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Though Kevin Costner’s epic Western movie series is only just beginning, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 will be released shortly after the first in a two-part theatrical event. The upcoming movie will be the second installment in the four-part movie series directed by Costner which will explore the expansion of the American West in the era of the Civil War. The project is an ambitious passion project from the Oscar winner that is already the subject of a lot of curiosity. While the first chapter in this story will shed more light on what to expect from the second chapter, there have already been quite a few details on the Horizon: An American Saga Part 2 cast and production journey.
Costner left Yellowstone in order to focus on Horizon: An American Saga‘s four-movie production which speaks to how important the project is to him. The first installment has wrapped filming and fans are awaiting a release date as Costner and his team move on to the next chapter. Costner’s career is filled with big gambles which resulted both in Oscar-winning hits like 1990’s Dances With Wolves and notoriously flops such as 1997’s The Postman. Horizon: An American Saga Part 2 already proves Costner’s moving forward with his giant project in earnest, with a remarkable amount shared despite the likely release date being several years away.
Horizon: An American Chapter 2 – Latest News
A significant update on both Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 and the first entry in the franchise arrived on October 5, 2023. Warner Bros. revealed a teaser for the first two movies in the upcoming Kevin Costner series of Westerns, which confirmed the release date for both and a clarified cast list. While there have been multiple confirmed cast members for some time, there have been so many rumored additions (especially when it comes to Costner’s Yellowstone co-stars) that it was growing difficult to determine who was actually involved.
The studio confirmed that Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 would arrive in August 2024, on the 16th, just shy of two months after the Chapter 1 release date of June 28. The teaser was short at only 42 seconds, so didn’t give away much of the story (especially not for the second chapter in the franchise), but did set the tone with sweeping landscape shots of Utah alongside a worried or possibly angry Kevin Costner firing at someone off-screen with his rifle.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 Is Confirmed
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 has been confirmed, along with the rest of the movie series. Costner announced the movie in January 2022 that it would be his first directorial effort since 2003’s Open Range followed by the news that there would be four separate Horizon movies telling the larger story. He also revealed it was a long-delayed passion project that he first began planning as a single movie back in 1988.
Filming for the second Horizon: An American Saga installment began on April 2023 with it reportedly wrapping in June 2023. The second movie in the Horizon series filmed some of its scenes on the Shivwits Band of Paiutes Indian reservation in Utah with Costner and some people involved in the project detailing their time at the beautiful location. Shivwits Reservation Land Resources Manager Travis Duran acknowledged the filming crew’s respect for the land and helped to maintain it as much as possible (via stgeorgeutah.com).
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 Release Date
The release date for Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 has been set for August 16, 2024. Warner Bros. and Kevin Costner are pitching the first two movies in the Horizon cinematic western franchise as a two-part cinematic event, with the first chapter arriving two months earlier in June. Costner originally had plans to release the first movie in fall of 2023 in time for the Venice Film Festival, but there is no word on the movie’s release plans. He also suggested (via Variety) that each movie would be released three months apart, but those plans will likely also have to change due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 Cast
Kevin Costner leads the Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 cast which is a star-studded ensemble. It seems that many of the actors from the first installment will be reprising their roles in the second movie with Sienna Miller (Layer Cake), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Ella Hunt (Dickinson), Will Patton (Halloween), Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums), Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) all reportedly returning.
The Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 cast will also feature some new additions with Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13), and Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan) joining the cast (via Deadline). There are also a reported 140 speaking roles involved in the series, so the full cast list for Horizon: An American Saga Part 2 will without doubt be much larger by the time the release date arrives.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 – Crew & Creative Team
Kevin Costner leads the Horizon: An American Saga Part 2 crew and creative team as the director, producer, and co-writer. Prior to the Horizon movie series, Costner directed three movies, Dances with Wolves, The Postman, and Open Range. He will reunite with cinematographer J. Michael Munro who he had previously worked with on Open Range. Costner also reunites with editor Miklos Wright who worked with Costner on Open Range as well as a number of Costner’s movies as an actor, including Mr. Brooks and 3000 Miles to Graceland.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 Story
The Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 story and plot details are scarce beyond it being part of the overall story that examines the expansion of the American West in the era before and after the Civil War. It is reported that the sequel will look more at the country divided by conflict and those hoping to survive and build their lives in the chaos of the young country. With Civil War movies a rarity in Hollywood productions, it will be interesting to see how Costner tackles the subject matter and if his epic depiction of the battles will rival his sequences in his Best Picture winner Dances with Wolves.
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 Teaser Trailer
The first teaser for Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 arrived in October 2023. The short promotional video didn’t confirm much about the Kevin Costner franchise’s second installment, though it did reveal that both Chapter 2 and Chapter 1 would be released in the summer of 2024 as a two-part cinematic event. A full, dedicated trailer for Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 will likely arrive in July shortly after the release of Chapter 1, though it could be dropped by Warner Bros. before this.
