Deadwood

The prospect of a Deadwood revival movie is heating up now that creator David Milch has turned in a complete script, but assembling the cast is another matter. Thankfully, the movie’s most vocal proponent came prepared, as Ian McShane would balance Deadwood with Starz’s American Gods.

Deadwood revival updates have been few and far between these days, beyond star Ian McShane’s occasional insistence that creator David Milch was hard at work. At the very least, McShane’s latest claims prove to be true, as another series alum reveals they’ve read the completed movie script, calling it “f–ing thrilling and f–ing heartbreaking.”

Now that any HBO viewer can buy their own streaming package outside a cable subscription, one had to wonder what would become of Amazon Prime’s old deal to host some of the network’s best shows. Sadly, you may have only weeks to catch some of HBO’s best series like The Wire or Six Feet Under, which are leaving Amazon behind.

Ian McShane is an adorably irregular source of information; one minute spoiling Game of Thrones, and the next promising Deadwood updates that never come to pass. The latest rings closer to the latter, as the erstwhile Al Swearengen says the next move is officially HBO’s, and a decision might be incoming.

Just when you thought Nic Pizzolatto might have formally lain True Detective to rest, in comes Deadwood riding to the rescue. Reports indicate that Season 3 of HBO’s once-revered anthology series is in development at last, shepherded by none other than Deadwood boss David Milch.

The latest HBO press conferences came and went without any significant update on a Deadwood revival, but even if HBO hasn’t yet read any of David Milch’s scripts, star Kim Dickens has. The Fear The Walking Dead lead teases new scenes that the Deadwood creator previewed for her, including a brand-new top hat.

Deadwood creator David Milch reportedly once had stacks of scripts ready to go for a movie revival of his revered historical drama, but that doesn’t mean HBO has seen one word of them. The network offered an updated on the prospect that while Milch continues working on a script, they’ve not necessarily approved any drafts.

Deadwood boss David Milch supposedly has stacks of scripts ready to go for an all-but-greenlit HBO revival, but hasn’t yet finalized a deal with the cable network, especially after its recent regime change. That said, series star Ian McShane is still more than game to return, suggesting a deal might be finalized as early as late 2016.

Deadwood has gone suspiciously quiet since we first learned that HBO had in mind to follow through on a long-awaited movie revival, though creator David Milch’s professional controversies have somewhat pulled focus since. Now, we’ve learned that Milch has piles of treatments and potential scripts ready to go, eying up to two Deadwood movies as soon as he’s free.

Hope of hopes, the long-awaited Deadwood revival got our hopes ups a few months back with talk that the movie reunion had finally gotten off the ground, but in the world of TV, months can be a lifetime. Now, HBO’s president swears up and down that the movie will happen, just as soon as David Milch finds the opportunity (and cast).