Generations of blood have led to this. Watch the official Yellowstone trailer before the show’s epic return, Sunday 10th November, only on Paramount Network.
“I can’t do this anymore,” Beth Dutton, played by Kelly Reilly, says at one point in the trailer. “Well, you’re gonna have to, honey. Or we’re gonna lose this place,” her ranch hand husband, Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), warns her as the Paramount Network drama makes its long-awaiting return after the first five episodes of season five ended back in January 2023.
Following delays over a scheduling dispute with exiting star Kevin Costner as well as the 2023 writer and actor strikes, the second half of season five finally returns in November.
When Yellowstone aired its midseason finale back in January 2023, the future was looking ominous for the Dutton family on the fifth season of the Paramount Network mega-hit series. For a refresher, Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) had just thrown down the gauntlet against his sister Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and father John Dutton (Kevin Costner) in a move that would usher in an all-out war between the embittered family members. Will Jamie kill Beth? Or will John kill Jamie first? Those were the high-stakes questions sitting with the fans.
Then, the fate of TV’s biggest show changed course…
Behind the scenes, a scheduling dispute with Yellowstone star and patriarch Costner ushered in a months-long production delay on the second half of season five. The cast and crew had been planning to resume filming in March 2023 with an announced summer premiere date, but those dates came and went. Not until early May of 2023 would the network announce that Yellowstone was going back into production, but that the remaining episodes — which were then set for a November 2023 debut — would mark an abrupt ending to the beloved saga and flagship series.
There were, however, new plans to continue the Dutton dynasty (which already counts spinoffs 1923 and 1883 in its stable) with a Yellowstone sequel series that, at the time, was widely reported to star Matthew McConaughey and debut in December 2023.
That announcement, however, came just days after the May 2nd writers strike, which would usher in the July 13th SAG-AFTRA strike; the rare 2023 double strike effectively shutting down Hollywood productions and grinding U.S.-produced series — including Yellowstone — to a halt.
The status of the final episodes of Yellowstone were then locked in the barn for months — until the flagship series was given a November 2024 premiere date send-off following the resolution of the strikes and Costner dispute (ultimately leading to his departure being made official). But, don’t worry, the Yellowstone-verse will continue on the aforementioned sequel series has now been given a new title ‘The Madison‘ and a new A-list star to lead and executive produce — Michelle Pfeiffer — and there are also reports that suggest these season 5B episodes may not be the end of the flagship series after all…
Get Ready for Season 5(B) the concluding episodes of Yellowstone on Paramount+ 11th November.
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