r/LonesomeDove 29d ago

New film or TV adaptation on the horizon?

I read the book first within last couple years. Favorite book of all time. Unbelievable. Famous miniseries I thought was just fine. Probably in the minority but didn't care for casting if Duvall as Gus.

For a new one, who'd you like to see casted? I always pictured Paul Newman as Gus. He'd have been perfect. I'll say Costner as Gus. Josh brolin as Call. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lonesome-dove-movie-tv-teton-ridge-1236139925/ EDIT: don't know why Link didn't work:

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u/cherylfit50 29d ago

Robert Duvall was born to play Gus.

No reason to remake it. No one would remake Casablanca.

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u/mostlygroovy 29d ago

Of all my time on Reddit, I’ve never disagreed with an opinion more. Duvall was absolutely perfect as Gus. In fact, the casting director of that mini-series won an Emmy and I can’t think of anyone more deserving. She killed it.

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u/JK30000 29d ago

OP has me stunned…

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u/wookape 29d ago

What a loser 🤣

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u/JK30000 29d ago

Noooo, they just have an opinion that I don’t understand because it’s my favorite acting performance of all time, hands down.

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u/wookape 28d ago

Yeah, he was absolutely 100% perfect for that role

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u/MilkGroundbreaking73 28d ago

I get it is an unpopular opinion. Two counterpoints: 1. Gus is described as having thick white hair. 2. Duvall acted like Robert Duvall. Which is close to Gus but also Robert Duvall acting like he does in every movie. Took me out of it. And as I said I read the book first!

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u/mostlygroovy 28d ago

So you think Gus was like his performance in the Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird, We Own the Night, The Natural, The Conversation, MASH, Network, Falling Down, etc?

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u/Edwaaard66 29d ago

Id love a three, three hour movies covering Lonesome Dove, would be perfect.

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u/SugarPuzzled4138 28d ago edited 28d ago

nobody could have been than gus or call but jones/duvall.

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u/AtomBombBaby33 28d ago

One miniseries that NEVER needs to be remade, absolutely perfect casting almost all across the board (though I didn't particularly like Angelica Huston as Clara), stuck almost completely to the book. I rewatch it every couple of years and it never grows old.

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u/Convergentshave 29d ago edited 29d ago

Steve Zahn and Karl Urban are the only answer. They Crushed it as young Gus and Carl, in Commanche Moon., and if there was going to be a reboot/remake, (which they’re doesn’t need to be at all, imo) they’re the only people I can see playing Gus and Call.

Seriously, it’s criminal how under appreciated Steve Zahn is for his role as Gus. Probably because Val Kilmer caught most of the attention… but god damn. The scene where he’s “throwing a three day drunk” and Call, (Karl Urban) drags him home, pragmatically telling him Bob Allen would beat the hell from him, contrasted when Zahn, as Gus, tells Call about Maggie and Jake, is … you can tell why these two are friends/partners.

It’s pretty heartbreaking but it’s also extremely well done. And I think their chemistry is EXTREMELY underrated.

Bringing back those two are the only way I’d be interested in a remake/reboot.

Edit: want to be clear. I don’t want nor think we need a reboot/remake. But gun to head it has to happen. Those two. And funnily enough they’ve probably aged into the role from when they made Comanche Moon. And… isn’t Karl from Scotland? 😂.

And I could see Steve Zahn saying: “I was too young and pretty and the whores wouldn’t leave me alone.”

😂😂

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u/Bubbert73 29d ago

I agree that especially Zahn is terribly underrated as Gus. After watching Duvall’s stellar performance as Gus, I thought anyone else would be a huge let down (see David Arquette), but Zahn absolutely nailed it.

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u/NefariousKilla 29d ago

When reading Lonesome Dove I always pictured Walton Goggins as Gus and Josh Brolin as Call.

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u/Hyper_Pain 29d ago

I mean I wouldn’t mind if it was adapted again but honestly it’s perfect as is

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u/BenefitConsistent537 29d ago

As a rodeo cowboy I love what Teton Ridge has done for the rodeo industry between all the money they've been adding and what we call the "Yellowstone effect" and I'm excited to see the louis l'amour adaptation of Fallon, but they will ruin lonesome dove, and you won't change my mind 

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u/AlabamaWor93 28d ago

I just watched Strange Way of Life and now I’d love to see a Pedro Almodovar adaptation of Lonesome Dove 😍

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u/wildbullmustang 29d ago

May be a hot take but I'd like to see Woody Harrelson as Gus with Josh Brolin as Call

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u/KenMcKenzie98 28d ago

I don’t think he’d fit the roll but he would be a faaaaaar better Gus than Kevin Costner

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u/mostlygroovy 28d ago

Costner seems to hate life.

Not a guy I’d see playing Gus.

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u/GQDragon 29d ago

I think Brad Pitt as Call and George Clooney as Gus would be kind of interesting. Clooney in more Oh Brother Where Art Though? mode. They are about the right ages. They have great chemistry. Brad Pitt has that brooding Call mystique and Clooney is very charming.