EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Olyphant Talks The Crazies Sequel, Flash Gordon & Deadwood

EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Olyphant Talks The Crazies Sequel, Flash Gordon & Deadwood

Timothy Olyphant drops some hints on future projects

Actor Timothy Olyphant must be on top of the world right now. He had a solid hit at the box office a few weeks ago with the re-imagining of George Romero's classic The Crazies and his edgy new TV series, Justified, premieres March 16th on FX. With his film achieving a successful opening weekend at box office and positive reviews from fans and critics alike it's only a matter of time before talk of a sequel to the zombie/government conspiracy film co-starring Radha Mitchell begins. In fact, it has already been announced that the films director, Breck Eisner, will next be adapting the classic comic strip hero Flash Gordon into a 3D feature film. We recently had an opportunity to speak with Timothy Olyphant at the premiere of his new series and had a chance to talk with the actor about a sequel to his popular film, the upcoming adaptation of Flash Gordon and the possible film resurrection of his old HBO series Deadwood.

We began by asking Olyphant if, after the recent success of The Crazies, he'd had an opportunity to speak with director Breck Eisner about a sequel? "No, we haven't talked about that," the actor said. "We talk ... we talk about the Clippers mostly," he joked. We followed up by asking him if he had possibly talked with Eisner about playing Flash Gordon, as the actor would make a great Flash! The actor simply smiled and said, "Thanks I appreciate that," indicating that he might be up for the role. Is that a character that you would be interested in playing, we asked Olyphant? "Does it pay?" he replied. That's something he'll have to take up with Eisner. Finally, ever since Olyphant's popular but short-lived HBO series Deadwood ended its run prematurely in 2006 there have been rumors of a possible feature film that would revisit the old-western town. We wanted to get to the bottom of that and asked the actor point-blank if he thought that there would ever be a film version of Deadwood made? "No," which Olyphant answered quite confidently.

We'll bring you more information on these upcoming projects as it becomes available but until then, Justified begins airing March 16th on FX.

The Crazies was released February 26th, 2010 and stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith, Brett Rickaby, Preston Bailey, John Aylward. The film is directed by Breck Eisner.

Flash Gordon was released in 2011. The film is directed by Breck Eisner.

Sources: Jami Philbrick

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Mutant
You have to wait for Hitman 2, it's going into production later this year. Some films shouldn't have sequels.
2 years agoby @zender Flag
The Movie Ghost
I've loved Olyphant since I saw him in Hitman, he rocks in Justified also! I'd personally want to see Hitman 2 but, whatever works :D
2 years agoby @thejoker-16 Flag
Jgooch7
@CelluloidKid why not? i think there should be a sequel because of how it ended with the same zoom out thing and it said initiate sequence or whatever it said on Cedar Rapids.
2 years agoby @jgooch7 Flag
Brian
Stoked to see his new show. I hope there's some serious Bullock in there!
2 years agoby @brian Flag
CelluloidKid
The Crazies Sequel.....why!??!?!
2 years agoby @celluloidkid Flag
Err
they played all kinds of commercials for "justified" before the crazies, and it just didn't hook my interest.
2 years agoby @err2005 Flag
ed_wood
Deadwood was such an awesome show.
2 years agoby @ed-wood Flag
justinishulk
kool... want him back hitman 2
2 years agoby @justinishulk Flag