Kevin Costner says he’s “proud” of “Horizon,” the first in his four-part Western series, despite the film’s disappointing box office performance.
Costner, 69, said he knows people “disrespect” his work but is confident “Horizon” will “be around for the next 50 years.”
“All my life I’ve faced people disrespecting me,” Costner said. E! News“But they can’t discount ‘Horizon,’ because now it’s out of their hands. And they may point to the finish line – well, the box office – but I know this movie will be playing for the next 50 years.”
“Time, [your children] “Watching this movie, I realized that this is their [ancestors] “The film depicts what people went through. It’s not just a Western story, it depicts the history of migration and what they had to do to survive. I’m really proud of it.”
Kevin Costner’s Horizon 2 canceled its August theatrical release due to poor box office results from previous film
Kevin Costner spent decades making Horizon: An American Saga. (Warner Bros.)
Despite the film’s lackluster box office results, the Venice Film Festival has chosen to screen the first two films back-to-back: Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 will be shown in the morning on September 7, followed by Chapter 2 in the evening.
“It’s been a great development over there,” Costner told the outlet. “They understand this is a big story.”
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I know this movie will be showing for the next 50 years.
Following the premiere of Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1, Territory Pictures and New Line Cinema decided to delay the release of the sequel “to give audiences a greater opportunity to see the first Horizon film in the coming weeks, including on PVOD and Max.”
The first film in the Horizon series grossed just $23 million in its first two weeks in theaters, and the studio had originally planned to release the first two films back-to-back, but apparently changed its mind after poor box office results.
Kevin Costner poses for a photo at the U.S. premiere of Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One. (Fraser Harrison/Getty Images)
“Audiences’ response to Horizon and their eagerness to see the continuation of our story in Horizon 2 has been incredibly gratifying,” Territory Pictures told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Kevin made this film for people who love movies and want to go on a journey.”
“The support we’ve received from moviegoers and theater owners experiencing this first chapter of our story only strengthens our belief in them and the film we’ve made, and we thank them for joining us on this journey. We welcome the opportunity to expand, as we know it will only enhance the experience of watching Horizon 2.”
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Kevin Costner not only starred in the film Horizon, he also directed it. (Warner Bros.)
The move was a humble admission that audiences had a hard time accepting Costner’s gamble on promoting his decades-old passion project in theaters. “Horizon” Chapter 1, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, cost about $100 million to make and made the path to profitability extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Costner invested $38 million of his own money into the first movie, he said. GQFilming for the third movie has already begun.
“I know people are saying I have $20 million of my own money in this movie,” he revealed, “that’s not true. I have like $38 million in this movie right now, that’s the truth. That’s the real number.”
Kevin Costner was overcome with emotion at the Horizon premiere in Cannes. (Getty Images)
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