Horizon Part 1 | Kevin Costner-directed Western | June 28, 2024

[Poseidon]

That's one of the greatest Trailers in years, honestly. I literally got goosbumps watching it. I hiope it does really, really well, but I feel like that's a movie that should have opened in winter for some reason. Could have been a great option opver christmas or the holidays in Jan/Feb. 

[lorddemaxus]

This looks very televisual but also looks absolutely striking lol. The grading on some of the images is just fantastic

[emoviefan]

Dam this trailer is effective.  This has gone from a movie I  was sort of interested in to being something I can not wait for. 

[WorkingonaName]

My Dad hasn't liked my movie this decade, this porabs changes that. 

[TheDude391]

9 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

This looks very televisual but also looks absolutely striking lol. The grading on some of the images is just fantastic

Yeah the colours REALLY pop while also being very naturalistic. The way the blue skies and yellowy/brown mountains compliment each other (esp those back to back shots at 2:25) really made me go wow.

[Elessar]

Dances with Wolves is one of my favorite movies, this gives me nostalgic vibes from back in the day when i watched it. Looking very much forward to another Costner western.

Edited February 27 by Elessar

[dudalb]

On 2/26/2024 at 9:44 AM, TheDude391 said:

Oh man this looks great. Extremely refreshing that this looks like a classic western and not another revisionist take on the genre which has been done to death atp (although I hope it's depiction of indigenous peoples is not as it was in classic westerns ofc).

I hope it does not quite go to the "All White people are bad" angle which Dances with Wolves have.

I can spot that Costner was definently influenced by "The Searchers" here.

 

[dudalb]

13 hours ago, Elessar said:

Dances with Wolves is one of my favorite movies, this gives me nostalgic vibes from back in the day when i watched it. Looking very much forward to another Costner western.

it's a good movie, though pretty simplistic .

[filmlover]

Bowing at Cannes.

 

Kevin Costner's 'Horizon' Sets Cannes Film Festival Premiere (variety.com)

[interiorgatordecorator]

Costner seems like the kind of guy who'd appreciate a robust theatrical window for his passion project; are they just not going to release this on digital before the 2nd comes out?

A digital release a week before 2 comes out sounds cute, I can see it backfiring 

[interiorgatordecorator]

4 minutes ago, interiorgatordecorator said:

Costner seems like the kind of guy who'd appreciate a robust theatrical window for his passion project; are they just not going to release this on digital before the 2nd comes out?

A digital release a week before 2 comes out sounds cute, I can see it backfiring 

 

a movie like this having great legs doesnt sound too farfetched, if 1 is still making some serious money the week 2 comes out, will wb ask theaters to pull 1?

[AniNate]

I'd have to imagine if it's buzzy enough pt1 gets some kind of theatrical rerelease before 2, if not leading straight into 2

[Box Office Hit]

 

[Flip]

13 minutes ago, Box Office Hit said:

 

He’s right, this would be a great movie to find an audience on streaming so part 2 can draw in more people. I think it would do great over the holidays as counterprogramming to Mufasa and Sonic

[DAJK]

Hate to say it but I agree. Granted, it would be kind of exciting to try this new experiment where a sequel comes out theatrically only a few weeks after its predecessor. But if this really is great, maybe letting it find its audience, both in theaters and streaming, before the second one comes out would be a good idea. 

 

That being said, August is kind of empty I guess, and December is pretty full. Even though literally nobody cares about Kraven lol.

[TomThomas]

4 hours ago, Box Office Hit said:

 

This generation's Dances with Wolves??

[AniNate]

Bad Empire take. This year doesn't need any more meat getting removed and August is empty.

 

I guess maybe if they can delay the Rings anime again and still keep the film rights that would be a decent spot for part 2.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 28 by AniNate

[filmlover]

The marketing for this has been really leaning in on the "two parts" aspect so far given how they're opening within such close proximity of each other (easier to save money promoting two movies for the price of one, I guess), so if they're not impressed with how Part 1 does, they can just offload the second a couple of weeks later without much fanfare without spending too much on it.

Edited April 28 by filmlover

[AniNate]

I suppose December doesn't really have the critical mass of releases yet that a holiday season typically has and it might work as counterprogramming to Nosferatu. Still, if the quick release succession has been their strategy from the start I don't think there's a real reason to deviate from it now besides "vibes". I would like to see studios actually fill August/September with goods instead of bunching them up in the months sandwiching it.

[JWR]

August is already so damn crowded as is.