Being a pioneer is a long, difficult road. That is the theme of "Horizon: American Saga" by Kevin Costner and on and out of the silver screen, because the epic project of the director's passion for the Old West Ensemble, which fights over an unwanted country, continues to work in All kinds of obstacles in the real world. The main among those obstacles is the question of any release: after "Horizon: American Saga - Chapter 1" It was released in theaters on June 28, 2024, fought even to approach its $ 50m budget at the box office, earning only $ 38.7 million. That figure, combined with the severe critical reception of the film, caused a new line cinema and Warner Bros.. To renew its original plan to publish "Chapter 2" from the saga on August 16 last yearDelaying the release seemingly indefinitely. This fate seems to be current (and disturbing) trend, as many of the films have been recently stored, with Warner Bros. home to some of the highest examples.

However, the "horizon" is the only case - not treated like Pure writing tax as "Coyote Against Akme" seems to beneither has lost the faith of his producers, as Cooperation Farrell Williams/Michel Gondri "Golden" obviously has. As proof that "Horizon" has not yet been completed, "Chapter 2" recently featured the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 7th, five months after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September last year. . The film is finished, Costner believes it, and of course there is interest from his fans as well as Those who discover "Chapter 1" on domestic media To see what happens next. If "Chapter 2" was the only missing piece, it would be easy to say that the new line should only release the film and make it with it. However, the release compounds, after realizing that two more chapters of the "horizon" should be followed, which are films that are far from finishing.

Inspired by EPOs with a long form of the 50's and 60s Hollywood and The current trend of multi-part moviesHorizon is in a narrow place that is as pioneering as it is difficult to solve. The promise of Horizon is the one that is really inspiring: a multi-business saga that tells a unique, widespread, original story that is trying to capture as many aspects of the life of the Old West like never before. The problem is that no one, save Costner and maybe his associates, doesn't know exactly where Horizon can go, making it a pretty heavy sale to the current film audience. For wit: This is not an adaptation of a novel or any other existing material, so there is no fanbase with appetite to view characters or stories they already know and love the big screen. Even the fact that these films contain a massive story; These are not installed or extensions in a traditional sense, where every film would have a close narrative that leaves room for further adventures.

It would be one thing if Costner, who funded most of the first two films with his own money, completed all four chapters and could show them to choose an audience (not to mention studio directors), giving some indications of full form From this saga. Currently, "Horizon" feels like it is all, without steak; The editing of the chapter 2 scenes seen at the end of "Chapter 1" is undeniable exciting, and apparently Costner included a similar editing at the end of "Chapter 2" with views of future chapters. However, the teasing of more that comes just things when the material has a firm foundation in popular culture, and at this point in time, Horizon is too far on the edge to excite people for the future when things are still uncertain.

The fact that "Horizon - Chapter 2" is so hard sales and a clear financial cube is difficult to swallow, simply because the film sounds good worth watching. That's true at all, because it's great to get more original films made for adults and new western, full station. But it also seems to be true in a specific sense, if reports from people who had to attend the screening on February 7th, all they need to go. While explaining his inspiration for the saga, Costner gave a film set of the series's themes (as seen in CBRthrough Diversity):

"People who traveled the ocean to America were looking for a dream. If you were enough and enough thoughts, you can make it yours. And it was a nightmare for the people who were here for 15,000 years. And this earth was disputed.

Later, during the post-movie Q&A, Costner talked about the "horizon" and "Chapter 2", in particular, there was a female centrical focus:

"I have always bothered me that we had no more women in our western, because there was no West without women. (...) When we created the story, we couldn't keep women from it. It was just easier with them in it. "

Costner also confirmed his passion for the project, talking about how he started working on it back in 1988 and how he decided then he would persevere despite "he didn't look like anyone liked him too". Declaring how the screening event made him "feel like a giant", it seems that Costner's belief in Horizon was hard to march despite recent events. As for this writing, "Chapter 3" is still technical in development, and while the domestic edition of "Chapter 2" is still uncertain, the film is set to be theatrical published in Germany on April 3. Perhaps what can save the "horizon" is as old as its setting: persistence, semolina and a word of mouth. Who knows what the full saga will look like when (not if) ends, but I, for one, can't wait to figure out.