Kevin Costner's 'Horizon' Sequel Pulled From August Release Date, Reason Why Revealed

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There’s some bad news about Kevin Costner‘s second Horizon movie. The 39-year-old actor starred in, directed, co-wrote and produced the first movie in the planned series, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, which was released in June.

Chapter 2 was set to be released on August 16th, but it has been pulled from that date. Keep reading to find out more… “Territory Pictures and New Line Cinema have decided not to release Horizon: Chapter 2 on August 16 in order to give audiences a greater opportunity to discover the first installment of Horizon over the coming weeks, including on PVOD and Max,” a New Line Cinema spokesperson shared in a statement to Variety. “We thank our exhibition partners for their continued support as moviegoers across the U.S.

discover the film in its theatrical run.” Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 has reportedly performed “steadily with older moviegoers in middle America,” sources shared with Variety.

While it didn’t perform as well at the box office overall, the decision to push back the second film is to give audiences more time to watch the first movie and build anticipation for the next one. “The audience response to Horizon, and enthusiasm for seeing our story continue in Horizon 2, has been incredibly gratifying. Kevin made this film for people who love movies and who wanted to go on a journey.