Deadwood Movie Script Is Finished, Says W. Earl Brown

"It's stunning."

By Alex Osborn

W. Earl Brown, the actor who plays Dan Dority in Deadwood, has confirmed the script for HBO's highly-anticipated TV movie is complete.

Brown shared the news in a string of posts on Twitter, saying "I've read the Deadwood film script. It's stunning." He chronicled his experience reading all 126 pages, saying the hour and a half it took him to read it was both "thrilling" and "heartbreaking."

He went on to note that he does indeed have the completed version, after having read (or had Deadwood creator David Milch read to him) portions of it over the past two years.

Earlier this year, HBO reaffirmed its interest in getting the film made, with HBO president Casey Bloys confirming that Milch was still working on the script, but Bloys had not seen it yet.

Deadwood spanned three seasons that ran from 2004 to 2006. The series, set in Deadwood, South Dakota, centered around Sheriff Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) and other members of the corrupt town. For more on HBO's hit western crime drama, read IGN's glowing review of Deadwood Season 3.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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