Deadwood And The Genius It Rode In On

[divider type=”thin”] If you heard a collective gasp and then screams of joy over the weekend, it’s because the long-rumored story of a Deadwood movie officially got a status change. To actually fucking happening. If you know a Deadwood fan, then you’ve heard how Deadwood died in HBO’s arms after 3 seasons to make way for another David Milch project: John From Cincinnati. That show lasted less than 6 episodes before its cancellation was announced, so essentially, it was cancelled for nothing. To cool the flames, many Deadwood performers and attached parties, including Milch himself, talked about a movie to tie a bow on the series story. That was back in 2007.[quote_right]”Deadwood stands at the top of a very distant mountaintop of television shows.”[/quote_right] Now, HBO is officially saying it’s happening, though many of the recognizable stars from the show went on to do big things in other shows (Timothy Olyphant = Justified, Anna Gunn = Breaking Bad, Paula Malcolmson = Hunger Games / Ray Donovan, Kim Dickens = Treme / Fear the Walking Dead, etc). Milch is confident he can pull them together, and frankly, he can pull it off. With the excitement of what this movie could be, three Deadwood Superfans came together to share their favorite moments from the short-lived series and break down the genius it operated on. Scott Woods’ Scenes Deadwood is easily one of the greatest television shows ever. The Wire earns every prop it gets, but there is no show with better written charac…