John Dutton will be included in the upcoming second half of Yellowstone season 5, as Josh Lucas confirmed that he will reprise his role as the younger version of the character. Fans are still waiting to see if Kevin Costner will return as well, as he reportedly wants to return.
Lucas shared the update during an interview with Deadline, in which he said, “I texted Taylor [Sheridan] a couple months ago and I said, ‘hey man, I loved working on the show so much.’ He says ‘well, we’ll be back’.”
Josh Lucas told Deadline on Thursday that “as far as he knows,” he will reprise his role as young John Dutton in Yellowstone, which should soon return to production. The second half of season five will premiere on Paramount Network in November.
He also revealed that there could be “10 or more episodes” that close out the flagship series before moving on to the spinoff starring Matthew McConaughy.
Yellowstone is looking to resume filming the final episodes of Season 5 later this year, but the story is developing without series lead Kevin Costner. It was previously reported that Costner would not appear in the final episodes and there were no plans for him to return as John Dutton.
Subsequently, it was reported that representatives from Costner’s camp asked Sheridan to allow the actor to return to finish his final story arc with the series. We simply don’t know if this is something Sheridan will be open to as he is reportedly happy with how he wrote the final episodes of season five without John Dutton’s involvement.
Sheridan previously said of the issue: “I’m disappointed. It truncates the closure of his character. It doesn’t alter him, but it truncates him… I don’t like car crashes. Both [Dutton’s] destiny swells [Costner’s] Ego or insults are collateral damage that I don’t take into account when it comes to storytelling.”
He added: “My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn’t changed. His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful… and I’ve never had a problem with Kevin that we couldn’t resolve over the phone. But once they get involved lawyers, people can’t talk to each other and start saying things that aren’t true and try to shift the blame based on how the press or the public seems to react. I lie and I don’t know if anyone deserves it. His film It seems to be a big priority for him and he wants to shift the focus. I sure hope that [the movie is] It’s worth it – and it’s good.”
Costner explained that if things had gone better, the Yellowstone the series would continue with a sixth and seventh season. Costner was also in talks for these two additional seasons, but then everything fell apart.
The actor explained the situation, saying that there were negotiations for the next seasons Yellowstone and that he had been offered $24 million to make seasons 5, 6 and 7. But there were “creative problems” and his talks with Sheridan and the series producers were trying to “break the logjam”. He clarified that it was the producer, not him, who walked away from the table. Costner also indicated that he will “probably go to court” over his departure from the series.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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