Kevin Costner sued over costume costs amid financial woes

Just a few more dollars. Kevin Costner, according to The Hollywood Reporterstruggles to complete the financing of his western Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 3. Added to these difficulties is a complaint for breach of contract filed in a California court by Western Costume, a costume rental company.

The company is asking for $400,000, for an initial unpaid bill of $134,000. The rental company believes that the American director’s production company “did not respect the agreed price for the costumes and did not return them in good condition”, he claims more than $350,000 in damages, according to the site People . Last May, the company already had to settle a costume dispute with another company, which claimed $350,000.

50 million dollars out of his pocket

Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 2 was announced for September 2024, but the film was postponed and does not yet have a release date. The first chapter did not meet with the expected success last summer, with 39 million dollars in revenue for a budget of around a hundred million dollars. Poor performance for this epic and lively choral story. Three other sections were planned. The irreducible Costner, who achieved recognition as an actor and director with Dances with Wolves (1990), put in $50 million from his own pocket.

This was probably not enough. The third chapter is at a standstill, despite discussions last year between Kevin Costner and senior Saudi officials about hypothetical financing. According to The Hollywood Reporterthe “the most profitable cowboy in cinema” has lost its splendor. Another difficulty, he faces an action brought by a stuntwoman, due to a rape scene without an intimacy coordinator on the set of the second part.