The first full trailer for “Horizon: An American Saga,” actor-director-writer Kevin Costner’s four-part Western epic filmed in Utah, was released online Monday.
Costner and his production company filmed the Western in southern Utah last year, on a 52-day shooting schedule that, the actor told reporters Friday, employed some 500 local cast and crew.
The production spent around $100 million in Utah, Costner said. The production took advantage of Utah’s motion picture incentives program, which pays a tax rebate between 20% and 25% up to $12 million.
The first chapter is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 28, and the second film is slated for an August 16 release. Dates for the third and fourth installments have not been announced.
Neither the trailer nor Costner are giving away many details about the plot. Costner’s character, Hayes Ellison, appears to be a reluctant gunslinger — but will, when pressed, draw his revolver.
The trailer also features Luke Wilson as the leader of a wagon train, Danny Huston and Sam Worthington (”Avatar”) as U.S. Army officers, and Sienna Miller (“American Sniper”) and Abbey Lee (“Old”) as women Ellison tries to protect.
Other cast members mentioned in the trailer are: Jena Malone (“The Hunger Games”), Michael Rooker (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Isabelle Fuhrman (“Orphan”), Jeff Fahey (“Lost”), Will Patton (“Armageddon”), Tatanka Means (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Owen Crow Shoe and Ella Hunt (“Anna and the Apocalypse”).
(Warner Bros. Pictures) An image from "Horizon: An American Saga," starring and directed by Kevin Costner. The first two installments in the proposed four-movie series were filmed in southern Utah. The first part is scheduled to be released June 28, 2024, and the second on August 16, 2024.
