Like a zombie that just won't stay down, the Western is looking to make another return. Paramount is betting that it can revive the genre as a Pirates Of The Caribbean-style tentpole franchise thanks to an action adventure pitch called** The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday**.
There are no plot details yet, but with that name in the title, you know it will involve the legendary, tuberculosis-ridden gunslinger John Henry "Doc" Holliday, a man still best known for his friendship with fellow bullet-flinger Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Many of you might also remember him from the likes of 1993's Tombstone, where Val Kilmer played him with typically quirky flare, or when Dennis Quaid took on the role in the following year's Wyatt Earp.
He's certainly a juicy character for any Johnny Depp-alike character actor looking to make a studio breakthrough, and with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing, Paramount is clearly making a big deal out of it.
So come on, then: who do you see in the lead? And will they keep the dying-slowly-from-tuberculosis bit if they're aiming for a family-friendly franchise?