Actor and director Kevin Costner opened up recently in an interview about all of the chaos surrounding the $100,000,000 “Horizon: An American Saga” film franchise as it continues it’s descent into the abyss of financial ruin and disaster. Costner decided to part ways with his hit series, “Yellowstone,” which was one of the most successful projects he was ever a part of, in order to make the film, but doesn’t seem all that bothered about the movie being a financial flop. The movie only brought in $11 million during its opening weekend, despite the insanely high cost of its budget.
After this happened, the studio pulled the second installment of the franchise that was slated to be released in August. It will now premiere at the Venice Film Festival as the first chapter continues to play on streaming services. As for Costner, he’s still hopeful that the project will take off and be a success, reminding folks that the very first movie he directed, “Dances With Wolves,” now a classic, was dismissed when it was first released too.
“It’s stood the time of decades, now generations — and that’s how I try to make movies. That’s what I see for ‘Horizon,’” he said during a conversation with E! News. “I’ve faced life with people being dismissive of me, but they can’t be dismissive of Horizon, because now it’s out of their hands. And they might point to the finish line — well, this is what it did at the box office — but I know that this movie is going to play for the next 50 years.”
According to The Daily Caller, the first installment of “Horizon” is currently sitting at around $32 million in global earnings, which is well below the $38 million of Costner’s own money that he put into the making of the movie.
“There’s a moment in time where you want [your children] to see this movie,” he told E! News. “To understand that this is what their [ancestors] went through. It’s not just a western, it’s a history of migration and what they had to do to survive. And I’m really proud of it.”
There are no firm updates on when “Horizon” will be available to people who already pay enough for streaming services. At the time of writing, it still costs around $20 to buy the movie and there are no rental options available.
Some of the greatest films of all time were box office failures. Movies like “Fight Club,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Thing,” “Office Space,” and “Donnie Darko,” were all big bombs during their theatrical release, but have since earned spots as classics in the medium of film. Costner’s projects might have that kind of potential too.
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One of the reasons we should check the films out is because they have a lot of positive messages concerning Christianity, which a lot of movies don’t have these days. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Nobody hates Jesus more than liberal Hollywood. And the films and television programs they create on a consistent basis mocking him and his followers demonstrate that reality.
Here’s to hoping for better success for the second film installment for Costner.