Just over 10 years ago—August 2006—Deadwood ended its run; pretty abruptly. A promised wrap-up movie or two never materialized.
But reports indicate that writer/creator David Milch is well on the way to completing a script for a movie. All the main characters will be included, from Seth Bullock to Al Swearengen to Cy Tolliver to Calamity Jane.
What’s not clear: when will the film be finished? And will the lead actors—especially Timothy Olyphant (Bullock), Ian McShane (Swearen

True West March/April 2025
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- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus