The Reimagining Gang Overruns GUNSMOKE!!

Merrick here...
The Powers That Be are ramping up for a bigscreen adaptation of the mammothly popular, cross-platform Western franchise GUNSMOKE.

The action-adventure will re-imagine Marshal Matt Dillon, the hero of the classic Western, for modern audiences. The story will be set in the same American West as the original but will feature a contemporary look and modern action twists. [EDIT] “Gunsmoke,” which holds the title of the longest-running primetime scripted drama (it had been the longest-running primetime series until “The Simpsons” eclipsed it this year), revolves around a number of characters in Dodge City, Kan., at the time of westward expansion. It focuses principally on three characters: Dillon, the crimefighting leader of Dodge; town physician Galen “Doc” Adams; and Miss Kitty Russell, owner the Long Branch Saloon. The show’s plot lines revolve around dramatic, sometimes gritty, events and a fair share of outlaws and desperadoes.

...describes THIS entry by Steven Zeitchik and Borys Kit over at THR's Risky Business Blog. Gregory Poirier (NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS and, well, A SOUND OF THUNDER) is currently scripting away . The original series ran from 1952-1961 on radio (I listen to it all the time, actually); its television iteration aired from 1955-1975. Sirius/XM subscribers can hear GUNSMOKE's radio broadcasts on RadioClassics (118 on Sirius' line-up, not sure what it's is on XM). Select episodes of the television series are streamable through TV Land's website (HERE), while the entirety of the television series can be found HERE. I say Shia or Jack Black as Festus :-/