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Miraculously, nearly every- one from the original cast has returned for "Deadwood's" swan song. The two faces of the series, Ian McShane ("American Gods") and Timo- thy Olyphant ("Justified"), re- prise their respective roles as cutthroat saloon proprietor Al Swearengen and stubbornly principled lawman Seth Bull- ock. Olyphant and McShane are only two of the many re- turning "Deadwood" alumni who went on to find enormous success elsewhere after the 2006 demise of the show, in- cluding Paula Malcomson ("Ray Donovan"), Dayton Cal- lie ("Sons of Anarchy"), Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad"), Robin Weigert ("Marvel's Jessica Jones") and Brad Dourif ("Once Upon a Time"). Against all odds, the huge en- semble cast has reconvened to deliver one final send-off to the show that gave many of them their break in the televi- sion industry. Back in 2004, "Deadwood" was an unusual creature. It had the superficial trappings of a classic western but re- fused to indulge in the sort of palatable good-versus-evil tales found in many examples of that genre. Cowboy/outlaw duels and fancy gunplay set pieces were replaced with ter- rifying and realistic outbursts of violence, and the show seemed obsessed with explor- ing the thin line between civi- lization and chaos, using the illegal frontier settlement of Deadwood, North Dakota, as the crucible for its analyses. The language in "Deadwood" eschewed historical realism in favour of dense, ornate dia- logue packed with modern profanity that called to mind an obscene Shakespeare more than it did a doughty man of few words like Clint East- wood. When "Deadwood" pre- miered, it was an immediate critical darling, but it never found the ratings footing it needed to survive beyond three seasons. The critical ac- claim never slowed over those three years, with the show winning eight Emmys (from a total 28 nominations), but other factors eventually led to the show's demise. "Dead- wood" was notorious for its chaotic set, with its unpredict- able showrunner, David Milch ("NYPD Blue"), doing things like rewriting dialogue for per- formers on the fly or replacing scripts with completely rewrit- ten material immediately be- fore a day of filming began. Between the modest ratings and the stressful set, "Dead- wood" was a logical target for cancellation, and in a surprise decision following the Season 3 finale, HBO announced that it would not be picking up the cast's options, indicating that a fourth season was unlikely. The HBO brass and Milch part- ed amicably, with HBO going out of its way to declare that the show was not officially canceled as such, and the door was left open to a con- tinuation of the series in one form or another somewhere down the road. Based on that "soft" cancel- lation, and the public state- ments of cast members claim- ing that they'd be willing to re- turn to some sort of wrap-up project for "Deadwood," it didn't take long for rumours of a return to start flying. Reports in 2007 had Milch agreeing to produce a pair of telefilms to close out the show, but that project never moved forward in a serious way. The cast of the show dispersed, "Dead- wood's" sets were eventually dismantled, and Milch pursued other projects. Every few years rumours of a return sparked again, but as time rolled on, the prospect seemed more and more unlikely. Then, in 2016, HBO's pro- gramming boss indicated that the network had given Milch the go-ahead to write a new movie-length "Deadwood" script. Two years later came the final announcement that the movie was on, most of the cast were returning, and that film- ing would begin in October 2018. Regardless of what the fu- ture holds for the creator and cast of "Deadwood: The Mov- ie," the film itself will go down as an unlikely bonanza for au- diences who held the original series dear and lamented its abrupt termination in the old- en days of 2006. Those audi- ences will be able to revisit their temporarily lost, impossi- bly resurrected favorite on Fri- day, May 31, when "Dead- wood: The Movie" debuts on HBO. Back from the 'Dead': Twelve years after a surprise cancellation, the 'Deadwood' team reunites featurestory Ian McShane stars in "Deadwood: The Movie"

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