Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” just can’t catch a break — or pay its bills, apparently.
United Costume Corporation has slapped Costner’s Horizon Series with a $350,000 lawsuit, alleging they never got paid for dressing up the cast of Chapter 1 and its still-unreleased sequel. Yes, even the clothes are suing now.
This new legal mess joins a growing pile of financial drama circling the epic Western, which has already triggered arbitration claims, crossclaims, and lawsuits from City National Bank and New Line Cinema over missing co-financing payments.
And if that weren’t enough, a stunt performer from Chapter 2 recently sued the production for a laundry list of offenses — including a disturbing, unscripted rape scene allegedly filmed without the required intimacy coordinator.
‘Horizon,’ which Costner directed, co-wrote, starred in, and personally funded to the tune of $100M (even mortgaging his Santa Barbara mansion for it), made just $38M worldwide.
The lightning-fast sequel rollout plan was promptly scrapped by Warner Bros, and Chapter 3 is currently MIA with no financing in sight. At this point, Costner might want to start a GoFundMe — or a prayer circle.
Criterion's December lineup has some great additions to the library, but the title that jumped out at me is Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man," which officially joins the Collection on December 8.