For the past six years, Kevin Costner has been the face of Yellowstone , the wildly popular western series that earned him nearly $2 million per episode . This year he suddenly quit, to produce, star and direct in something that sounds incredibly similar to Yellowstone: a multipart Western feature film called Horizon. If that sounds a bold, risky and downright bizarre move, that’s because it is.
But it’s also par for the course. Over Costner’s 40-year career, the actor/director has helmed and starred in several films that were deemed untouchable by studios, such as Dances with Wolves , and spectacular expensive failures like Waterworld . Not only has he backed them creatively, he has also made a habit of injecting his own money into them.
Kevin Costner is no stranger to big projects, but is the Horizon series a step beyond? Credit: Compiled by Marija Ercegovac. He’s no stranger to risk, but could the Horizon saga be his craziest gamble yet? In May, the 69-year-old Costner told GQ he had so far funnelled about $56 million of his money into Horizon , a four-part sprawling Western set in the Civil War era. The first two chapters are complete, with Chapter One in cinemas and Chapter Two premiering in August.
The saga will be approximately 12 hours long and could cost Costner about $149 million of his own money. Costner, who has been navigating the film industry since the early 1980s, is well-versed in ambition. After a rocky start to his film career, having had all his sc.
