The award-winning western series, starring Ian McShane, is receiving a full-length TV movie 11 years after it finished

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After years of speculation, the Deadwood movie has finally been confirmed at HBO.

The cult western series, which starred Ian McShane as a saloon owner in 1870s South Dakota, will return 11 years after it ended its three-season run.

The news was confirmed at the annual Television Critics Association conference by HBO’s president, Casey Bloys. The network is eyeing an October production start with the full-length feature potentially airing as early as Spring 2019.

“All of these people worked hard to get this together,” Bloys said. “It’s been a logistics nightmare getting all the cast members’ schedules together, but we are there. It is greenlit.”

Earlier this month, star Robin Weigart teased that new sets were already being constructed for the show. Dan Minahan, who directed four episodes of the original series, will take charge of the movie.

“There is [a script],” said McShane last year. “I had lunch with David Milch just last week. They’re hoping it will [happen] ... whether it’s just pie-in-the-sky bullshit, I don’t know. There is a script. It’s being rewritten, but they could say it’s being rewritten for another 10 years.”

During its run, Deadwood won seven Emmys and gained a cult following.

The announcement was one of many revealed by HBO, including a Spring premiere date for the final season of Veep and an October launch for Lena Dunham’s remake of the British Julia Davis comedy Camping.