Horizon An American Saga
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This 3 part only in theaters movie series starts tomorrow.
Horizon: An American Saga is a film series that consists of four planned American epic westerns directed, co-written, and produced by, as well as starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-authored by Costner, Baird, and Mark Kasdan. The plot centers on fictional characters and takes place in pre- and post-Civil War America, and details the exploration of the American West. Depicting a twelve-year span, the movies feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
In 2003, Costner had entered negotiations to produce the movie with The Walt Disney Company. During the pre-production stage, however, he discovered that the studio had different limits on a production budget than he needed, and so he walked away from having his project created under their banner. In 2014, the filmmaker expanded plans for the series with a trilogy of movies planned.[4] Development continued over the years, until Costner collaborated with Jon Baird on the script in 2012 where it developed into four separate movies;[2] the contents and story of which would intentionally be darker than his previous westerns.[3] Despite the lack of major production studio initial involvement, Costner invested $38 million of his own money into the budget with additional funding supplied by two unnamed investors, and the filmmaker became determined to begin production as quickly as possible.[2] In May 2024, Costner confirmed that the Horizon film series will be at least four installments, while explaining that the production and release schedule of the first two movies was in part due to his personal desire to see the script realized before his life is over;[5] while also wanting to ensure that his son Hayes could play the character he had written for him, before outgrowing the part.[2] Later, Costner detailed the various events in his life which had delayed the realization of the movies, including the COVID-19 impact on the film industry, the death of his parents in 2021, scheduling conflicts including a contract dispute with Paramount Pictures and Taylor Sheridanon the final season of Yellowstone, a divorce with Christine Baumgartner, and the writers/actors strikes of 2023. Despite each of these occurrences, the filmmaker expressed his determination to "work...to get this thing finished."[2]
Horizon: An American Saga is a film series that consists of four planned American epic westerns directed, co-written, and produced by, as well as starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-authored by Costner, Baird, and Mark Kasdan. The plot centers on fictional characters and takes place in pre- and post-Civil War America, and details the exploration of the American West. Depicting a twelve-year span, the movies feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
Development
Kevin Costner began developing the script for the film series as early as 1988, which he based on his personal belief that its viewers should be inspired by the true history of America in the Old West.[1]Over the years, Costner continued to develop the script from originally co-starring two lead actors to instead featuring a complete ensemble cast.[2] Costner explained that by further expanding the script into a series of four individual movies, he wanted to accurately depict the journey that the United States of America took over a 12-year span while also showing the impact that the American Civil Warhad on the country, while drawing an audience into the movie-going experience in the process.[1] Costner later explained that the plot will depict the experiences that Native Americans had, when immigrant settlers moved into their territory with a justification that they had paid European salesmen for the land.[3]In 2003, Costner had entered negotiations to produce the movie with The Walt Disney Company. During the pre-production stage, however, he discovered that the studio had different limits on a production budget than he needed, and so he walked away from having his project created under their banner. In 2014, the filmmaker expanded plans for the series with a trilogy of movies planned.[4] Development continued over the years, until Costner collaborated with Jon Baird on the script in 2012 where it developed into four separate movies;[2] the contents and story of which would intentionally be darker than his previous westerns.[3] Despite the lack of major production studio initial involvement, Costner invested $38 million of his own money into the budget with additional funding supplied by two unnamed investors, and the filmmaker became determined to begin production as quickly as possible.[2] In May 2024, Costner confirmed that the Horizon film series will be at least four installments, while explaining that the production and release schedule of the first two movies was in part due to his personal desire to see the script realized before his life is over;[5] while also wanting to ensure that his son Hayes could play the character he had written for him, before outgrowing the part.[2] Later, Costner detailed the various events in his life which had delayed the realization of the movies, including the COVID-19 impact on the film industry, the death of his parents in 2021, scheduling conflicts including a contract dispute with Paramount Pictures and Taylor Sheridanon the final season of Yellowstone, a divorce with Christine Baumgartner, and the writers/actors strikes of 2023. Despite each of these occurrences, the filmmaker expressed his determination to "work...to get this thing finished."[2]
Well thankfully we missed it in the theater as it was gone in a week after a total flop . Having said that my wife and I had nothing to do this past Saturday afternoon and rented the film for $19.99 and all I can say is that is a solid 4 out of 10. It seemed Kevin Costner was desperately trying to go to school on the putt of Taylor Sheridan's 1883 which IMO was one of the best mini series I have ever seen. The story was slow and sometimes confusing as to where the action was but there were some interesting moments and it remains to be seen if I get sucker punched to pay to watch episodes 2 and 3
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