Deadwood", RIP?

Deadwood", RIP?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060512/en_tv_eo/19013;_ylt=ArvodPpGCdG7Y.VQls8MpPlxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
By Gina Serpe

Al Swearengen may be riding off into the effin' sunset a little sooner than expected.


HBO has confirmed that it will not pick up the contract options for Deadwood cast members, indicating that the upcoming third season of the cuss-happy western may be its last.

According to Variety, the ensemble's contracts will expire on June 11, the date of the third-season premiere, and while technically this makes any cancellation news premature, the chances of the show being resuscitated at this point are unlikely.

Great show. I hope they at least wrap shit up.

dead to me.

I'm still pissed about them cancelling Carnivale. Sons a bitches......

Loved that show.

next season of the wire.

Cocksucker! cocksuckers!
Al, to Wu: "I sure am glad I taught you that word."

EB Farnum: "Be brief."

Calamity Jane: "Be Fucked!"

EB Farnum: "Her gutter mouth, and the widow in an opium stupor. A conversation for the ages.”


and my favorite chunk of Swearingen philosopy:

Al - “In life you have to do a lot of things you don't fucking want to do. Many times, that's what the fuck life is... one vile fucking task after another.”

others:

Ellsworth:"I may have fucked my life up flatter than hammered shit, but I stand here before you today beholden to no human cocksucker."


Seth: What kind of man have I become, Sol?
Sol: I don't know. The night ain't fucking over.

still looking forward to this 3rd season though.

Sorry for that interruption.

Carry on.


:hide:

Deadwood Season 2 on DVD come May 23.

This is the single best show I have seen. David Milch is a genius.
I do not have HBO but am dreaming of watching the second season in
two or three our clips.

I am an 'old west' fan. But what is being done on the first season
is too strong.

My favorite Al Swear Engine lines was his comments on the
"deep thinkers in Washington"

I love that phrase.

the actor that is. A blazing liberal. Ian McShane was on Maher's show and knew more about our government than all the freepers combined.

I HAVE to watch reruns repeatedly because every time I watch I catch some phrase or bit of information I missed. The dialog is fantastic. I have not been this interested in a TV show since Homicide.

This could be posturing on HBO's part over salaries.

In other news:



Posted: Tue., May 9, 2006, 10:00pm PT
HBO riding surf wave
Nunn's 'surf noir' comes to smallscreen
By DENISE MARTIN, MICHAEL FLEMING
HBO and David Milch


..(HBO)execs are in discussions with Milch to pick up a one-hour pilot set in the world of surfing that Milch would write and exec produce. Nunn would co-write and co-exec produce.

In the same way Milch's dark take on "Deadwood" is atypical of the Western genre, his untitled surfing project is said to take a more somber approach to its subject.

Writing partner Nunn is best known for having pioneered the "surf noir" -- part surfer tall tale, part murder mystery -- made famous in his novels "Tapping the Source" (an American Book Award nominee), "The Dogs of Winter" and "Tijuana Straits." HBO project, however, will be an original work.

~snip~

Milch is in the middle of a two-year production pact with HBO, under which he is continuing to work on "Deadwood" while developing new projects for the cabler.

~snip~
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117942873?cs=1&s=h&p=0

That is my favorite show. How could they not sign them up for a new contract?