Kevin Costner to Star in Paramount Network’s Yellowstone

Oscar winner Kevin Costner has been cast in the lead role in Yellowstone, the first scripted series greenlit for Paramount Network.

Costner stars as John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S., which is under constant attack by those it borders: land developers, an Indian reservation and America’s first National Park. The actor’s long list of credits includes The Untouchables, Field of Dreams, JFK and Hatfields & McCoys.

Yellowstone is written and directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Sicario, Wind River), and executive produced by The Weinstein Company (TWC) with John and Art Linson (Sons of Anarchy, Fight Club, Heat). The 10×1-hour series heads into production this fall for a debut on the network in summer 2018.

“Our goal is to bring premium cinematic storytelling to television,” said Keith Cox, the president of development and production at Paramount Network and TV Land. “With an icon such as Kevin Costner in front of the camera, and the renowned Taylor Sheridan behind the camera, we are off to a great start. We are thrilled to have such a celebrated actor as Costner to play the lead role in such an important project for Paramount Network.”

“Taylor Sheridan wrote a giant of a character in lead John Dutton,” commented TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein. “There was only one actor who could be transformational: Kevin Costner. This is a coup for the show and fulfills a joint promise that Kevin and I made—that we would find a mutual project to work on.”