Like rom-coms and sports dramas, the Western genre is seeing renewed traction outside of the multiplex, which could bring aboard more financiers to indie projects
with a production budget sitting at approximately $1.5 million, traveled to the Venice Film Festival and after made its way to the No. 1 spot on iTunes movies chart in the U.S., where it stayed in the top 10 for eight weeks. The National Board of Review named it one of its Top Ten Independent Films of 2021, and former President Barack Obama named it as one of his favorite movies of 2021.
While the movie did receive a limited theatrical run via its executive producing partner Shout! Studios at 35 theaters, it was the film’s prominence on the iTunes chart, sitting alongside Marvel superheroes and James Bond, that caught the industry’s attention. “After the TV show, I thought I made it to Hollywood,” says Ponciroli, who is based in Nashville and runs Hideout Pictures with partner Shannon Houchins. “But that wasn’t the case.
The Western is an integral part of Hollywood history, invoking images of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood and scores of Ennio Morricone. But as of late, the genre hasn’t been a quick draw at the box office. The 2016 star-studded remake of
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