{"id":2248888,"date":"2024-05-20T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-says-he-knocked-on-every-boat-in-cannes-to-get-financing-for-3rd-horizon-movie\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:42:28","slug":"kevin-costner-says-he-knocked-on-every-boat-in-cannes-to-get-financing-for-3rd-horizon-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-says-he-knocked-on-every-boat-in-cannes-to-get-financing-for-3rd-horizon-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner went door-to-door in Cannes for 3rd &#8216;Horizon&#8217; movie funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-costner-says-he-knocked-on-every-boat-in-cannes-to-get-financing-for-3rd-horizon-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kevin Costner passionately pursues funding for his \u200dWestern project, investing $38 million of his own money. The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citizens-united-celebrates-major-victory-on-halting-zuckerberg-money-influencing-elections\/\" title=\"Citizens United Celebrates 'Major Victory' on Halting Zuckerberg Money Influencing Elections\">film premiered<\/a>\u200c at Cannes and will be nationally \u2062released \u200csoon. \u200dCostner&#8217;s\u200d dedication \u200dreflects his values and \u2063willingness to\u200b take risks, even leveraging his assets for the project. Warner Bros. is backing the upcoming installments of the saga. Kevin Costner \u200bis\u2062 fervently seeking funding for\u2063 his Western project,\u200c committing $38 \u2063million of his personal funds. The initial film debuted at Cannes and is set for a national release. Costner&#8217;s \u200cdetermination mirrors his values and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-men-are-more-likely-than-ever-to-stay-jobless-remain-at-parents-homes\/\" title=\"Young Men Are More Likely Than Ever To Stay Jobless, Remain At Parents\u2019 Homes\">risk-taking nature<\/a>, going as far as using his assets for the venture.\u2063 Warner \u200cBros. is\u2063 supporting the forthcoming\u200b chapters of the saga.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-costner\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kevin Costner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  said he\u2019s been knocking on doors at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cannes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cannes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Film Festival looking for backers to finance the next installments of his country Western passion project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 69-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">actor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  confirmed he put up $38 million of his own money into the project he\u2019s been obsessing over for decades. The first film, \u201cHorizon: An American Saga,\u201d debuted at Cannes over the weekend before<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> its national release on June 28. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThat\u2019s the message I want my kids to understand about who I am: that I do what I believe in,\u201d Costner told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/kevin-costner-gq-cover-story\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GQ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of taking such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">big risk<\/a>. \u201cI have fear like everybody else. I don\u2019t want to be humiliated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The actor also commented on taking out a mortgage on his Santa Barbara home to help finance the project. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s okay, maybe I lose that. But it\u2019s: Have I lost myself?\u201d he told the outlet of making that decision. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warner Bros. is releasing the first two installments of the project this summer and production has already started on the third despite the second two movies not yet being fully funded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey\u2019re going to happen regardless, but they\u2019re not already funded,\u201d Costner said. \u201cI got my suitcase on the end of the street, you know, and seeing: Where are all you brave, rich billionaires? If I hear the word billionaire one more time, I think I\u2019m going to puke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI need somebody that\u2019s impulsive, is emotional, has money, and wants to go west,\u201d Costner said of his ideal investors. \u201cAnd it\u2019s like: Now let\u2019s see how much of a gambler you are. Because everything I have is in the movie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked at a Cannes press conference about his struggle to finance the project, Costner said, \u201cI don\u2019t know why it was so hard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou saw the movie. I don\u2019t know why it was so hard to get people to believe in the movie that I wanted to make,\u201d he said, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/horizon-budget-kevin-costner-spent-38-million-dollars-1236010354\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Variety<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cYou know, I don\u2019t think my movie is better than anybody else\u2019s movie, but I don\u2019t think anybody else\u2019s movie is better than mine. I don\u2019t go out into the world with something I don\u2019t think is good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve knocked on every boat in Cannes to help me,\u201d Costner said of trying to get more financial backers. \u201c\u2018Oh come, we\u2019ll have a picture.\u2019 No, come get your checkbook out. Let\u2019s talk money!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So far, critics at Cannes have given \u201cHorizon\u201d mixed reviews.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Cannes, Kevin Costner sought investors for his Western project. The 69-year-old actor revealed investing $38 million of his own money in the long-cherished project. 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