The epic Western will be released in two parts June 28 and Aug. 16.
Get ready for a double dose of Kevin Costner on the big screen next summer. His long-awaited Horizon: An American Saga will be released as “A Two-Part Theatrical Event” June 28 and Aug. 16.
Originally announced as a four-movie epic Western, Horizon has Costner serving as director, co-scriptwriter (with John Baird), and co-star alongside such notables as Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, Jamie Campbell Bower.
What’s it all about? As Costner told the showbiz website Deadline: “America’s expansion into the West was one that was fraught with peril and intrigue from the natural elements, to the interactions with the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land, and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it. Horizon tells the story of that journey in an honest and forthcoming way, highlighting the points of view and consequences of the characters life and death decisions.”
“It’s a really beautiful story; it’s a hard story,” Costner told Variety. “It really involves a lot of women, to be honest. There are a lot of men in it, too, but the women are really strong in Horizon. It’s just them trying to get by every day in a world that was impossibly tough. They were often [dragged] out to these places because that’s where the men wanted to go; women were following their men. They didn’t ask to be in these territories that were unsettled and dangerous, and life wasn’t easy. I’ve chosen to make sure that was really obvious, that that wasn’t easy, and how vulnerable people were.”
Horizon: An American Saga will be Costner’s fourth directorial effort, following the Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves (1990), The Postman (1997), and Open Range (2003). Here is the first teaser trailer for the films.