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F**k Me, ​The ‘Deadwood’ Movie Is Looking To Start Production In Autumn 2018

F**k Me, ​The ‘Deadwood’ Movie Is Looking To Start Production In Autumn 2018

All the foul-mouthed and fondly missed HBO Western series needs now is the right-sized budget and all the old cast back together.

Chris Ogden

Chris Ogden

Ah, Deadwood. The short-lived yet critically acclaimed Western TV series that was furious and foul-mouthed as much as it is fondly missed.

For years since the show's cancellation in 2006, there have been rumours that series creator David Milch and HBO would be keen on a Deadwood movie.

Deadwood creator David Milch. Credit: PA

However, there was never the slightest hint that Deadwood's big screen return would actually happen. Until now.

According to the website TV Line, sources have confirmed that HBO is looking to start production for the long-awaited sequel in autumn 2018. The project isn't quite go yet, but you can start dropping a fuck in celebration now.

Suggestions of the film going ahead came from a comment made by Casey Bloys, HBO's top programming executive, last summer at the Television Critics Association press tour.

"The one thing that I was concerned about was I wanted a script that would stand on its own. David [Milch] totally delivered on that," Bloys said.

"I think it's a terrific script. If we can do it on a budget that makes sense for us, and if we can get the cast together, we're inclined to do it."

Bloys may be happy with the script now, but the film still needs to jump the hurdle of finding the right financial support.

There is also the small matter of re-uniting the show's massive original cast before the project can go ahead. That's a lot of personal schedules to negotiate.

It might be a challenge to get all the actors back in the same saloon, but at least one of them looks to be in on the secret already.

W. Earl Brown - who played the dodgy Gem Saloon worker Dan Dority in the original Deadwood series - reinforced the news on Twitter in true Deadwood style.

"The fucking cat is outta the fucking bag, or so it would seem," he tweeted, complete with a picture of said cat.

"Still ain't no guaranteed fucking thing though," he warned. "Making yer mark with a pencil ain't fucking binding. That's where the fuck we are at - pencilled in or the like."

You might want to start getting on that hard liquor now. The wait will pass before you know it and we can't fucking wait.

Source: Uproxx

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Entertainment, TV and Film, HBO, Hollywood