Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Kevin Costner is a movie star, okay? Between launching his own epic western-film franchise Horizon this year, having conversations with Jewel, whispering with his beautiful boy son , and being divorced , his stint playing the lead role of John Dutton in Yellowstone — TV’s biggest horseback-riding drama — is just one small chapter in a 46-year career that’s intrinsic to what we think of when we think of Hollywood . Despite being permanently famous, he came out swinging against rumors that he’d abandoned the Dutton family to prioritize his Horizon movies, reiterating to Howard Stern as recently as June 18 that he would go back to that guy Taylor Sheridan’s first big TV hit if they could get the story line, scripts, and schedule to work. But, then, two days later, Yellowstone confirmed its final episodes would premiere on Paramount November 10.
Costner did not issue a statement. Instead, he took to the medium of film (Instagram) to explain exactly what this means for his return. A post shared by Kevin Costner (@kevincostner) It opens on what we can assume is a hedge in or around a parking lot behind a production office somewhere in Southern California.
Before us stands the star, speaking into a phone camera with a lens so smudged it gives his white half-zip an otherworldly glow. The monologue begins subtly enough, channeling the flatness of an email sent as a professional courtesy: “Hi, everyone, I just wanna reach out and let.