Listen Up You Fucking Hoopleheads! HBO Pres Promises A DEADWOOD Movie "Is Going To Happen"!
(TVLine) Reports of a Deadwood comeback have not been greatly exaggerated. Quite the opposite, in fact.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo confirmed to TVLine that he personally gave series creator David Milch the green light to resurrect the acclaimed yet painfully short-lived Western.
“David has our commitment that we are going to do it,” says Lombardo. “He pitched what he thought generally the storyline would be — and knowing David, that could change. But it’s going to happen.”
The exec says that the revival — which would take the form of a movie versus a limited series — was born out of a “palpable” sense he had that Milch “has something left unsaid” with regard to Deadwood, adding “I’ve known him for a while and it feels like it’s something he’s not done talking about.”
Timing wise, Lombardo says Milch has another project he’s currently working on, “But the understanding is that when he is done with that he will turn his attention to [writing the] script for the Deadwood film.”
And what about the potential scheduling nightmare that awaits trying to corral the show’s busy, in-demand cast? “I’m going to leave that in David’s hands,” Lombardo says with a smile. “He’s confident he will be able to.
“The cast is unbelievably [tight],” he adds. “Some casts and creators form a bond that becomes relevant for the rest of their lives. This was a defining moment for a lot of them.”
Holy shit, just when you think yesterday couldn’t be any better, this monster news drops at 10 o’clock last night. A FUCKING DEADWOOD MOVIE! FINALLY!
This isn’t one of those ‘oh maybe it might happen’ things. This is really gonna happen. I mean, fucking Dan Dority himself is Tweeting it out.
And fans of one of the truly great TV shows of this century will finally get closure on the shady hustlers and dusty denizens of the famed South Dakota town.
Sadly, one of the legacies of the ribald Western was that it never got a proper ending due to the writers’s strike. Without a planned and proper finale, the show, through no fault of its own, wasn’t given a landing to stick. So it just abruptly ended. Instead of joining Don Draper, Tony Soprano, and Walter White as iconic anchors on four of the greatest dramas ever, Al Swearengen got fucking jobbed. Because his character is every bit as rich and complex as the three above.
But now, HBO and David Milch can fix that. What’s amazing is that basically the entire main cast is still alive and working 10 years after the show went off the air. They all speak almost religiously of their on-set experiences so getting the band back together should be no problem at all. Can’t fucking wait.
Then again….
Announcin’ your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.
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