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They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

Update: 2025-08-15
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Teton Ridge has snagged the film and TV rights to Larry McMurtry’s legendary Lonesome Dove series, promising a fresh take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning saga of retired Texas Rangers on a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Montana. The original adaptation in 1989 became a Western classic, but will the remake live up to its legacy? And did you know that many of the characters and events in Lonesome Dove were inspired by real-life people and events? Today, we explore the remake rumors as
well as the true history behind Lonesome Dove: Charles Goodnight, Oliver
Loving, Bose Ikard, Nelson Story, and more! We’ll also share our favorite Lonesome Dove quotes and a bit of behind-the-scenes trivia.




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They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

They're Remaking Lonesome Dove!?

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