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The second season of 1923, the Yellowstone prequel spinoff, is set to return this Sunday on Paramount Plus.

The series, which takes viewers back to the Prohibition era with the Dutton family in 1923 Montana, will premiere on Feb. 23.

This generation of the Dutton family features Helen Mirren (Cara), Harrison Ford (Jacob), Brandon Sklenar (Spencer), Darren (Jack) and Isabel May (Elsa).

They are the forebears of rancher John Dutton III, portrayed by Kevin Costner in the original Yellowstone series, around whom the story revolves along with his modern-day family.

Given that Yellowstone 1923 is set years before John’s birth, it seems unlikely that Kevin would make a cameo. There has also been no recent chatter about Kevin returning to the franchise.

“I want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on Horizon and doing all the things that’s required, and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love, that I know you love, I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future,” he expressed.

“It was something that really changed me. I loved it. And I know you loved it. And I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be returning and I love the relationship we’ve been able to develop and I’ll see you at the movies,” Kevin added.

In a May 2024 interview with Deadline, Kevin debunked rumors about him not prioritizing shooting Yellowstone as false.

He asserted: “Paramount and 101 Studios mismanaged this,” referring to his contract and claimed he was ready to commit to three more seasons.

However, Kevin did hint at a possible return to the show in the same May 2024 interview with Deadline, especially “if the writing is there.”

He even told Entertainment Weekly in May 2024 that he would consider working with Taylor again.

“He likes a lot of the things that I like, and the idea of us working together is not out of the question for me,” he shared with the publication.

Kevin also suggested that their potential future collaboration would be “a Taylor question.”

Kevin, who was notably absent from the final season of Yellowstone and whose character was killed off, shared his thoughts on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program, saying he wasn’t in a “rush to go see” the premiere episode after learning about John’s fate.

Additionally, just days after the Yellowstone series finale aired on Dec. 15, when approached by paparazzi in Aspen, Colorado, Kevin remarked in a video obtained by the Daily Mail: “I’m not thinking about [the Yellowstone finale], I don’t think I’ve given it any thoughts, we’ll just let it go.”

Despite his disinterest in the fictional world of Yellowstone, Kevin is set to return with a three-part docuseries for Fox Nation that delves into the American history of national parks, including Yellowstone and Yosemite.