Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Wild West news supplemental

As soon as I posted the previous entry writer, Mathew Mayo sent me these details:



Gunsmoke to ride again

CBS Films is developing a theatrical version of GUNSMOKE, and they've hired Gregory Poirier, screenwriter of NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS to write it:
The action-adventure will re-imagine Marshal Matt Dillon, the hero of the classic Western, for modern audiences. The story will be set in the same American West as the original but will feature a contemporary look and modern action twists. Poirier is said to be close to completing a first draft of the script.

1 comment:

Charles Gramlich said...

hey, cool. I will defintely check this out, at least for Nostalgia's sake if nothing else.

Let's be careful out there......

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