Mayor of Kingstown Season 5: Is It Happening? Renewal Odds, Release Hints, and What It Means for Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner is all the way back after that terrifying 2023 accident, and he is not shy about what comes next. If you are wondering whether Mayor of Kingstown is gearing up for Season 5, the chatter has been loud, a little messy, and very Renner. Let’s sort what is being teased, what the creative team wants, and where Renner is pointing his career in the meantime.

Where the show actually stands

First, a reality check. Despite a few posts floating around about a fourth season that has already wowed the world (it hasn’t), Mayor of Kingstown currently has three seasons. Season 3 premiered June 2, 2024, and the show’s reputation with critics has climbed each time out. The fan scores have been steady, too. Here’s the quick snapshot:

• Season 1 — IMDb: 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes: 33%, released November 14, 2021
• Season 2 — IMDb: 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes: 50%, released January 15, 2023
• Season 3 — IMDb: 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, released June 2, 2024

What Renner just said

Renner, who stars as professional problem-solver Mike McLusky and also produces the series, has been out on the road talking to fans. At Florida Supercon, he said getting back on set after the 2023 snowplow accident was both cathartic and practical — it felt good, it helped his mental health, and it put a lot of people back to work.

The eyebrow-raiser came when he talked about the future of the show. Back in August, he hinted that there is a finish line — and sooner than you might think.

"We just finished since the incident, and I think I’m signing it off to finish it off in two more. We found a cool end, I’m not going to tell you, but we found a really cool end, I think, to the show."

Translation: if you take him at his word, he sees two more seasons from where he was standing — which would line up with a Season 4 and Season 5, then curtain.

What the creators are planning

Here is where it gets interesting. Co-creator and co-star Hugh Dillon (he plays Kingstown PD detective Ian Ferguson) says Taylor Sheridan, the franchise brain trust behind Yellowstone and Kingstown, already mapped the endgame — and it stretches further. As Dillon put it, Sheridan "has an ending for it in Season 7."

So you have Renner openly talking about two more seasons, while Dillon says Sheridan’s board has four more beyond the current run. That’s a pretty big spread, which usually means the team has multiple roadmaps depending on schedules, story, and, yes, how the numbers look.

So is Season 5 happening?

Short answer: very likely, based on how confident Renner is sounding and how bullish Dillon is on the long plan. No dates or formal rollout have been announced. The safer read is that more Mike McLusky is coming; the only real question is whether the show wraps in a two-season sprint or takes the Sheridan route to a Season 7 finish.

Renner’s next moves while the dust settles

Renner is not waiting around. He is part of the next Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, alongside Daniel Craig, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Thomas Haden Church, Josh Brolin, and more. It is headed to Netflix, with December 12 being the date currently making the rounds.

He is also narrating an AI-animated feature called Stardust Future: Stars and Scars, billed as a first-of-its-kind, with a theatrical release planned for November.

And yes, he is absolutely game to pick up the bow again. On the Marvel front, Renner told Empire he is "always happy to be in that world" and even floated that "we’ll end up doing [Hawkeye] Season 2" at some point — joking that his body is already getting ready for the tights, whether anyone wants to see them or not.

Quick housekeeping

If you saw a stray line about "Mayor of Eastown" Season 4 hitting Amazon Prime Video on October 26 — that is not this show, and that platform/date combo does not track with Kingstown. File that under copy-paste confusion.

Bottom line: Renner is back, Kingstown’s momentum is real, and the people making it are talking like the story is far from over. Whether it ends with a fifth season or stretches to seven, the next chapter is being lined up.