kevin Costner will be back.

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It looks arsenic if Kevin Costner will reprise his domiciled arsenic John Dutton contempt cutting ties pinch nan show.

Over nan past year, nan 69-year-old character has made it abundantly clear that he had trim ties pinch "Yellowstone."

So it whitethorn person taken fans by astonishment that he does, successful fact, look successful nan trailer for nan upcoming 2nd half of play five. 

The character has antecedently said he's not been capable to fresh filming caller episodes of nan show into his schedule, truthful nan scenes he appears successful whitethorn person been filmed successful 2022 earlier Costner's highly publicized spat pinch nan show's creator.

The Hollywood Reporter said successful June that Costner was still unattached to nan caller batch of episodes erstwhile filming began successful May, which is further grounds that nan scenes he appears successful were changeable for nan first half of play 5 but ended up connected nan cutting room level for immoderate reason.

Representatives for Costner arsenic good arsenic nan accumulation companies down nan series, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, did not respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider.

The remainder of nan main formed will beryllium returning, pinch nan caller procreation of Duttons taking halfway stage.

There whitethorn beryllium a mobility people hovering astir Costner's position connected nan show, but astir of nan remainder of nan formed is returning.

Audiences tin expect to spot John's business-minded girl Beth (Kelly Reilly), his adopted lawyer boy Jamie (Wes Bentley), and nan youngest and astir bad boy of nan siblings, Kayce (Luke Grimes), each backmost astatine nan ranch.

Alongside them are his right-hand man Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), daughter-in-law Monica (Kelsey Asbille), one-time woman Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz), and long-standing adversary Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham).

Lastly, there's nan ragtag group of ranch hands who make nan Dutton dispersed what it is: Lloyd (Forrie J. Smith), Ryan (Ian Bohen), Teeter (Jennifer Landon), and Walker (Ryan Bingham).

One notable absence from nan trailers and first-look photos is Summer Higgins (Piper Perabo), nan animal authorities activistic who John was making love earlier nan mid-season break.

Interestingly, Reilly, Grimes, and Hauser requested important salary increases for their return, per a report from Puck's Matthew Belloni.

Paramount and 101 Studios are said to person pushed backmost connected nan projected caller salaries, which travel adjacent to the $1.3 cardinal per episode Costner was paid during nan first half of play five. No update has been fixed astir their net negotiations since February 2024.

Taylor Sheridan has hinted that "Yellowstone" will extremity pinch John Dutton's demise.

In a June 2023 question and reply pinch The Hollywood Reporter, nan bid cocreator hinted that nan ending of "Yellowstone" will spot Costner's characteristic killed off.

Sheridan said that nan "Field of Dreams" star's determination to time off nan show "truncates nan closure of his character," but added that nan character's destiny and nan ending of nan show had been planned since nan early days of "Yellowstone."

Even earlier it was revealed that Costner has a "moral death" clause successful his "Yellowstone" contract that prevents his characteristic from dying successful a measurement that would beryllium embarrassing, Sheridan made it clear that John wouldn't beryllium gathering his shaper successful that peculiar way.

Sheridan said audiences won't spot John dice successful a conveniently timed car crash, for illustration Patrick Dempsey's characteristic connected "Grey's Anatomy," or his ain connected "Sons of Anarchy."

"I don't do fuck-you car crashes," nan "Wind River" head said of nan method often employed by writers arsenic a measurement to termination disconnected characters amid behind-the-scenes tension.

Given that Sheridan's original scheme was to person John dice astatine nan extremity of play one, it seems for illustration a bully conjecture that nan show would extremity pinch that happening.

The 2nd half of play 5 could beryllium longer than primitively announced.

It's understood that nan 2nd half of play 5 will dwell of six episodes. 

However, while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter astir nan show's last run, Sheridan revealed that nan number of episodes is not group successful stone and that should it return much than six episodes to reason nan story, that wouldn't beryllium an rumor pinch Paramount bosses.

"If I deliberation it takes 10 episodes to wrap it up, they'll springiness maine 10," he said. "It'll beryllium arsenic agelong arsenic it needs to be."

Kelly Reilly has predicted that her character, Beth, will someway suffer Rip.

In a featurette clip that appears connected nan Blu-ray and DVD merchandise of "Yellowstone" play five, portion one, Reilly said astir wherever she sees her character's storyline going and formed uncertainty connected Beth and Rip's (Cole Hauser) early together.

"Beth is haunted by her past. She has a batch of regrets and she has a batch of secrets that he doesn't know," Reilly said. "So location is thing that is nether nan aboveground that will 1 day, I'm sure, come, and she's astir apt definite that she will suffer him."

Reilly added that Beth feels "immense guilt" complete nan truth that she will ne'er beryllium capable to person biologic children pinch Rip, since her adopted relative Jamie (Wes Bentley) accidentally had a expert springiness her a hysterectomy arsenic a teenager, leaving her infertile for nan remainder of her life.

"She cannot move that portion of herself off," Reilly said, adding that "there's a tremendous sadness successful that."

Reilly predicted that this storyline is "coming location to roost," and that Rip discovering this family concealed could person dire consequences for not only Jamie but his and Beth's narration too.

Luke Grimes has said his characteristic Kayce will "step up" successful nan upcoming episodes.

As John's past surviving morganatic son, Kayce (Luke Grimes) is nan evident prime to inherit nan sprawling cattle ranch. 

According to Grimes, nan truth that John asked Kayce to return complete nan day-to-day moving of Yellowstone successful nan midseason finale suggests immoderate breathtaking caller developments successful nan upcoming episodes. 

"I deliberation this a immense infinitesimal for Kayce," Grimes said. "It's his legacy, and I'm honestly really excited astir this section for Kayce and Monica, because I deliberation we're going to spot a full different broadside to them."

"Obviously it's going to put him successful a position wherever he has to return connected a batch much than he astir apt has been comfortable with," he continued. "With what John's sewage to spell do, it's clip for Kayce to measurement up." 

Costner antecedently said that John's determination to measurement into nan world of authorities will proceed to play retired successful early episodes.

Costner besides said astir wherever nan storylines are heading pursuing play five's midseason finale.

In a Blu-ray and DVD featurette, Costner said that John's determination to measurement into nan world of authorities and go politician of Montana "provides a small spot of drama" that will proceed to play retired successful early episodes.

"He's not a very bully politician. He's a one-term politician, admittedly, truthful that makes him a small spot dicey for group to woody with," Costner said, adding that nan profession pivot makes consciousness for his characteristic because John would do thing to sphere his onshore and his legacy.

"John has proven clip and again that there's thing he won't do to prevention nan ranch moreover if that intends successful nan twilight of his life, he takes a miserable occupation that's going to predominate him for 4 years," nan character said. "He didn't want it to beryllium that way, but that's nan measurement it was."

Stars of nan show opportunity nan conclusion of "Yellowstone" could beryllium bittersweet, but it could besides beryllium nan "best bid finale successful history."

Reilly predicted really nan show will end, but emphasized she doesn't "have immoderate penetration into what's going to happen," arsenic Sheridan has not shared scripts pinch her.

"The main taxable of protecting and sustaining this measurement of life successful this onshore is nan bottommost of everything," Reilly said successful a behind-the-scenes clip. "So I don't know which way it's going to go, but we're successful play five, and who knows what's successful store."

She said of nan show's conclusion: "Though it will astir apt beryllium beautiful and epic, I'm not judge it will beryllium happy."

Her costar, Ian Bohen, precocious echoed this past sentiment while speaking to Entertainment Tonight. Asked astir nan last run, he said: "The fans are going to get nan [best] conclusion that could possibly be written."

He added: "I don't cognize that immoderate show has vanished this strongly, ever. We're expecting to person nan champion bid finale successful history. Overconfident maybe, but I deliberation that's what it's going to be. We convey everyone for their patience. It'll beryllium worthy nan wait, I promise."

The remaining episodes of "Yellowstone" will statesman airing successful November 2024.

Paramount announced that play five, portion 2 of "Yellowstone" will statesman airing connected November 10 connected Paramount Network. 

The bid finale could upwind up connected screens connected Super Bowl Sunday, according to 1 of nan show's actors.

CBS has also acquired nan authorities to tally erstwhile seasons of nan Montana-set bid and, by doing so, has attracted millions much viewers.

Paramount has besides greenlighted two spinoff series, "1994" and "The Madison" (previously titled "2024"), some of which will beryllium produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.

There is simply a anticipation that this really isn't nan extremity of "Yellowstone" aft all.

While it was initially billed that this would beryllium nan "epic last cycle" of nan flagship series, it has been reported that Sheridan whitethorn not beryllium putting "Yellowstone" retired to pasture aft all.

Industry newsletter Puck reported earlier this twelvemonth that nan show was looking for a measurement to retain instrumentality favorites, Reilly and Hauser. According to Deadline, arsenic of August negotiations are underway for a sixth play of nan show headlined by nan pair.

Representatives for Reilly, Hauser, Sheridan, and nan show itself did not respond to a petition for remark sent by Business Insider.

Sheridan has already showcased his talent for spinning a agelong yarn retired of nan "Yellowstone" franchise, having already created two prequel series, and has more franchise description s connected nan way.

Check retired nan trailer for "Yellowstone" play 5, portion 2 here: