The first chapter of Kevin Costner’s western epic, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is set to start streaming exclusively on Max on Friday, August 23.
If you didn’t watch the film on the big screen, your chance to stream it at home is coming soon. This is one of those big sweeping movies that was meant to be seen on the big screen, but unfortunately, the movie bombed at the box office, which is sad.
Horizon: An American Saga chronicles “a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. Experienced through the eyes of many, the epic journey is fraught with peril and intrigue from the constant onslaught of natural elements to the interactions with the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land and the determination and at many times ruthlessness of those who sought to settle it.”
Costner previously talked about the story, saying: “It’s a really beautiful story; it’s a hard story. It really involves a lot of women, to be honest. There are a lot of men in it, too, but the women are really strong in Horizon. It’s just them trying to get by every day in a world that was impossibly tough.
“They were often [dragged] out to these places because that’s where the men wanted to go; women were following their men. They didn’t ask to be in these territories that were unsettled and dangerous, and life wasn’t easy. I’ve chosen to make sure that was really obvious, that that wasn’t easy, and how vulnerable people were.”
The movie also has a great cast that includes Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jamie Campbell Bower, Luke Wilson, Thomas Haden Church, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, Alejandro Edda, Will Patton, and Tatanka Means.
Costner is still planning a total of four films in this saga. The second film currently doesn’t have a premiere date, and Costner is currently shooting the third film.
