{"id":26743,"date":"2024-07-10T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kevin-costners-second-horizon-film-pulled-from-theatrical-release\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T22:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:58:34","slug":"kevin-costners-second-horizon-film-pulled-from-theatrical-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kevin-costners-second-horizon-film-pulled-from-theatrical-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner\u2019s second \u2018Horizon\u2019 film pulled from theatrical release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Costner, the director, co-writer and star of \"Horizon: An American Saga,\" poses at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre, Monday, July 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)
Kevin Costner, the director, co-writer and star of \"Horizon: An American Saga,\" poses at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre, Monday, July 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 The August theatrical release for the second chapter of Kevin Costner\u2019s ambitious Western epic \u201cHorizon: An American Saga\u201d<\/a> has been canceled after the first film fizzled in theaters.<\/a><\/p>\n

New Line Cinema announced Wednesday that \u201cHorizon: Chapter 2\u201d will not hit theaters on Aug. 16 as scheduled. The studio had planned an unusually fast back-to-back release for the two \u201cHorizon\u201d films. But after the first chapter collected a modest $23 million in its first two weeks in theaters, the distributor pivoted.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerritory Pictures and New Line Cinema have decided not to release \u2018Horizon: Chapter 2\u2019 on August 16 in order to give audiences a greater opportunity to discover the first installment of \u2018Horizon\u2019 over the coming weeks,\u201d a spokesperson for New Line said in a statement.<\/p>\n

For now, the release of \u201cChapter 2\u201d will be marked TBD on the theatrical calendar. The first \u201cHorizon,\u201d which opened in theaters on June 28, will land on premium on-demand July 16. No streaming date on Max has yet been announced. The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> first reported the shift in plans.<\/p>\n

The move is a humbling acknowledgment that Costner\u2019s big theatrical gamble for his decadeslong passion project has failed to catch on with audiences. The first chapter of \u201cHorizon,\u201d which debuted in May at the Cannes Film Festival, cost about $100 million to make, making its path to profitability extremely challenging if not impossible. Costner put some of his own money into it, and has already begun shooting a third installment of what he envisions will ultimately be four movies. <\/a><\/p>\n

When asked in May about the movies hitting theaters in quick succession,<\/a> Costner said, \u201cThe studio wanted to try that. I knew this was going to come out fairly quickly, like every four or five months. That may have been easier. But this is something they feel like people can remember the first one and it can tie into the second one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Costner, who directed, co-wrote and co-stars in the films, had been trying to make \u201cHorizon\u201d for more than 30 years. While releasing the film, Costner confirmed his exit<\/a> from the hit series \u201cYellowstone.\u201d<\/a> The ultimate destination of \u201cHorizon,\u201d he acknowledged, was always going to be on TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to break this up into a hundred pieces, you know what I mean?\u201d said Costner. \u201cAfter four of these, they\u2019re going to have 13, 14 hours of film and they\u2019re going to turn into 25 hours of TV, and they\u2019re going to do whatever they\u2019re going to do. That\u2019s just the way we live in our life but they\u2019ll also exist in this form. And that was important for me, to make sure that happened. And I was the one who paid for it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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