Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is a 2024 American epic Western film directed and produced by Kevin Costner from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Baird, based on an original story by the pair and Mark Kasdan. The first installment in the titular film series, it stars an ensemble cast including Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, and Giovanni Ribisi, with Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, and Jamie Campbell Bower co-starring in supporting roles. The film follows several characters navigating life in the Midwestern territories amid the American Civil War. Costner conceived the idea for an epic Western film in 1988, but it languished in development hell for three decades.