The price tag will be significant for Costner.
“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1,” the Western motion picture Kevin Costner directed, co-wrote and stars in, tanked at the box business last weekend, grossing a paltry $11 million.
A lot more alarming is that the 3-hour movie, which the former “Yellowstone” star reportedly put $38 million of his possess money into, is the first of a four-element series. The second entry hits theaters quickly in August, and the 3rd is presently filming.
In accordance to Vanity Fair, Costner, 69, programs to devote $100 million of his possess income to the ambitious hard work.
“I’ve mortgaged 10 acres on the drinking water in Santa Barbara wherever I was going to establish my past property,” Costner instructed Deadline.
“It has thrown my accountant into a f–king conniption healthy. But it’s my lifetime, and I think in the notion and the tale.”
The sprawling tale, which is distributed by Warner Bros., follows more than 20 figures throughout Western growth in Civil War-period America. It stars Costner, Sienna Miller, Luke Wilson, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone, among the a lot of some others.
Testimonials have been scathing.The Post named “Horizon” “an embarrassing, poorly told mess,” and additional, “I could not fathom committing a further 540 minutes of my time to this bloated moi journey.” The movie holds a 40% critic score on RottenTomatoes.
Costner, who gained the Oscar for Best Director and Ideal Photo for “Dances with Wolves” in 1991, considerably left the popular drama collection “Yellowstone,” where he was earning $1 million per episode, in component to shoot the enthusiasm task.
“I gave this factor five seasons,” Costner explained to The Hollywood Reporter.
“I was truly happy to do it. And I never need drama. So, let’s just get that drama absent, let’s get the guessing [away]. The admirers have been way too very good to me. And my obligation is to go on and continue on to make points that mean a little something to them.”
“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” will be introduced on Aug. 16. Sections 3 and 4 are however undated.
