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The Latest update: The films will explore four years of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, following different characters (it reportedly has 150 speaking roles) as they navigate the conflict. According to Costner himself, the story will follow the known formula of “man-comes-to-town” but he will go deeper. “This isn’t Disneyland. These were real lives. People just making their way, women just trying to keep their families clean, fed — [they] basically worked to death. Women’s lives were short, all they did was work. And so I’m drawn to that. I’m always gonna get to my gunfight — but I’m drawn to the little things of what people had to endure,” the filmmaker said in his presentation.” The first film will be released in theaters June 28, followed by its second chapter just two months later, on Aug. 16. The second two films haven’t yet been filmed. Development of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 will depend on the success of the first two.