Oscar winner Kevin Costner is hoping a few years from now, moviegoers will have the opportunity to binge 4 Horizon movies in theaters.

“Maybe two years from now, they will come to theaters for 12 hours,” he told the crowd of theater owners Tuesday at CinemaCon, where he spoke about his two-part Horizon films.

So far, only two of his planned four films have been made, he acknowledged, but he has two more scripts ready to go, should the risky film project he helped finance be successful.

“When I think about the promise of America, there was a promise out here, if you could go. If you were tough enough, if you were mean enough, if you were resourceful enough, if you were lucky enough, you could take what you wanted in America,” Costner said of the appeal of the American West. “That promise meant that we step on a whole group of people who had been here for thousands of years. But that’s what happened in America … I don’t pass judgment because I don’t want to look down on people’s resourcefulness.”

Horizon is described as a multi-faceted chronicle covering the Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. The story spans the four years of the Civil War, from 1861-1865, and is said to explore “the lure of the Old West and how it was won — and lost — through the blood, sweat and tears of many.”

Costner co-wrote the script with Jon Baird (The Explorers Guild) and produces through his Territory Pictures. Costner produced the New Line Cinema presentation alongside Howard Kaplan and Mark Gillard with Danny Peykoff, Robert Scannell, Armyan Bernstein, Charlie Lyons, Barry Berg and Rod Lake executive producing.

The project marks Costner’s return to the director’s chair for the first time since his 2003 film Open Range.

He’s still best known for his 1990 best picture Oscar winner Dances with Wolves.

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Costner’s CinemaCon appearance comes one day after Cannes Film Fest confirmed that the film, titled Horizon: An American Saga, will have its world premiere there on May 19.

Costner hasn’t been seen on the Cannes red carpet since he attended the festival more than 20 years ago, in 2003, for the world premiere of The Matrix Reloaded.

“I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come,” Costner said. “Horizon: An American Saga is a story that began 35 years ago, and I can’t think of a better place than Cannes to reveal to the world the result of such a wonderful adventure.

The French have always supported films and believed deeply in filmmaking. Just as I believe deeply in my film.”