Yellowstone star Kevin Costner is back on the saddle and returning to screens for an eight-part Western series.

Only this time, telling “the real story” of the American West dream.

Today it was announced the Academy Award® winner and actor will host and serve as executive producer for a brand new documentary series The West, but not in the way you think.

Kevin Costner’s The West premieres May 28, only on Stan.

While hosting the series, Costner will take fans on a unique journey through the Wild West spanning a century of lawmen, outlaws, cowboys, ranchers and everything in between.

Joining executive producer and Pulitzer Prize® winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the unmissable series for history and Western fans alike will premiere with a triple episode from May 28, only on Stan.

Catch an epic first look in the video above.

Official trailer for Kevin Costner’s The West

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“These stories will captivate us and shock us. Now it’s time to come face-to-face with the real story of our wild past,” we hear Costner say.

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The announcement comes a year after Costner starred and directed in his own Western feature film, Horizon: An American Saga, and just months after his hit series Yellowstone came to an end.

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Safe to say, if you’re a fan of Costner’s work, you’ll sure get a kick out of The West.

Each one-hour episode will capture multiple perspectives on the stories that defined an era – and era that Costner has so famously captivated.

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Kevin Costner famously played John Dutton in Yellowstone from 2018 to 2023. (Stan)
Like all good Westerns, the series will examine the relentless competition for land, power, and identity that forged America’s history.

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The eight-part series will explore the ‘real story’ of the American Western dream. (Stan)
With legends born from figures such as Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea, to the pioneers who shaped the dream of the American West and the courageous resistance of Native American tribes who valiantly defended their ancestral land.

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Costner will host and executive produce the series. (Stan)
Blending powerful historical archive, striking visuals and insightful expert interviews with globally recognised historians, each episode highlights a crucial and often tragic chapter in the rich tapestry of the West.

Kevin Costner’s The West premieres with a triple episode from ​ May 28, followed by new episodes every Tuesday, only on Stan.

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