New Line Cinema and Territory Pictures’ Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 will make its streaming debut on Friday, August 23, exclusively on Max.
In the great tradition of Warner Bros. Pictures’ iconic Westerns, Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat, and tears of many.
Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, Kevin Costner’s ambitious cinematic adventure takes audiences on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends, and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, and Giovanni Ribisi star alongside an ensemble cast that includes Abbey Lee, Will Patton, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, and Luke Wilson.
The cast also includes Jeff Fahey, Isabelle Fuhrman, Ella Hunt, David O’Hara, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Tim Guinee, Scott Haze, Tom Payne, Alejandro Edda, James Russo, Jon Beavers, Jaime Campbell Bower, and Michael Anganaro.
Costner returns to direct for the first time since his 2003 critically acclaimed hit Open Range and revisits Civil War-era America, the setting for his 1990 blockbuster and directorial debut Dances with Wolves, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
He produces alongside Howard Kaplan and Mark Gillard, with Danny Peykoff, Robert Scannell, Armyan Bernstein, Charlie Lyons, Barry Berg, and Rod Lake executive producing. The screenplay was by Jon Baird & Kevin Costner; the story was by Jon Baird & Kevin Costner and Mark Kasdan.
Chapter 2 of Horizon: An American Saga will screen out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, September 7. Chapter 1, which grossed just $34.3 million at the global box office, will play there earlier in the day.
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