Here’s some really interesting news: According to the LA Times, CBS Films is working on a big screen adaptation of the classic Western television show “Gunsmoke.” I SO hope this pans out, not only are westerns always great entertainment, Gunsmoke is an all-time favorite. Can you imagine the fun they’d have casting festus?! Steve Carrel, perhaps?
Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds have emerged as the top contenders for the role of Matt Dillon. Ryan Reynolds and his real life love, Scarlett Johansson would be perfect co-stars if she were to be cast as Miss Kitty to his Matt Dillon. However, sources indicate that, at the moment, Brad Pitt, is the front runner.
On the 1955 show, Dillon is the Western hero charged with maintaining law and order in a period Kansas town filled with colorful vagrants, misfits and desperadoes. He carries on in these adventures with the help of town physician Doc Adams and tavern owner Miss Kitty Russell.
Gregory Poirier, who wrote “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” has written a draft of the “Gunsmoke” script, and the studio is said to like it very much. I’ll let you know more details when I get my eager little hands on them.
*** Watch full episodes of Gunsmoke online at TVLand.com.
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