Being a pioneer is a long, hard road. This is the topic of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: On American Saga” both on and outside the canvas, since the epic passion project of the filmmaker about an ensemble of characters in the old west, which is struggling with an unambanized country over a piece of the real world. The boss among these obstacles is the question of any kind of release: afterwards “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” It was released in the cinemas on June 28, 2024, it was difficult to earn at the box office shortly before the budget of $ 50 million, and earned only 38.7 million dollars. This figure in combination with the lukewarm critical reception of the film caused new line cinema and Warner Bros. To revise his original plan for publishing “Chapter 2” of the Saga on August 16 last yearShifting the publication apparently unlimited. This fate seems to be a current (and disturbing) trend, since a number of finished films have been put on a series recently, with Warner Bros. housing some of the most famous examples.
Nevertheless, “Horizon” is a unique case – it is not treated as A pure tax depreciation as “Coyote vs. Acme” seems to beIt has still lost his makers’ beliefs like them Pharrell Williams/Michel Gondry Collaboration “Golden” apparently has. As proof that “Horizon” is not yet finished, “Chapter 2” recently had a demonstration at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 7th, full five months after his world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September in September last year. The film is ready Those who discover “Chapter 1” in the home media To see what happens next. If “Chapter 2” were the only missing piece, it would be easy to say that the new line should simply publish the film and be made with it. However, the problem connects when he realized that there are two more chapters of “Horizon”, and these are films that are far from being completed.
‘Horizon’ faces a very uncertain future
Inspired by the long shapes of the 50s and the 1960s Hollywood and inspired Today’s trend of multi -part films“Horizon” is in a narrow point that is as groundbreaking as it is difficult to solve. The promise of “Horizon” is one that is really inspiring: a multi -part saga that tells a single, extensive, original story that tries to grasp as many facets of life in the old west as it has never been explored before. The problem is that nobody, the costner and maybe his employees, know exactly where “Horizon” takes place, which makes it a rather difficult sale to the current film audience. To a joke: This is not an adaptation of a novel or another existing material. So there is no fan base with appetite, characters or action lines that you already know and love, on the big screen. The fact that these films include a massive story is even more difficult; These are not rates or sequels in the traditional sense, in which every film would have a single close story that leaves space for further adventures.
It would be one thing if Costner, who finances the majority of the first two films with his own money, had completed all four chapters and the selection of the audience of this saga. At the moment “Horizon” feels like everything was sizzling, no steak; The assembly of scenes from “Chapter 2” at the end of “Chapter 1” is undeniably stirring, and apparently Costner has included a similar assembly at the end of “Chapter 2” with insights into future chapters. But the neck of more comes only if the material in popular culture takes a firm foot, and at that time “Horizon” is too far on the side to inspire people about the future if things are still unsafe.
‘Horizon – Chapter 2’ sounds worth a reputation
The fact that “Horizon – Chapter 2” is such a hard sale and a clear financial game is difficult to swallow, simply because the film is worth seeing. This is generally true because it is great to make more original films for adults and new westerns. But it also seems to be true in a certain sense if the reports of people who were allowed to participate on February 7 have something to do. While he explained his inspiration for the saga CBRabove diversity):
“The people who traveled to America through the ocean were controversial.
Later, during a Q&A after the film, Costner had a female focus on “Horizon” and in particular “Chapter 2”:
“I always took care that we no longer had women in our westerns because there was no vest without women. (…) When we created the story, we women couldn’t keep out. It was simply easier with them in it . “
Costner also affirmed his passion for the project and talked about how he started working in 1988 and how he decided that he would hold out, although “it didn’t seem as if it liked it too much”. It seems that, despite the recent events, Costner’s belief in “Horizon” hardly fluctuated how the screening event “felt like a giant”. At the time of this letter, “Chapter 3” is still technically under development, and although a domestic publication for “Chapter 2” is still uncertain, the film will be published in Germany on April 3 in Germany. Maybe what could save “Horizon” is as old -fashioned as its surroundings: endurance, grit and Word of mouth. Who knows what the entire saga will look like when (and not when) it is over, but I can’t wait to find out.
