The Deadwood movie still isn't any closer to being a reality than it was six months ago. The good news, though, is that HBO is still looking to get the David Milch project made.
Deadwood has been off the air for more than a decade, but in recent years there's been a groundswell to see the story continued in a TV movie. In 2015, HBO acknowledged that there had been "preliminary conversations" to resurrect Deadwood. Then-HBO president Michael Lombardo confirmed in January 2016 that creator David Milch had the greenlight to move forward to the project.
When Lombardo departed HBO, it was unclear whether his successor Casey Bloys would continue the quest to make the Deadwood movie a reality. In August 2016, Bloys told the TV Critics Association that Milch was writing a script. "I feel good about it," Bloys said at the time.
Speaking to TVLine at the 2017 winter TCA press tour, Bloys reconfirmed that the Deadwood movie is being worked on but said he still hasn't seen that script Milch is writing.
"I haven’t read [series creator David Milch]’s script yet,” Bloys said. “I know he’s working on it. But I have not seen anything yet."
When asked if this project is actually going to become a reality, Bloys responded vaguely by saying, "I couldn’t even put odds on it. I don’t want to get your hopes up or disappoint you in any way, so I’ll just say I don’t have any news. Which I truly don’t."
Deadwood ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2006 on HBO. The character-focused Western centered on Sheriff Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), saloon owner Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) and the other residents of the corrupt, crime-ridden town of Deadwood, South Dakota.
Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz.
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