Kevin Costner returns to TV with a new Yellowstone project. Here’s why it will be different
Kevin Costner will soon be back on television screens in a new Yellowstone project.
No, Costner is not reprising his role as John Dutton in a “Yellowstone” prequel or spinoff from Taylor Sheridan. Instead, he’s hosting a three-part limited docuseries about Yellowstone National Park.
“Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner” follows the actor as he traces the 1903 Yosemite expedition of President Theodore Roosevelt and naturalist John Muir. The FOX Nation series premieres Feb. 8 and airs episodes weekly.
“Once in a while, you come across a story that has that truly special mix of elements; it’s stranger than fiction and happens against all odds,” Costner said in a press release. “It results in something that legitimately changes the world for the good and, most importantly, it all really happened.”
In 1903, President Roosevelt and Muir spent three nights camping at Yosemite National Park.
The pair’s conversation and time together led Roosevelt to expand protection of Yosemite, according to the National Park Service. It also inspired the president to sign five national parks, 18 national monuments and 150 national forests into existence.
Costner’s series will delve into the history behind “the journey that changed America.”
Throughout the show, he will explore Yosemite’s Indigenous American legacy, Muir’s pursuit of resource management and Roosevelt’s role in establishing a more structured national park system.
This is Costner’s second series with FOX Nation after “Yellowstone: One-Fifty.”
That series saw Costner explore Yellowstone National Park, from its inception to how it looks today, on its 150th anniversary. The series, which originally premiered in 2022, is streaming on FOX Nation.
With “Yellowstone” over and Costner written out of the show, it appears that he’s done playing family patriarch John Dutton.
Next up for Costner is the second chapter in his “Horizon: An American Saga” series, which currently doesn’t have a release date. The first chapter released in theaters last summer and is now streaming on Max and Netflix.
