YELLOWSTONE: SEASON FIVE, PART 1

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Meanwhile, in an interview with Extra, Kevin Costner talked about how he identifies with the story in the new season. Yellowstone Season 5 Premiere Review: John Dutton May Be Governor, But the Ranch Remains the Same Yellowstone Season 5 cast Four new characters join Yellowstone in Season 5 as well. Kai Caster plays a young cowboy named Rowdy. Lainey Wilson is playing a musician named Abby. Lilli Kai plays Clara Brewer, Gov. Dutton's new assistant. And 1883's Dawn Olivieri joins the cast as Sarah Atwood, a Montana newcomer and "corporate shark," according to the official character description. There are lots of places where a way of life that existed for 150 years is slamming against a new way of life, but the challenges are completely different," Sheridan told THR. "There are a lot of places you can tell this story."

Need to catch up on the recent episodes? Read our full recaps and cast interviews for the latest Season 5 episodes. Co-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the series has featured an all-star guest cast including Danny Huston, Gretchen Mol, Lost's Josh Holloway, Piper Perabo and singer Faith Hill in the first four seasons. Get ready for another season of romance, family drama, violence and betrayal as the Duttons gear up for the second half of Yellowstone season five . I am confident our Yellowstone sequel will be another big hit, thanks to the brilliant creative mind of Taylor Sheridan and our incredible casts who bring these shows to life."I couldn’t help them anymore," Kevin told THR about a sixth season. "We tried to negotiate, they offered me less money than previous seasons, there were issues with the creative … we came up with a number, and they [ Yellowstone] walked away. I’ve been told it’s a little disappointing that [it’s] the #1 show on TV [and] I’m not participating." A prequel limited series, 1883, aired on Paramount+ late in 2021, and revealed the origin story of the Dutton family arriving in Montana. The series starred Isabel May as the brave and adventurous teenager Elsa, elder sister to John Dutton's great-grandfather, John Sr., and Tim McGraw as her father, James. The Sheridan-produced limited series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, starring David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves, was originally expected to exist within the Yellowstone universe as a prequel to 1883, but will now function as its own standalone series. Below, we'll go through what we know about the second half of the final season, including the latest release date, cast information, and recaps of the first part of the season to set you up for what's to come.

Yellowstone will end with Season 5, Paramount has announced. At the time of the announcement in early May, the show's final episodes were scheduled to premiere in November 2023, while a currently untitled sequel series was confirmed to be in the works and set to debut in December. However, the writers strike and the actors strike delayed both projects, and Season 5 is now set to return in November 2024. In May, Paramount said Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 will be released sometime in November. Those episodes will be the show's last, but an as-yet-untitled sequel show is coming in December.Four new characters have arrived on Yellowstone as well. Kai Caster plays a young cowboy named Rowdy. Lainey Wilson plays a musician, Abby. Lilli Kai plays Clara Brewer, Gov. Dutton's new assistant. And 1883's Dawn Olivieri joined the cast as Sarah Atwood, a Montana newcomer and "corporate shark" who has attached herself to Jamie. The Yellowstone Universe Explained: Every Show, How to Watch, Dutton Family Tree, and More Main cast members Deadline originally reported that Sheridan decided to conclude Yellowstone with the fifth season on February 6. According to the outlet, the decision was made after Kevin requested to film the remaining six episodes in one week. Sources told Deadline that Paramount Network "declined" his ask and were eyeing a new Yellowstone spin-off starring Matthew McConaugheyinstead, wrapping up the original series. That doesn't mean the final season will be truncated, though. Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 was supposed to be just six episodes, but that may no longer be the case. Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter, "If I think it takes 10 episodes to wrap it up, [Paramount Network will] give me 10. It'll be as long as it needs to be." And beyond even that, Yellowstone actor Wes Bentley has revealed that showrunner Taylor Sheridan, already has a plan for how the show will end.

Apart from Beth ( Kelly Reilly) and Jamie ( Wes Bentley) potentially plotting to kill each other, John ( Kevin Costner) must come to grips with the fact that the Yellowstone ranch might cost him his legacy. As fans saw in the midseason finale, a bacterial disease called brucellosis threatened to wipe out his cattle, forcing him to send the herd down to Texas. The move may not only put Beth and Rip ( Cole Hauser) closer to a reunion with Jimmy down on the 6666 ranch but leasing the land could potentially bankrupt the Duttons as well. One of those places Sheridan wanted to tell that story was on the 6666 ranch, the real-life North Texas ranch that became part of Yellowstone's story and the property that Sheridan now owns. However, production on 6666 is now on hold, because Sheridan is looking to spend extra time on it given that he's personally witnessed its storied history. Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 release date Additionally, Sheridan has previously said he had several more Yellowstone prequels in the works. "[The prequels are] time capsules of life in Montana as a microcosm of the world as a whole," Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in June 2023. "They're big spectacles, and the more that you move into the modern era, the bigger that spectacle becomes. I know these are huge bets Paramount makes on me every time. I'm asking them to give me Game of Thrones Season 6 money for what is essentially a pilot every year, and that's a big ask. As long as I do my job well, and people don't bore of the genre, I think there will be enough for many more [prequels] — three or four." 30 fun facts about Yellowstone While Yellowstone is on hiatus, why not watch Yellowstone? The Paramount Network series made its broadcast debut Sept. 17 on CBS, where it airs Sundays, starting from the beginning of Season 1. And CBS isn't stopping with Season 1. On Friday, Oct. 20, CBS announced that it would continue to air Yellowstone on Sunday nights after the conclusion of the first season. Season 2 began airing on Sunday, Oct. 29. Before the actors joined the industrial action, Luke Grimes confirmed the cast hadn't started filming any of the episodes yet.

There's a lot of unfinished business to take care of before the flagship series signs off. Civil war has broken out among the Duttons, with Jamie ( Wes Bentley) and Beth ( Kelly Reilly) at each other's throats, John (Costner) at risk of being impeached, and a devastating illness spreading through Montana wildlife and endangering the Duttons' cattle. He told People: "We have not [started filming the second half of season five] because of the writers’ strike. I think we would be if it weren't for that. But that takes precedence over everything. They got to get that all sorted, and then we'll be getting after it."

As reported by Deadline, Bentley said: "[Taylor] has said to me, he knows how he wants to end it. That was a while ago. I’m sure he didn’t know how we were going to get there but he knows how." Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 will premiere in November 2024, Variety reported on Nov. 2. This means Season 5 will now be returning a year later than it was originally expected to return. An exact premiere date has not been announced. You can watch Yellowstone on CBS during the break While we know part 2 of Yellowstone's final season has been delayed, there is no official word on if Kevin Costner will appear in the final episodes. Although it was confirmed that the show would end with season 5, there have been no official details released about the cast for season 5, part 2, per Deadline. Before the season premiered, it was announced that Kathryn Kelly, who plays Jimmy's fiancée, Emily, had also been promoted to series regular and returned to the show alongside Jefferson White as Jimmy. So far, they've only appeared in the midseason finale and are happily living and working at the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas. While we know episode 9 of Yellowstone season 5 will be released in November 2024, there is no exact premiere date yet. That said, Paramount Network did drop a teaser (that was later taken down) to tide fans over.The story of the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in Montana, is now one of Paramount's biggest successes. However, Bentley also wanted to clarify that this doesn't mean he knows how many episodes or seasons it will take the show to reach this conclusion, so we hopefully have a long time yet before that happens. At the 2022 Oscars Red Carpet, Yellowstone star Kevin Costner said he has "no doubt there'll be more spin-offs.""I didn't even know about the spin-offs that were coming," he added. "I just kind of do my thing, hit my marks, and go, 'Wow, this thing is really going well.'" Going well indeed. 30 fun facts about Yellowstone Sheridan is also writing a Yellowstone spin-off called 6666, which takes place at the real historic Four Sixes Ranch in Texas (which Sheridan owns) and tells the story of how the ranch has continued to operate in the same way today as it did over a century ago. That spin-off will air on Paramount Network, along with the original show, though it's currently on hold as Sheridan assesses its heritage — as owner, from a front-row seat — to honor its history. But that wasn't all the network revealed about the state of the Yellowstone franchise. Alongside the final episodes airing next year, two more spinoffs are officially in the works: 1944 and 2024.