Friday, March 19, 2010 6:43PM - By Krystal Clark
A while ago it was announced that a big screen adaptation of the 1960′s television series, “The Big Valley” was in the works and now several pieces of casting news have been confirmed. First we found out that Oscar winner Susan Sarandon would star as the female lead and the matriarch of the Barkley Clan, and while at SXSW actor Ryan Phillippe has confirmed that he will also star in the film, which is set to begin production this summer!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:08PM - By Krystal Clark
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon may be taking on the lead role in the big screen adaptation of The Big Valley. The film will be based off the popular TV show of the same name that ran from 1965-69. The show was in the same vein as Bonanza and Gunsmoke, which is another series being primed for a theatrical adaptation. Sarandon will have big shoes to fill as her character of choice was originally played by one the strongest female actors of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:43AM - By Kara Stanford-Jones
They’re getting even more desperate! The 60′s TV show, “The Big Valley“, about a ranching family in the San Joaquin Valley during the late 1800′s is going to be turned into a movie. Kate Edelmen Johnson, daughter of the show’s co-creator, Louis F. Edelmen, is producing the film and Daniel Adams has written and will direct the movie. The show featured Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Richard Long, Nick Barkley, and Lee Majors. The show aired from 1965-1969 on ABC. Continue Reading
