Kevin Costner defends bodily media, saying DVD isn’t useless and “that’s just what they’d have you believe.”
We’re huge champions of bodily media right here at JoBlo, and regardless of ongoing claims that it’ll quickly be going the best way of the Dodo, we’ve but to see its demise. Kevin Costner can also be a giant fan of bodily media, and when requested by Deadline concerning the supposed “death of the DVD,” he was fast to leap to its defence.
“Death of the what? DVD is not dead, at all,” Kevin Costner mentioned. “That’s what they’d have you ever consider. Maybe it’s not making the identical sum of money, however simply attempt to go ask for that from the studio. They gained’t give that up. Lots of people that like my motion pictures, they’ll’t get to a theater, and so they’re ready for that second. You can’t make your movie for the opening weekend. You should make it for its life.“
While it’s true that studios haven’t been placing the identical significance on bodily media as they as soon as did, it’s been nice to see boutique labels choose up the slack over time. Lesser-known motion pictures from across the globe have been given the status therapy, and I’ve actually found many new favourites due to Criterion, Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, Vinegar Syndrome, Shout/Scream Factory, and extra. Additionally, followers are rising uninterested in content material purges on streaming companies, which might be resulting in a bodily media comeback.
Kevin Costner’s subsequent mission is Horizon: An American Saga, which is able to span two elements (and maybe extra). In addition to directing and starring within the two-film saga, Costner additionally produced the mission and co-wrote the script alongside Jon Baird. “In the great tradition of Warner Bros. Pictures’ iconic Westerns, Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat, and tears of many,” reads the official synopsis. “Spanning the four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, Kevin Costner’s ambitious cinematic adventure will take audiences on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends, and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.” Despite the mission enjoying a job in his departure from Yellowstone, I believe plenty of followers are very enthusiastic about this one.
Horizon additionally boasts fairly the epic ensemble forged, which incorporates (take a deep breath right here) Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Michael Rooker, Will Patton, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Ella Hunt, Tim Guinee, Colin Cunningham, Scott Haze, Tom Payne, Abbey Lee, Georgia MacPhail, Douglas Smith, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Alejandro Edda, Wasé Winyan Chief, Michael Anganaro, Angus Macfadyen, Jon Beavers, Alex Nibley, Kathleen Quinlan, Etienne Kellici, Amos Jason Charging Cloud, Bodhi Okuma Linton, Gregory Cruz, James Russo, Jeff Fahey, David O’Hara, Chris Conner, Leroy M. Silva, Bernardo Velasco, Tom Everett, Glynn Turman, and extra. Phew.
The first a part of Horizon: An America Saga will likely be launched in theaters on June twenty eighth, adopted by the second half on August sixteenth. Maybe we’ll even get considered one of Costner’s well-known director’s commentaries for the Blu-ray launch.