Kevin Costner’s Horizon Gets Surprise Update Revealing New Project As Chapter 2 Remains Undated.
The Horizon: An American Sagafranchise has gotten a surprising update. Directed by and starring Kevin Costner, the Western film also features Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Ella Hunt, and Tim Guinee. The first Horizon film was met with mixed reviews andbombed completely at the box office with just a $38.2 million return against a $100 million budget. Chapter 2 was intended to be released later in the summer, but the first movie’s financial disappointments caused it to be removed from the release calendar.
Per Puck, the Horizon saga is now getting a behind-the-scenes documentary. The documentary is being developed by Costner’s WME but appears to not yet have a streamer. The source claims that Max, which is currently streaming Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, is aware of the documentary project but has not seen clips from it yet.
What This Means For The Horizon Franchise
The news of the documentary comes at a time when the future of the Western franchise is still unclear. At one point, Costner had announced plans for two additional films after Chapter 2. With Warner Bros. indefinitely postponing the release of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, it is unlikely that Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 will ever come to fruition.
Because of the derailment of these franchise plans, the announcement of the Horizon behind-the-scenes documentary is unexpected. The release struggles of the first two films will likely pose a challenge for this new venture as it looks to find a distributor. Because Max is the current host of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, it seems likely that HBO Documentaries would potentially take on the project. However, they would be taking a risk in doing so due to the franchise’s track record.
Puck‘s statement about the Horizon documentary states: “this could become a cult classic of hubris and unintended irony.” The behind-the-scenes documentary could indeed be fascinating to audiences on this level. While Costner may be self-indulgent by bothering to make the documentary, the insight the film could give about his Western ambition may be far more interesting than any actual content relating to Horizon‘s filmmaking. This could mean unexpected success for the documentary, but it can only find said glory once it gets a distributor.
