Deadwood - Ian McShane Talks Possible Movie

Many Deadwood fans — myself included — were horrified at the unexpected departure of Al Swearengen from our television screens. Is there even the slimmest possibility of seeing him again?
Well, you never know with that. Never say never with something like that. It was such a great experience. The best ever. I mean, three years of maybe the finest show ever on television. Everybody talks about The Wire and whatever. I’ve watched all of them and I just think Deadwood has something the others didn’t. It concentrated on the town. It was as big a character as anybody in it.
David Milch, who created it and who I love dearly, he still wants to do it. I guess it will come down to if it’s feasible. It was a hugely expensive show. That was the reason why it was taken off. It wasn’t just HBO involved, it was Paramount TV and David and the contracts. There was a load of stuff that went down. But he would love to see it come back. He would like to do two two-hour movies to finish it off.

When was the last time you spoke with him about this?
I speak to him on a regular basis, as a friend. I had lunch with him a couple of months ago and he was wishing that, you know… But he’s got this new show coming out with Michael Mann called Luck on HBO. So we’ll see. You never know!

Source: Entertainment Weekly