Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Summary
Horizon : An American Sagadirector , author , producer , and star Kevin Costner maintain contribute even more money than was initially report to his Western epic poem . represent a decades - old passion project for Costner , the upcoming film , which is intended to attend to as the first in a four - part saga , chronicles a period before and after the American Civil War as settler move West . forward of theHorizon : An American Sagarelease engagement , much has been written about the film ’s $ 100 budget and commercial prospects , withCostner previously report to have put $ 38 millionof his own money into the movie .
" I retrieve at this minute , it ’s about $ 58 million in cash . And what that means , f – ker , is that you ca n’t get a ticket half - price . If you do that , I ’m go to ensure when I get to London , I ’m going to look you up , and when you see me come through the door you do n’t cerebrate ' Kevin ' , you remember ' Hayes ' . ( Laughs )
" I understand . I ’m not a sucker , but I ’m not afraid I will own this movie the respite of my lifespan . So will my family . And movies are a lot more than their opening weekend . They have value throughout their life , and I will own this movie throughout my life . And people will recover it . And when they do , whether it ’s opening weekend or not , they ’re proceed to bump a timbre . They ’re run to find a floor that they ’re going to want to revisit or share with someone . And that ’s the power of a flick to me .
" What happens is that can also translate into commerce . My hope is that I get this money back , but you know what , I ’m not going to accrue aside if it [ does n’t come about ] . I ’ll lose some thing that I had valued , but they ’re just things I ’ve kept . I should add , I do n’t want to have to ever do this again . But I do n’t live my aliveness in fear . "
Will Kevin Costner’s Horizon Gamble Pay Off?
The Western Saga Is A Major Risk
Costner clearly believes inHorizon : An American Saga , butthere ’s for sure grounds to doubt the project ’s commercial-grade prospects . Westerns , for illustration , have n’t been reliable as a genre for decade now . Movies likeThe Lone Ranger(2013 ) , andThe Hateful Eight(2015 ) , andThe Magnificent Seven(2016 ) all underperform during their theatrical windows .
The material gamble is n’t make a $ 100 million westerly , it ’s making four .
What ’s more , theHorizon : An American Sagareviewshaven’t been positive so far . The moving-picture show currently sit at a lusterless 38 % score onRotten Tomatoes , suggestingcritics have n’t been enjoying the project . It ’s still possible , however , that audience will have a different response , but whether they actually show up at the theater of operations to support the task is a major question mark . As Costner says , though , the picture does seem probable to end up finding success on home view platforms in the months after release .
The real gamble is n’t making a $ 100 million westerly , it ’s making four . If the first movie terminate up tanking at the box office , Horizon : An American Saga – Chapter 2hits theatersonly weeks after and will plausibly do even worse . The same can be said for the in - production third pic and the fourth , which Costner seems determined to get off the ground . Many questions persist aboutHorizon : An American Saga , but the first picture is now only a few week away .
root : Empire Magazine
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Horizon : An American Saga - Chapter 1 is a westerly flick directed by Kevin Costner , and sees him in the starring role . The film research multiple propagation surrounding the elaboration of the American West before and after the Civil War . Horizon is the first in a series of four films , all of which were greenlit by Warner Bros. Pictures .
