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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 4
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 4
Horizon: An American Saga is a series of four planned American epic Western films. It is directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-written 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 films feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
Horizon: An American Saga is a series of four planned American epic Western films. It is directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-written 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 films feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
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Horizon: An American Saga is a series of four planned American epic Western films. It is directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-written 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 films feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
Chapter 1 (2024)
In January 2022, it was announced that Kevin Costner would direct his fourth feature film, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird. Costner is producer, with principal photography scheduled in August 2022 in Utah. This is a joint-venture production between Territory Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. as the distributor. In June 2022, he stated that filming in the state has long been his goal, with scouting in the state already having taken place. Later that month, Costner revealed that his project had evolved into four "different films that all connect, so you're watching a saga of [...] storylines". Production was in the casting phase of pre-production, with photography scheduled to start later that year. Each film is intended to be 2 hours and 45 minutes in length, and Costner stated that once all the films are released, they would be compiled and re-released as a miniseries on television.
Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson, Thomas Haden Church, Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means, and Michael Rooker have been cast in various roles in the film series. In September 2022, Isabelle Fuhrman was cast in an undisclosed role. By November of that year, principal photography had wrapped. In May 2024, it was revealed that the Writers Guild of America had awarded credits for the first two films to Costner and Jon Baird as screenwriters from an original story co-written by Costner, Baird, and
Kevin Costner began developing the script for the film series in 1988, which he based on his belief that its viewers should be inspired by the true history of America in the Old West. Costner continued to develop the script from originally co-starring two lead actors to featuring an ensemble cast. Costner explained that by further expanding the script into a series of four films, he wanted accurately to depict a 12-year history of the United States, including the impact of the American Civil War and drawing an audience into the cinema. Costner explained that the plot depicts the experiences of Native Americans, when migrant colonists moved into their territory with a justification that they had paid European salesmen for the land.
In 2003, Costner negotiated production with The Walt Disney Company. During pre-production he discovered that the studio lacked his required production budget, so he abandoned Disney. In 2014, he expanded the series into a trilogy. Development continued until Costner collaborated with Jon Baird on the script in 2012 where it developed into four films; the contents and story of which would be darker than his previous westerns. Lacking a studio, Costner invested $38 million of his money into the budget with additional funding supplied by two unnamed investors, and became determined to begin production as quickly as possible. In May 2024, Costner confirmed that the Horizon film series would be at least four installments, while explaining that the production and release schedule of the first two films was in part due to his desire to see the script realized in his life. He wanted to ensure that his son Hayes could play the character he had written for him, before outgrowing the part. Later, Costner detailed the events in his life which had delayed the films, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, the death of his parents in 2021, scheduling conflicts (including a contract dispute with Paramount Pictures) and Taylor Sheridan on the final season of Yellowstone, a divorce with Christine Baumgartner and the writers'–actors' strikes of 2023. He was determined to "work...to get this thing finished".
Contrary to some reports, Costner rejected the idea that the development of the film series directly influenced his departure from the Yellowstone television series. He explained that the final season had been restructured many times and was subjected to production delays, which conflicted with the production schedule of the film series. Citing an example with the lack of completed scripts for a last season which would be split in two, Costner stated that he is open to completing additional photography to finish his role in the series. He said that when the show was being rewritten, he allowed Sheridan to read the script for the Horizon films with hopes that it could inspire, while previously offering to provide assistance in writing his character out of Yellowstone in a climactic death scene. He reportedly offered to give some time off from his films' production schedule for it but these options have never materialized.
When addressing the various festival debuts of each instalment (Cannes Film Festival for Chapter 1, and Venice Film Festival for Chapter 2) Costner expressed interest in returning to Cannes for Chapter 3. He later explained plans for additional monetary gains through licensing the series every few years through streaming and home video, regardless of their box office performance. Working with Warner Bros., plans are for each chapter to be released at four to six month intervals. The filmmaker later stated that he developed the films, with the quality of classic westerns in mind and though he has considered developing additional sequels set during contemporary times, Costner determined that the series would end with Chapter 4; expressing hopes that families would go to theaters together to view each instalment upon release.
