Kevin Costner would ‘like to’ return to ‘Yellowstone’ after drama: I’d have to ‘feel really comfortable’

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Kevin Costner said he would “like to be able” to return for the final season of “Yellowstone” — but a lot would have to go right in order to make that a reality.“I’d like to be able to do it but we haven’t been able to,” Costner told “Entertainment Tonight” in an interview to discuss his new movie, “Horizon: An American Saga,” while at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas.“I thought I was going to make seven [seasons of ‘Yellowstone’] but right now we’re at five.

So how it works out — and I hope it does — but they’ve got a lot of different shows going on,” he said. “Maybe it will [work out].

Maybe this will circle back to me.“If it does and I feel really comfortable with [it], I’d love to do it.”The return of “Yellowstone” for its final season — and whether Costner will appear — has been shrouded in mystery.

The series embarked on a bumpy road when differences between Costner and co-creator Taylor Sheridan made headlines and filming on the second half of Season 5 was delayed by last summer’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.The series is scheduled to return in November.Costner also told “ET” that he thought about the fate of his “Yellowstone” character, John Dutton, the ranching family patriarch who was elected governor of Montana in the first half of Season 5.“Well, you know, he needs to be proactive in what happens and I’ve kind of had my own fantasy how it might be,” Costner said. “But that’s Taylor’s thing.“I said as much to him a while back.