Paramount to Develop a History-Based Action Adventure Called The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday

By Kevin Coll • December 18, 2009 • View Comments

Paramount Pictures has picked up an interesting action-adventure spec The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday from Chad St. John and plans to adapt into a Western-style tentpole in the vein of Pirates of the Caribbean.

The studio is keeping the plot under wraps, but the story is described as a history-based action adventure tale in the vein of Pirates. Holliday is the famously tuberculosis-ridden gunfighter best known for his friendship with Western lawman Wyatt Earp and for his role in 1881′s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz.

His most beloved portrayal is from Val Kilmer in the 1993 film Tombstone. Holliday is a great character for this type of idea but I just worry people will be hard pressed to rally around him due to the love of Val Kilmer’s portrayal. I can see though a studio casting someone like Robert Downey Jr. in the role.

Whats interesting about Holliday is like Jack Sparrow he is quirky but he has such an interesting backstory to play off of.  He is a cheerful mix of despair and courage.

Tales were told that he had murdered men in different parts of the country; that he had robbed and committed all manner of crimes, and yet, when persons were asked how they knew it, they could only admit it was hearsay (sort of like Sea Turtles).

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Kevin Coll

Kevin is a film freak, just ask him something movie related and he lights up like a Christmas tree. Originally his destiny was to go to film school, hit LA and try and become the next big thing. Circumstances change but in college, he fell in love with writing. After several failed attempts in starting a legit and hip school online magazine for his university Kevin moved into the blogosphere for himself and began Kevin’s Rant which in 2007 morphed into Fused Film. Kevin has contributed articles on other sites like Geeks of Doom and FilmShaft, he has also been a guest on podcasts for MovieViral and The Film Feed at FS.Net. His favorite movie of all time is Empire Strikes Back, he loves his Chucks, he is an avid Stargate fan and classic rock is his music scene. Email him at: kcoll@fusedfilm.com Follow His Twitter: FusedFilm