Kevin Costner debuts trailer for his Western epic ‘Horizon: An American Saga’

Kevin Costner on Monday unveiled the trailer for his four-film project “Horizon: An American Saga” that he co-wrote, produced, directed and stars in.

Kevin Costner on Monday unveiled the trailer for his four-film project “Horizon: An American Saga” that he co-wrote, produced, directed and stars in. “What you build, they will burn down,” Sam Worthington says in the trailer, while giving what appears to be a pep talk to a group of soldiers. The statement is emblematic of clips shown throughout the preview, which features images of sweeping southwestern landscapes dotted with majestic mesas, burning homes and wagons and action-packed sequences of gun-slinging men on horseback engaging in battles to protect their land and families. “You’re not taking the full measure of this, Mary,” Costner ominously says in the trailer to actress Abbey Lee, who appears to be his character’s love interest. “I know the man I met was on his way to kill everyone in that house.” The first film spans the four years of the Civil War between 1861 and 1865 and chronicles “the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many,” according to an official synopsis. The Oscar-winner’s directorial vision, the synopsis reads, “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.”