Twelve years after Deadwood last aired on HBO, the network finally announced plans to revive the gritty Western series as a feature-length film. Plans for a Deadwood movie have routinely sputtered in the dozen years since the David Milch-produced show ended abruptly after its third season. However, HBO president Casey …
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It was the best of worlds, it was the worst of worlds. Like no episode before it, this week’s voyage to Westworld (“Les Écorchés”) was the proverbial non-stop action thrill ride – a carnival midway of cool sci-fi/horror imagery and visceral combat. It had James Marden’s Teddy going full Terminator, …
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Remember when summer used to be the dead zone for TV programming? Ha! Now it’s the time when a young upstart like Paramount Network (R.I.P., Spike TV) can drop two swing-for-the-fences shows – one set in the modern Wild West, the other in swingin’ Seventies SoCal – featuring glossy production …
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