‘Yellowstone’ Trailer: John Dutton Is Going Out on His Horse, Probably
There are a million ways to die in the west — John Dutton is facing a few-thousand possible demises.
On Tuesday, Paramount Network released the full, official trailer for the second half of “Yellowstone” Season 5, aka the final part of the show’s final season. Season 5-B, as we’ve collectively decided to tag these split seasons, premieres Sunday, November 10 at 8/7c on Paramount Network. It should be appointment-viewing for fans of the series — who knows how many episodes Kevin Costner has left?
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Costner, as you’ll recall, had a major falling out with series co-creator Taylor Sheridan. Between the scheduling conflicts, lengthy delays, threatened lawsuits, and general bickering, it’s been about as messy as their on-screen drama. The long and the short of it is that nobody, including Costner, expects Dutton to make it very deep into the show’s final episodes.
In a June 2024 video post to X (fka Twitter), Costner said, “I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5-B or into the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it, and I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning.”
But as long as John Dutton is alive, he is very much a stand-your-ground kind of guy.
“Everyone’s forgotten who runs this valley,” Costner-as-Dutton says to open today’s trailer. “Time to remind them.”
“Yellowstone” follows the Dutton family, led by patriarch John, who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. The Dutton ranch is sprawling, but it has borders, and those on the other side of its fencing — an expanding town, a Native American reservation, and America’s first national park — provide more than a minor source of conflict.
Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, and Luke Grimes also star.
“Yellowstone” is co-created by Oscar-nominated Sheridan (“Wind River,” “Hell or High Water,” “Sicario” — all of the westerns, basically) and John Linson. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Sheridan, John Linson, Art Linson, David C. Glasser, Bob Yari, Stephen Kay, Michael Friedman, Christina Voros, and Keith Cox executive produce the series, as does Costner.
We’ll give him the final word here.
“This war is just beginning,” John Dutton says in the trailer.
Sure, but it’s also about to end — especially for you.
Don’t worry, “Yellowstone”-verse fans. There are still like a million spinoffs (and counting).
Though “Yellowstone” is a humongous hit, even Paramount Global probably isn’t all that bummed to see it end. Insanely (OK, hindsight is 20/20), Paramount licensed the “Yellowstone” streaming rights to rival NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock. It has since learned from its mistake, and each of the subsequent Sheridan series have been Paramount+ originals.
Watch the “Yellowstone” Season 5-B trailer below; it follows a 30-second teaser released at the end of August.
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