Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner directs the epic “Horizon: An American Saga” Chapters I and II, a multi-faceted chronicle covering the Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. A story of America too big for one film.
“When I do a story, I don’t want to stop ’til it’s finished. When I look at it, I try to understand what it was. And it was really a journey. It’s not a plot movie. And so, it was four,” he said. “My idea was not to wait to see if the first one was successful. I believe in telling this story. The only way this is successful, in my mind, is that it’s complete” says Costner at a Virtual Press Conference that happened on Monday.
Costner thinks the story will be relatable to people everywhere since the main theme is the quest for freedom and prosperity.
“We’re not really all that different,” he said. “Maybe not sharing the same language or customs, but if you think about America, it’s really not that old in comparison to the rest of the world. What that really means is we started to get news about America about 400 years ago. It was doing quite nicely without us.” he continued.
“There was a promise out here, that there was a land so big that it went so far that they could have what they didn’t have in Europe. I refer to it as the Garden of Eden. They didn’t realize there was a people here who had been flourishing for 15,000 years. And these two ideas came into conflict from sea to shining sea and our story deals with that.”
In the great tradition of Warner Bros. Pictures’ iconic Westerns, “Horizon: An American Saga” explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, Costner’s ambitious cinematic adventure will take audiences on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Giovanni Ribisi star alongside an impressive ensemble cast that includes Abbey Lee, Will Patton, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Jeff Fahey, Isabelle Fuhrman, Ella Hunt, David O’Hara, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Tim Guinee, Scott Haze, Tom Payne, Alejandro Edda, James Russo, Jon Beavers, Jaime Campbell Bower, and Michael Anganaro, and more.
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 releases in UK cinemas on 28 June 2024 and Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 releases in UK cinemas on 16th August 2024