Kevin Costner Remains True to the Western Spirit After Yellowstone with a New Series Inspired by the True Conquest of the West

Kevin Costner pivots from fiction to fact with an eight-part Western documentary that strips the varnish from frontier legend. El Lejano Oeste por Kevin Costner, produced and narrated by the actor alongside Pulitzer winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, revisits foundational episodes through competing voices and rigorous context. Airing on Canal Historia in Spain with new installments through late November 2025, it trades cowboy shorthand for a wider lens on indigenous nations, settlers and rising powers. The result is a Western that asks who tells the story and who has been left out.

Kevin Costner is at it again. Following his iconic role in the celebrated series Yellowstone, the actor-director returns to the very genre that has become his hallmark: the Western. This time, it’s not a scripted drama but a deep dive into history through his ambitious new documentary series, El Lejano Oeste por Kevin Costner (The Far West by Kevin Costner). Scheduled to air on Canal Historia in Spain starting November 3, 2025, the eight-episode series offers a thoughtful examination of the American West’s founding, exposing its complexities and legends.