Kevin Costner pins hopes on Netflix as dream project takes toll on pockets

Kevin Costner can hope once more as his big budget dream movie Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One is getting good viewership on Netflix.

However, Kevin is still not in profit and hopes the streaming giant will buy him out so he can pay his debts.

“Kevin is good at projecting calm, experience and a generally level head, but behind the scenes the whole Horizon project has been stressful to him financially, physically and even intellectually,” a tipster, who worked with the Yellowstone star on Horizon, told Life & Style.

Horizon chapter one received a dismal critical response and failed to draw audiences to theaters. The second installment received better reviews, but still doesn’t have a theatrical release date.

The mole said Kevin “still doesn’t fully understand why the theatrical release of the first part of the story didn’t connect with most viewers, but he’s pressing forward with the rest of the films and he’s finally got some good news in the form of Chapter One’s excellent showing on Netflix, where it’s landed in the top ten.”

“And Kevin and his team need it to perform because right now, Netflix is the only company with deep enough pockets to completely bail him out of the hole Kevin has dug for himself with these movies,” the insider explained.

The mole said Kevin may have to sell his real estate properties if Netflix doesn’t buy him out, as it’s “the only company that can provide Kevin the resources to finish this saga in the next eighteen months without having to cut too many corners.”

“It’s a big check to write, but if the first movie continues to perform well for Netflix’s viewers, the expectation around town and even within Kevin’s Hollywood circle is that Netflix will eventually step up and buy the rights to the whole series and take Kevin out of debt,” they explained.