My point still stands that a major studio is backing the distribution of the film.
True, but when studios merely distribute a film they collect a fee and/or a percentage and they have nothing to lose, so it's a very different situation from a studio financing a film and risking millions.
They're clearly distributing this based on the success of Yellowstone, knowing there's no risk/downside for them if nobody actually goes to see it.
Sound of Freedom actually had the exact same kind of distribution deal with 20th Century Fox originally, it just fell apart when the studio was sold.
I suspect Costner has enough money and is shrewd enough to make this endeavor without losinga dime. He might not make a lot of money with this. But he will have secured his investment with home video/streaming/foreign box office.
I am looking forward to these films. But I am old, and I guess most Yellowstone fans will wait for streaming.
I suspect Costner has enough money and is shrewd enough to make this endeavor without losinga dime. He might not make a lot of money with this. But he will have secured his investment with home video/streaming/foreign box office.
I am looking forward to these films. But I am old, and I guess most Yellowstone fans will wait for streaming.
I agree, I'm sure there's enough interest in this movie that it won't lose any money.
It's a passion project he's wanted to make for many years, and I think it's great that such a personal film can get made in the current movie ecosystem, which isn't usually friendly to sweeping, thoughtful historical dramas.
I think this movie will be very successful, personally. Costner has had a renewed career interest due to Yellowstone and I do believe older audiences are wanting to come back to the cinemas for this specific type of movie. I don't think it is gonna do Oppenheimer or Barbie or MCU numbers but as a Western I think it will enjoy a healthy box office. Of course the movie's quality will determine its outcome to its intended audience. But as far as marketing goes, showcasing an earlier teaser like this is a good start.
And as far as I know, this is Costner and Baird adapting one of their books as a film right?
Wow, that western looks very good. Always liked the music to Open Range and Dances with Wolves, so I'm hoping Kevin Costner gets great music from Debney.
Anyone know what music was used in the trailer? Is it Debney's music or from somewhere else?
Probably the one movie this year I have a real interest in watching - in the cinema. Debney is not among my favourite composers, I only have probably 3-4 CDs by him, but I hope he delivers something worthwile for this movie.
Looks like another great film from Kevin Costner is on the way. Kevin is in his element with a western. Looking forward to June and August. The score sounds as epic as the story will be.Welcome back to the movie theater,Kevin. America needs westerns.
Sorry, but I just don't see and hear what others are seeing and hearing. I hear bad trailer music. I see nothing in two and-a-half minutes that says "Watch me". I see a bunch of actors who look mis-cast -- and I have watched a fair share of good westerns from mainly television, to film. I see a nicely-shot film, though nothing about it grabbed me, that looks like every other nicely-shot film.
I have high hopes for the Debney score, but that's about it.
Roger Ebert's site didn't really like the first installment of this movie. It did have this to say about the score.
The score is equally telling: It’s a gorgeous, big, triumphant Old Hollywood score whose most sympathetic notes are reserved for the film’s white characters.
Interesting to see how we're now having to account themes with ethnicity, if that review is anything to go by. Maybe this film ain't woke enough for the modern generation.
Hurdy, the review does compare this movie to How the West Was Won. HWWW shows the white migration through the West and makes the Native Americans the bad guys in that movie. Decades later note how Dances With Wolves changes that perspective. I imagine this movie will do that also.
We are so used to revisionism now, with historical movies having to place African American and other type characters in prominent and authoritative roles, when in actuality, they very likely had much more servile roles.
