Paramount Network President Says They’re “Very Confident” Kevin Costner Will Continue With ‘Yellowstone’ | THR News - video Dailymotion

Keith Cox addressed Costner's future with the show at a PaleyFest panel in L.A. on Saturday.

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00:00It looks like Paramount isn't too worried about Kevin Costner's future with Yellowstone.

00:04Speaking at a Yellowstone PaleyFest panel over the weekend, Keith Cox,

00:08President of Development and Production at Paramount Network,

00:11addressed the elephant in the room concerning Costner's future with the show.

00:15What I can say is our star, the face of our show, and the executive producer,

00:19we are very confident he's going to continue with our show.

00:22In February, it was reported that the network may seek to end Yellowstone sooner rather than later

00:27due to scheduling battles with Costner, who plays patriarch John Dutton.

00:31The first half of the season aired its mid-season finale January 1st

00:34and was set to return for the second half this summer.

00:38However, production on season 5 has yet to resume,

00:40and the cast in attendance at the panel said they have not yet received a start date for filming.

00:45Saturday night's panel was originally set to feature Costner,

00:48creator Taylor Sheridan, and Wes Bentley, among other co-stars.

00:52However, just before the event, the lineup was completely changed,

00:55replaced with Keith Cox, Moses Brings Plenty, Don Olivieri,

00:59Josh Lucas, and Wendy Monitz.

01:02It was also revealed that Matthew McConaughey will star in a Yellowstone spinoff series from

01:06Taylor Sheridan, regardless of Costner's role on the series.

01:09Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet about the Costner situation,

01:13Plenty said he's not worried about anything because the right people are at the helm of the series.

01:18Kevin is very much a big part of the show,

01:20and hopefully will continue to be for a very long time.

01:23Olivieri, who plays the cutting corporate shark in Newcomer Sarah,

01:27and previously starred as Claire Dutton in the Yellowstone limited prequel show 1883,

01:31joked,

01:32the names will change, hotness factors will shift,

01:35Matthew McConaughey's will appear, it'll just be whatever it needs to be.

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