No, a new Tombstone movie remake is not coming out. The Facebook user YODA BBY BB recently took to the social media platform to put up a new fake poster.
Both can be seen in Western regalia giving a stern look to the camera as the poster teases an August 2024 release for this alleged new film. Fans can turn off their radar on this remake though, as there is no confirmation for any kind of Tombstone project to be produced or released and the poster itself being fanmade.
FAQs: Are the rumors regarding Tombstone's remake genuine? A movie poster featuring Jamie Foxx and Will Smith together is circulating on social media, indicating the comeback of Tombstone or its remake. However, the rumors are not genuine.
Which should I buy? The movie Tombstone (1993) has two versions: The theatrical release and the director's cut from 2002, which has 6 (not 9, as commonly believed) minutes of extra footage inserted in.
The film is loosely based on real events that took place in the 1880s in Southeast Arizona, including the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride. It depicts several Western outlaws and lawmen, such as Wyatt Earp, William Brocius, Johnny Ringo, and Doc Holliday.
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What illness did Doc Holliday have?
Doc Holliday—gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist—dies from tuberculosis. Though he was perhaps most famous for his participation in the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, John Henry “Doc” Holliday earned his bad reputation well before that famous feud.
No, a Tombstone remake starring Matthew McConaughey is not in production. However, this would not be such an unusual casting for fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McConaughey is confirmed to star in a new spin-off of the hit series Yellowstone.
He explained that every mustache on the set of the film was actually grown by the actors who wore them, at the request of the film's screenwriter and original director, Kevin Jarre, except for one: "Everyone just grew a mustache.
They were both pretty accurate. “Tombstone” just concentrated on the events leading to the gunfight at the OK Corral and it's aftermath. The Costner film went into more of his entire life. A central figure in the narrative of how the west was won, Wyatt Earp and his story became an American legend.
Does Val Kilmer really play the piano in Tombstone?
Kilmer learned to play the piano specifically for the scene in which Doc plays Chopin's Nocturne in E minor. Kilmer's dedication to his role extended beyond piano playing, as he also learned Latin for a tense scene with Johnny Ringo.
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder.
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, and Deputy Town Marshal in the Old West. In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Earp took part in the Gunfight at (near) the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaws. Earp at about age 42.
Summary. Kurt Russell's performance as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone is one of his most defining roles, but it almost starred Richard Gere instead. Russell fell in love with the story and convinced Disney to distribute the film. Kevin Costner, who was originally attached to the film, left to make a rival biopic of Wyatt Earp ...
Wyatt was never wounded in any of the gunfights, unlike his brothers Virgil and Morgan or Doc Holliday, which added to his mystique after his death. After leaving Tombstone, Earp went to San Francisco where he reunited with Josephine Marcus, and they lived as husband and wife.
Tombstone had a tangled journey to the big screen, with Costner himself originally signed up to play Earp. The late screenwriter Kevin Jarre's script was acclaimed but Costner later dropped out, as he felt the movie should cover Earp's life and not just his time in Tombstone.
"This is funny" are the last words of Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday in Tombstone, and there's a good reason he finds things so amusing. Tombstone was one of two competing biopics about legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, with Kevin Costner's rival movie having a much larger budget.
In the film Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, during the closing credits reference is made to the fact that "Tom Mix wept" at Wyatt Earp's funeral. A passing reference is made about Mix in Season 3, Episode 2 of Downton Abbey.
He went to Dallas in 1873 and partnered with another dentist; however, Holliday soon turned his attention from fixing teeth to drinking and gambling. Earp and Holliday became friends on the Texas gambling circuit in the late 1870s, and Doc participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881.
A coroner's jury ruled Ringo's death a suicide, but many believed Wyatt and Doc had returned to Arizona and killed Ringo. This story gained some credibility when, in 1977, a book was published by the respected University of Arizona Press entitled “I Married Wyatt Earp”.
"Tombstone" is based on real events, specifically the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the events leading up to it. However, like many historical movies, it takes creative liberties for dramatic effect.
Dunston also died in the fight and was buried in Naco. Doc Holliday's wink to Billy Clanton just before the culmination of the O.K. Corral gun fight was completely improvised by Val Kilmer.
Before Kilmer was cast in Tombstone, the producers' first choice for the role of Doc Holliday was Willem Dafoe (via MovieWeb). The studio vetoed Dafoe's casting because they were wary of the controversy surrounding Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ.
