In an interview with the "Los Angeles Times" on July 20, 2018, Robin Weigert said that a "Deadwood" film would likely be filmed in the fall of 2018: "It’s safe enough to say film is happening this fall." She explained: "There’s a set being built and tax incentives to get it done. A lot of have signed on. There’s a 90% chance it’ll finally happen." Five days later, on July 25, HBO confirmed that a "Deadwood" movie had been greenlit and that Dan Minahan, who directed four episodes in the series' original run, would direct the film, with production set to begin in October 2018. According to research requested by the producers, the film is likely to be set in 1889, approximately 10 years after the end of season 3. On August 21, 2018, W. Earl Brown gave his thoughts on the final draft of the script saying, "in the course of those two hours, my emotions ricocheted in every fucking direction: exhilaration to melancholy; hoots of joy to screams of despair. The Maestro has topped himself. The structure is essentially the same as the first version I read a year and a half ago, but the complexities of the relationships, the emotional peaks and depths, are all sharpened to a razor fine edge. It’s gut wrenching."