The Horizon series of movies from Kevin Costner is stalled, but Costner has revealed he’s back out fundraising.
2024 was the year that Kevin Costner’s long-cherished Horizon project was supposed to come to fruition. It very nearly did.
Costner ducked out of the rest of the massively-successful Yellowstone TV series to instead concentrate on bringing his hugely ambition quarter of Horizon films to the big screen. It’s a project that’s been in his head for two decades or so, and two movies of a planned four have been shot. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 released back in the summer, while Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 had its cinema release yanked when Chapter 1 commercially stumbled. The second film – which includes an assembly from the nine minutes shot thus far for Chapter 3 – has been screened at a festival, but has no cinema release date as of yet.
Costner had planned to finish Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3 this year, but funds have clearly run dry. Shooting has not recommended, and there’s no clear sign of it doing so.
Instead, it looks as though Kevin Costner is rattling tins instead. In a new interview with Deadline, he’s basically confirmed that he’s fundraising again for his films. “I’m going to make [Chapter] 3”, he insisted. “I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but I’m going to make it and then I’m going to make the fourth one”.
How? “I’m meeting all the billionaires that we all hear about – they’re hiding in the shadows”, Costner revealed. That said, he’s probably discovering one of the truisms of life: the people who care most about their money are the ones who have barely any, and the ones who have way too much.
Warner Bros, through its New Line Pictures arm, has the release rights for Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 at least, and so hopefully we can get that on the big screen early next year. Costner’s had his back against the wall trying to get his films made before: completing the last two Horizon films looks like it’s proving to be his toughest movie challenge to date.
