The movie "Deadwood" begins production with the return of most actors of the original series

Fans of "Deadwood" have been holding their breath for years, in the hope that their beloved canceled series will end up making a movie, and that these wishes finally come true.

RELATED: Ian McShane, star of "Game Of Thrones", to fans too obsessed: "Have a good life"

HBO announced that the production of the movie "Deadwood" has begun

The network also told the plot of the highly anticipated film: "In the film" Deadwood ", the indelible characters of the series are gathered after ten years to celebrate the state of South Dakota. Old rivalries are rekindled, alliances tested and old wounds reopened, leaving all the means to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have brought.

Most actors in the original series are expected to return for the film, including Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Molly Parker, Paula Malcomson, John Hawkes, Anna Gunn, Dayton Callie, Brad Dourif, Robin Weigert, William Sanderson, Kim Dickens and Gerald McRaney . . Newcomer Jade Pettyjohn also joins the group.

During the Television Critics Association's press tour in July, HBO chief Casey Bloys officially announced that a "Deadwood" movie was scheduled to start filming in October, with a first scheduled for spring 2019, according to the same source. The Hollywood journalist.

The creator of the series David Milch returns to write the film and the director Daniel Minahan will take care of the shooting.

The rough and grainy western series was originally aired on HBO for three seasons, from 2004 to 2006.

RELATED: Harington Kit "quite moving" since the shooting of "Game of Thrones"

The discussion of a possible film or mini-series "Deadwood" tracking began almost immediately after the announcement of the cancellation of the series.

In last year's TCA projects, the project began to be more likely when Bloys told reporters that he had read Milch's screenplay.