With his exit already announced for the show with season 5, new court documents confirm Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone contract is officially over.
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While production has yet to begin on the show’s now-final episodes, court documents confirm that Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone contract has officially ended. Costner has led the cast of the Paramount Network neo-Western drama across all five seasons as John Dutton, owner of the eponymous Montana ranch and patriarch to a family full of power-hungry figures.
Insider has brought an update for Kevin Costner’s ongoing divorce from Christine Baumgartner. Included in the update are court documents in which the actor confirms that his Yellowstone contract has officially ended ahead of his season 5 exit, indicating the only money he will receive from the show will be “back-end contractual participation“, likely being the production on the show’s remaining episodes. See Costner’s statement below:
I will earn substantially less in 2023 than I did in 2022. This is because I am no longer under contract for Yellowstone, the principal source of my income last year. Now, any compensation I earn from Yellowstone will derive only from my back-end contractual participation rights, which amounts are not fixed. The most recent report from the producer for Yellowstone shows I am not now owed any participation money.
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Source: Insider