Daniel Baur‘s K5 Intl. has sold out most of international on Kevin Costner‘s two-part Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga,” with only a few territories left, ahead of its world premiere Sunday in Cannes’ out of competition section.
K5 closed sales to Tobis Film (German-speaking territories), Metropolitan Filmexport (France), Stan Entertainment (Australia), Unicorn (Eastern Europe), SF Studios/AB Svensk (Scandinavia), Echo Lake Distribution (Airlines), EnterMode (South Korea), Falcon Films (Middle East), NOS Lusomundo (Portugal), Tanweer (Greece), MadMen (Australia), Parallax Studios/Saga Film (Philippines), Aqua Group (Turkey) and Myndform (Iceland).
Warner Bros./New Line will give the films wide releases in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Spain, Italy and the Netherlands on June 28 and Aug. 16.
Last year, Baur re-launched K5 Intl. with a new focus on high-budgeted elevated genre films and series. When Baur received the call from producer Howard Kaplan of Territory Pictures that he was looking for a home for Costner’s four feature film “Horizon: An American Saga,” with each movie budgeted over $100 million, he and his newly assembled sales team immediately came on board.
Kaplan said: “I have known Daniel Baur for years. When I heard he was relaunching K5 Intl., I knew he and K5 were the right partner for this project. There are currently very few territories available. The results speak to the great work by K5 Intl. and the outstanding reception for the ‘Horizon’ saga.”
Baur said: “Working on Kevin Costner’s project ‘Horizon’ has been a dream come true. Since ‘Dances With Wolves,’ I have been an admirer of Kevin’s work. The ‘Horizon’ saga tells the story of men and women who forged their way West seeking better lives for themselves and their families.”
Directed by Costner and co-written with Jon Baird, the films star Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt and Jamie Campbell Bower.
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