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Trailers I've seen have repeated scenes of one character kicking another in the chest/torso. Did that happen often in traditional westerns? Seems more like a modern fighting cliche in recent films. I thought most cowboys used their fists or guns?

Reported budget for the first two films is $100 million, so they'd need to average a gross of about $150 million each to reach profitability. Not out of reach, but it would probably have to be mostly from North America as I don't think westerns always travel well internationally.

It'll be interesting to see if these all get wide theatrical releases. Seems like if the first or second bombs or disappoints, the rest may go to streaming or be limited releases. I'm somewhat skeptical that mass audiences will want to sit through potentially 12 hours of this in theaters.

It seems like they're committed to make all four parts. Supposedly the third film would already be shooting if not for the Hollywood strikes last fall. Costner is reportedly also self-financing a fair share of the cost, so it's not all on the studio.