In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

What year does Hostiles take place?

The film is set in 1892, and Blocker is a veteran of America's ongoing wars in the newly settled West.

Is Hostiles a true story?

The movie is fictional, and is not based on a specific true story. The idea for the plot actually came from an old manuscript written by the late screenwriter Donald E. ... Stewart passed away in 1999, long before anything came of his script that would eventually become Hostiles, but the story didn't die with him.