Calling all Yellowstone fans! It’s Sunday night, which means in addition to battling the Sunday Scaries, it’s time once again to ask the question that’s been running through our minds for more than a year: “Does Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2 return tonight?”
Since Season 5, Part 1 of Taylor Sheridan’s hit Western drama wrapped on January 1, 2023, fans have been impatiently waiting for the next installment to drop — or at the very least, set a premiere date!
At Decider, we miss our regular dose of Dutton drama so much that we started rewatching Yellowstone from Season 1. And though many Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2 still remain unknown, we at least have solid updates on filming, expected premiere month, Kevin Costner’s involvement and relationship with Sheridan, upcoming Yellowstone spinoffs, and more.
So does Yellowstone return tonight, May 12? Wondering what the latest is on Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan’s professional relationship? Curious where Yellowstone is streaming at the moment? Or when you can catch Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga in theaters?
Here’s everything we know about the Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2, including premiere date, filming updates, streaming info, and more.
Is Yellowstone on Paramount Network Tonight (May 12)?
Wondering if a new episode of Yellowstone airs on Parmount Network tonight, Sunday, May 12? For those who’ve read one of these posts before, you probably know the answer…
Sadly, no. Yellowstone isn’t returning with new episodes on May 12, but if you tune into Paramount Network on Sunday, you’ll get another — yes, another! — Bar Rescue marathon.
When Is Yellowstone Coming Back? Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2 Premiere Date:
So when is Yellowstone coming back? Long story short…we still don’t have an exact premiere date, but we do have an expected premiere month. Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2 is set to return at some point in November 2024 on Paramount Network. Earlier this year a Puck report said that “the final episodes” of Part 2 of were “already written” and that filming would to begin “in a few weeks,” so with any luck it’s business as usual back at the Dutton ranch.
Why Did Kevin Costner Leave Yellowstone?
After Yellowstone Season 5, Part 1 wrapped, explosive Yellowstone reports suggested creator Taylor Sheridan and star/EP Kevin Costner were feuding. In May 2023, fans learned Costner would be leaving the Yellowstone franchise after Season 5 and that he reportedly wouldn’t return for Season 5, Part 2 unless he approved of his character’s final storyline. In June 2023, Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter he was “disappointed” by Costner’s exit, adding, “I don’t do fuck-you car crashes… Whether [Dutton’s fate] inflates [Costner’s] ego or insults is collateral damage that I don’t factor in with regard to storytelling.”
Per People, when Costner was asked if he’d be receiving a salary for the second half of Season 5, the actor detailed struggles experienced while negotiating, saying, “I will probably go to court over it.” In April, Costner gave an update on his potential return in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying, “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. 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.” But the updates don’t stop there…
Two weeks ago, Costner’s co-star Luke Grimes, who plays his on-screen son, spoke on the actor’s decision to step back from the series ahead of Season 5, Part 2. As Decider reported, per Grimes, Costner had become “busy” pursuing other “passion projects,” such as his upcoming Western Horizon: An American Saga. “Whatever happened there is unfortunate if it’s changed anything about how the show was going to unfold,” Grimes recently told The Independent. “At a certain point, you gotta do what you gotta do, man…You gotta do what you love.”
Then in a May 3 interview with EW, Costner made some seriously hopeful comments about his professional relationship with Sheridan, saying that although the two hadn’t talked he was open to working together again down the line. “He’s doing special work in a lot of different ways. He’s very prolific about the things he does, and if he sees me in something that he wants to do, I’ll look at it just the way I did Yellowstone and maybe we will end up doing something together.”
“He likes a lot of the things that I like, and the idea of us working together is not out of the question for me. The subjects he chooses are very interesting to me. I like a lot of that stuff. Yellowstone stands as something that could continue. But that is a Taylor question. But other things that he’s doing I think are really, really good. He likes the same subjects that I do,” Costner said. Promising, right? Now if only these two could get back together for the sake of John Dutton…
Will Yellowstone Have A Season 6?
In May 2023, it was confirmed that Yellowstone Season 5 would be the show’s final season, which means Season 6 likely won’t be a go, with or without Costner.
Yellowstone Spinoff Shows:
Fans may be saying goodbye to Yellowstone this year, but two new Yellowstone spinoffs — titled 1944 and 2024 — are also reportedly in the works, so the Sheridan-verse will live on. Specific details for 1944 or 2024 have yet to be released, but Variety reports that 2024 is expected to begin airing after Yellowstone ends, and the show will allegedly feature “new cast members and locations with some crossover characters as well.” (This is also the series that could include Matthew McConaughey, who’s been rumored to star in a Yellowstone spinoff since April 2023.)
Yellowstone Streaming Platform:
Curious where you can stream old episodes while you impatiently await new ones? All five seasons of Yellowstone are currently available to stream on Peacock Premium and individual episodes and complete seasons of Yellowstone are available for purchase on Amazon.
When Does Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga Premiere In Theaters?
Until Yellowstone returns with new episodes, you can check out Kevin Costner’s upcoming multi-part Western movie Horizon: An American Saga — which he starred in, directed, co-wrote, and produced. Wondering when it premieres?
Horizon: An American Saga Part 1 is scheduled to premiere in theaters on June 28, with Part 2 releasing on August 16. The two-part highly-anticipated Western will also make its world premiere on May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival.
“I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come,” Costner told Variety. “Horizon, An American Saga is a story that began 35 years ago, and I can’t think of a better place than Cannes to reveal to the world the result of such a wonderful adventure. The French have always supported films and believed deeply in filmmaking. Just as I believe deeply in my film.”
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