There’s a new project on the way in theHorizon: An American Sagafranchise, and it frankly sounds a lot more exciting than any of Kevin Costner’s planned sequels. Back in June,Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1was released in theaters to very little fanfare.Horizonreceived mixed reviews from critics, earning an evenly polarized 51% “rotten” critics’ score and a slightly warmer 70% “fresh” audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.It was a box office bomb, grossing just $31,497,309 worldwideon a budget of $50 million (viaThe Numbers).
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1is the first of four plannedHorizonmovies. Costner has already shot and completedChapter 2, butafter the box office failure ofChapter 1,Chapter 2has been indefinitely shelvedby Warner Bros. It’s unclear when that movie will see the light of day, and even less clear ifChapters 3and4will ever get made. But now, there’san even more excitingHorizonmovie in the works: a making-of documentarychronicling how Costner got the franchise off the ground.
The Upcoming Horizon Documentary Tells The Movie’s Most Interesting Story: How Kevin Costner Made It
The Making Of Horizon Is A Better Story Than Horizon Itself
While it’s doing some interesting things within the western genre,Horizon: An American Sagais basically just a hodgepodge of various western tropes and clichéscollected into one giant narrative. It’s visually stunning and impressively ambitious, but it’s not a particularly compelling story.The story of how it got made, on the other hand, is much more unique and interesting, so this new making-of documentary is a lot more exciting thanChapters 2,3, and4.
Kevin Costner’s Horizon Drama Shows How Much Worse Francis Ford Coppola’s $13 Million Bomb Could Have Been
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has been a box office disaster, but Kevin Costner’s Horizon failure proves it could’ve been so much worse.
Costner went into his own pocketto help make upHorizon’s $50 million budget. That alone makes the production of this movie a fascinating story.Costner went outside the studio system to make a big-budget movie with his own money; he felt so passionately about his vision for this four-part epic that he put his own cash on the line. It’s a wild Hollywood underdog story, andif the making-of doc captures that, it’ll make for a fascinating watch.
The Horizon Documentary Could Drive Demand To Finish Kevin Costner’s Western Franchise
If It Does Really Well, It Could Reinvigorate Interest In The Horizon Saga
IfHorizon’s making-of doc does really well — and this is a very big “if” — then it could reinvigorate interest in the franchise and actually get it back on track. If audiences see this documentary and see how passionate Costner is about finishingHorizon: An American Saga, then it could encourage more people to finally check outChapter 1and see the first part of that vision. If the streaming numbers are high enough, maybe this series will be completed after all.
Horizon: An American Saga
“Horizon: An American Saga” is a series of epic Western films directed, produced, and co-written by Kevin Costner. The saga spans pre- and post-Civil War America, detailing the exploration and settlement of the American West over 15 years, and follows multiple storylines of fictional characters as they navigate the challenges and opportunities of this tumultuous period.
