Kevin Costner Is 'Really Happy' With 'Yellowstone' Season 5

Kevin Costner and the rest of the cast of Yellowstone are back to work shooting the show's upcoming Season 5, and the Oscar-winning actor and director says he's "really happy" with the scripts he has seen so far.

Costner, who stars as Dutton patriarch John Dutton on the hit Paramount Network series, and Kelly Reilly, who plays his daughter, Beth Dutton, were on hand for Paramount's upfronts in New York City in May. Speaking to the press, the 67-year-old screen legend told reporters that the upcoming season is shaping up to be just as action-packed as fans have come to expect from the show, which has grown its fanbase to become the most-watched drama on cable since it launched in 2018.

“The foot is still down on the gas pedal,” Costner tells Us Weekly. “It’s holding up the way the first four seasons did. So, I was really happy about that.”

“I feel like we’re going the right direction,” he adds. “It’s not so easy to catch a high point. It’s not so easy to stay there. And I think the writing is really staying at a level that’s important.”

The end of Season 4 found Beth Dutton finally marrying her longtime love, Yellowstone Dutton Ranch foreman Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser). It also saw Costner's character of John Dutton running for governor against his adopted son, Jamie (Wes Bentley), who Beth blackmailed into murdering his biological father, Garrett Randall, in the closing minutes of Season 4, capturing a photograph of him disposing of the body.

“You got to go vote," Costner teased Us when asked if his character will win. "You got to go see if I make it or not.”

Season 5 of Yellowstone will premiere on Nov. 13 and serve up an extra-long story arc consisting of 14 episodes, which will air in two sections of 7 episodes apiece. Seasons 1-4 of the hit Paramount Network show are currently available to stream via Peacock.

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Cole Hauser doesn't just play a rancher on Yellowstone, he's lived that life off-screen, too. The actor's 5-bedroom-6-bathroom, 5,402-square-foot rural home on a very private, double-gated three-acre parcel of land includes the lavish 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom main residence, as well as a guest house and a separate studio apartment. The main house runs completely on solar power and comes with a 3-car garage, with easy transitions between indoor and outdoor living spaces, and the exterior of the property includes a pool area and a hot tub, as well as fenced-in horse corrals.

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The luxury retreat also features a baseball field, a sledding hill, an ice rink, multiple hot tubs and views of the Continental Divide. The ranch property comfortably sleeps 27 people, and it's currently available to rent for 36,000 a night.

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Source: Kevin Costner Is ‘Really Happy’ With ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 So Far: ‘The Foot Is Still Down on the Gas Pedal’

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