The Diva
06-07-2006, 05:38 PM
This forum has gone too long without a Deadwood topic and now look:
Deadwood Gets New Life
By Gina Serpe Mon Jun 5, 4:04 PM ET
Last month, HBO made the premature announcement that the upcoming third season of Deadwood would be its last. They were half right.
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The cable net has reached an agreement with David Milch, the cuss-friendly western's creator and exec producer, to wrap up the drama next year with a pair of two-hour TV movies rather than a fourth season.
"I am thrilled that we were able to figure out a way to continue," Milch told the Hollywood Reporter. "No one was ready to let go of the show. And I am really glad we have found a way to proceed that works creatively."
For the past month, it was assumed that Deadwood would be DOA come its season premiere after HBO announced it would not be renewing the contract options for its series' stars, which were set to expire on the date of the season opener, June 11.
As it is, the cable net will need to renegotiate deals with the cast anyway to account for the difference between a full season's contract and a contract for two two-hour installments.
The show's swan song incarnation is a happy medium for both Milch and the network, who previously had discussed a truncated six-episode final season in lieu of a full-blown 12-episode order.
According to Variety, Milch took issue with the idea of a shortened fourth season as each episode of Deadwood takes place over the course of one day and wrapping up the goings-on at the doomed encampment in, per the show's time, just six days, would not do the show, or its fans, justice.
By using the new TV movie format, which HBO will tout as special event presentations, Milch will be able to abandon his one show-one day format and wrap up the drama without the time constraints.
The promise of a proper Deadwood send-off will likely ingratiate the network to both fans and critics, as the drama has proved to be a critical favorite--racking up five Emmys out of 11 nominations last year, as well as nabbing series star
Ian McShane the Best Actor in a Drama nod at the 2005 Golden Globes as well as taking home a Peabody Award--and continued to be one of HBO's best performers last season.
But according to Variety, the show, set in the titular outlaw mining camp in the late 1870s, was also one of its priciest.
Each episode of the drama reportedly cost around $5 million to produce and took up to 16 days of shooting--a lot, even by HBO standards.
While no start or premiere date has yet been announced for the two-part four-hour series finale, it will need to revolve around Milch's production schedule for his new HBO pilot, John from Cincinnati. Production is expected to kick off shortly on that project, described as a "surf noir."
The third and final full season of Deadwood kicks off this Sunday on HBO.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=797&ncid=799&e=2&u=/eo/20060605/en_tv_eo/19188
So I've been watching Deadwood since the beginning, I believe someone else here watches it, Boondock Saint I believe or atleast did. How the hell have you guys not been watching it? It's possibly the greatest HBO series, even above Sopranos and yes, perhaps even above OZ.
Well anyway, my point is that this is ridiculous. They basically said the same thing when they cancelled Carnivale, I find the whole money thing hilarious seeing as Rome takes almost ten million an episode to make and is only maybe 1/4 as good as Deadwood(and does worse in ratings). If you're going to start a series, especially an HBO series, these creators and writers and shit need to have a plan to keep up with none of these"oh I have a first season, GIVE ME A SHOW!" Think ahead people, think ahead. Always seem like the best shows get cancelled yet the complete shit ones stay on for years: Alias anyone?
Deadwood Gets New Life
By Gina Serpe Mon Jun 5, 4:04 PM ET
Last month, HBO made the premature announcement that the upcoming third season of Deadwood would be its last. They were half right.
ADVERTISEMENT
The cable net has reached an agreement with David Milch, the cuss-friendly western's creator and exec producer, to wrap up the drama next year with a pair of two-hour TV movies rather than a fourth season.
"I am thrilled that we were able to figure out a way to continue," Milch told the Hollywood Reporter. "No one was ready to let go of the show. And I am really glad we have found a way to proceed that works creatively."
For the past month, it was assumed that Deadwood would be DOA come its season premiere after HBO announced it would not be renewing the contract options for its series' stars, which were set to expire on the date of the season opener, June 11.
As it is, the cable net will need to renegotiate deals with the cast anyway to account for the difference between a full season's contract and a contract for two two-hour installments.
The show's swan song incarnation is a happy medium for both Milch and the network, who previously had discussed a truncated six-episode final season in lieu of a full-blown 12-episode order.
According to Variety, Milch took issue with the idea of a shortened fourth season as each episode of Deadwood takes place over the course of one day and wrapping up the goings-on at the doomed encampment in, per the show's time, just six days, would not do the show, or its fans, justice.
By using the new TV movie format, which HBO will tout as special event presentations, Milch will be able to abandon his one show-one day format and wrap up the drama without the time constraints.
The promise of a proper Deadwood send-off will likely ingratiate the network to both fans and critics, as the drama has proved to be a critical favorite--racking up five Emmys out of 11 nominations last year, as well as nabbing series star
Ian McShane the Best Actor in a Drama nod at the 2005 Golden Globes as well as taking home a Peabody Award--and continued to be one of HBO's best performers last season.
But according to Variety, the show, set in the titular outlaw mining camp in the late 1870s, was also one of its priciest.
Each episode of the drama reportedly cost around $5 million to produce and took up to 16 days of shooting--a lot, even by HBO standards.
While no start or premiere date has yet been announced for the two-part four-hour series finale, it will need to revolve around Milch's production schedule for his new HBO pilot, John from Cincinnati. Production is expected to kick off shortly on that project, described as a "surf noir."
The third and final full season of Deadwood kicks off this Sunday on HBO.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=797&ncid=799&e=2&u=/eo/20060605/en_tv_eo/19188
So I've been watching Deadwood since the beginning, I believe someone else here watches it, Boondock Saint I believe or atleast did. How the hell have you guys not been watching it? It's possibly the greatest HBO series, even above Sopranos and yes, perhaps even above OZ.
Well anyway, my point is that this is ridiculous. They basically said the same thing when they cancelled Carnivale, I find the whole money thing hilarious seeing as Rome takes almost ten million an episode to make and is only maybe 1/4 as good as Deadwood(and does worse in ratings). If you're going to start a series, especially an HBO series, these creators and writers and shit need to have a plan to keep up with none of these"oh I have a first season, GIVE ME A SHOW!" Think ahead people, think ahead. Always seem like the best shows get cancelled yet the complete shit ones stay on for years: Alias anyone?