W. Earl Brown With Another ‘Deadwood’ Movie Update

W. Earl Brown knows his way around the internet, and thankfully for fans of HBO series Deadwood, he shares updates with us about how production on the long-awaited film is going.

Just today, Brown posted a lengthy set of tweets to his Twitter account titled “DISPATCHES FROM THE THOROUGHFARE”, all about how things are progressing on the feature film.

Also, fair warning, if you are NOT familiar with the use of colorful swearing in Deadwood‘s dialog, you may have your delicate sensibilities offended by the word choices within Brown’s tweets. (But seriously, Deadwood has always been almost Shakespearean in their use of our favorite four letter F word.)

DISPATCHES FROM THE THOROUGHFARE

While not having spit in my fucking palm and shook on it with a single one a you Hoopleheads on the Interwebs, I did promise to keep you cocksuckers up to date on the goings-on in the Muddy Thoroughfare…

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

…and a man is only as good as his fucking word, so here tis’:

This has been a hiatus week for the actors. Sets continued to be built; various departments worked at full steam; nothing was shot. DEADWOOD launched and/or boosted the careers of all involved…

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

…hence the actors are in demand which made scheduling the show a Herculean feat. So, there’s no “set news” to report (not that I will ever spill the beans about the script, the design, or anything that will spoil the experience of watching the finished film next spring).

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

I’ve been re-reading and comparing the various script drafts of the script. Not that I need reminding, but I’m in constant awe of the genius of The Maestro, David Milch. Anyone who has followed the show closely, knows that the Alpha and Omega Of DEADWOOD is Milch.

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

Dave is a complex person – a unique combination of intelligence & skill. There are numerous articles available online which attempt to dissect the many layers of The Maestro, but I am one of the blessed few who’ve gotten to work closely with him…

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

He has been one of my life’s great teachers.

I’ve encountered few intellects as immense as Milch’s – people who are truly genius level thinkers. But unlike those other Einsteins, Dave has an innate understanding of human nature…

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

…He has an uncanny ability to see directly into your spirit, to understand the broken pieces, and reach out in grace to heal them.

Now, before you form an idea of Dave as some sort of bead & sandal wearing shaman – stop.

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

Added into the mix of intelligence and intuition is a self-destructive streak a mile wide. His misadventures have been widely catalogued elsewhere, so I have no interest in trumpeting them any louder. As I said earlier, Dave is a complex person.

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

As with us all, since our earlier days on the Thoroughfare, Time has taken its toll on Dave. We are all grayer, slower, and ravaged by the ticking clock. But come Monday morning, I’ll be back in The Gem, pages in hand, working through the many layers of subtext…

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

…inherent in every word, and I’ll hear from the shadows, “yeah, um, Earl… when you that particular line, think of uh… there’s a passage in The Psalms that may offer illumination as to why you’d choose to say that, it goes…”

I look forward to that.#DeadwoodReturns

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— W. Earl Brown (@WEarlBrown) October 20, 2018

Man, we can’t WAIT for Deadwood the movie. We’ll let you know when we hear about an official release date.