Gunsmoke Headed to the Big Screen! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-06-2009, 12:14 AM

Dodge City is heading from TV history to the big screen, as CBS Films is developing a feature film based on Gunsmoke. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that National Treasure: Book of Secrets writer Gregory Poirier will write the screenplay and Craig Baumgarten (Shattered Glass) will produce. Poirier is close to finishing the first draft of the script.

The project is described as being set in the American West made famous in the TV series, but with a contemporary look and action sequences to appeal to modern audiences. Gunsmoke is the second longest-running primetime TV series (after The Simpsons), running from 1955-1975 and making household names of Marshal Matt Dillon, Doc Adams and saloon owner Miss Kitty.

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/08/05...-in-the-works/

catlover79 · 08-06-2009, 12:15 AM

Boy, Hollywood really has run out of ideas.

Marvo301 · 08-06-2009, 12:24 AM

Well Gunsmoke started as a radio series and then made the move to television so I guess the big screen would be the logical next step. That being said I wish they would leave our TV classics alone!!!!!

catlover79 · 08-06-2009, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Well Gunsmoke started as a radio series and then made the move to television so I guess the big screen would be the logical next step. That being said I wish they would leave our TV classics alone!!!!!

Ditto!! Plus, NO ONE can fill James Arness' shoes. Who would they get? Brad Pitt? Clooney? Colin Farrell? The Rock?

Zoneboy · 08-06-2009, 12:40 AM

This idea might work if and only if they....

Have a decent script
Find a good director
Find suitable actors to portray the roles

And finally above all else....

Keep Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and Owen Wilson away from it.

MacLeaper · 09-16-2009, 05:31 PM

I can't believe dreck like The Simpsons has overtaken a great quality show like Gunsmoke as the longest running American TV show. Sad...
I hope a movie version will do Gunsmoke justice.

JonWiley1985 · 09-21-2009, 11:02 PM

I Wish That The Movie Version Called Gunsmoke Will Coming To Theaters.

08-06-2009, 12:14 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Gunsmoke Headed to the Big Screen! Dodge City is heading from TV history to the big screen, as CBS Films is developing a feature film based on Gunsmoke. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that National Treasure: Book of Secrets writer Gregory Poirier will write the screenplay and Craig Baumgarten (Shattered Glass) will produce. Poirier is close to finishing the first draft of the script. The project is described as being set in the American West made famous in the TV series, but with a contemporary look and action sequences to appeal to modern audiences. Gunsmoke is the second longest-running primetime TV series (after The Simpsons), running from 1955-1975 and making household names of Marshal Matt Dillon, Doc Adams and saloon owner Miss Kitty. http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/08/05...-in-the-works/
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,453	Well Gunsmoke started as a radio series and then made the move to television so I guess the big screen would be the logical next step. That being said I wish they would leave our TV classics alone!!!!!
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09-16-2009, 05:31 PM	#6
MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	I can't believe dreck like The Simpsons has overtaken a great quality show like Gunsmoke as the longest running American TV show. Sad... I hope a movie version will do Gunsmoke justice.
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09-21-2009, 11:02 PM	#7
JonWiley1985 Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Sep 21, 2009 Location: High Point Posts: 3	I Wish That The Movie Version Called Gunsmoke Will Coming To Theaters.