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Trio Aboard Spielberg's Into the West
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Thursday, July 15, 2004

Skeet Ulrich, Alan Tudyk and Matthew Settle are in talks to play key roles in Steven Spielberg's epic limited-run series for TNT, Into the West.

The 12-hour project, budgeted at about $50 million, tells the story of the opening of the American West in the 19th century through the eyes of two multigenerational families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.

Ulrich, Tudyk and Settle will lead an ensemble cast, playing three brothers from Virginia who have the same spirit of expansion of the West but take different routes toward their destination.

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DEAR SALLY... I'M DATING JESSE JAMES: Felicity goddess Keri Russell has signed on to star in TNT's upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries Into the West, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 12-hour, six-part, $50-million epic chronicles the settling of the American West in the 19th century through the eyes of two multigenerational families. Joining Russell in the saga are Josh Brolin, Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Settle.

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Keri Russell, Josh Brolin go 'West'
Big News Network.com Wednesday 28th July, 2004

Keri Russell is set and Josh Brolin is in talks to join the cast of TNT's 12-hour epic Into the West.

The series is being produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks TV, the Hollywood reporter said Tuesday.

Simon Wincer -- who directed the 2003 TNT movie Monte Walsh and the 1989 Emmy-winning miniseries Lonesome Dove -- has signed to direct one of the six two-hour segments of Into the West.

The series is an account of the opening of the West in the 1800s, as told through the stories of a family of white settlers and a family of Native Americans.

Russell (Felicity) and Brolin (Hollow Man) join a cast that already included Skeet Ulrich (Scream) and Matthew Settle (Band of Brothers).

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Development Update: July 27-28
By The Futon Critic Staff

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

INTO THE WEST (TNT) - Keri Russell ("Felicity") and Josh Brolin ("Mister Sterling") are the latest additions to the $50 million, 12-hour limited series about the opening of the American West in the 19th century through the eyes of two multigenerational families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans, from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Brolin will play a pioneer named Jedediah, who inspires Jacob Wheeler (Matthew Settle) and his brother Jethro (Skeet Ulrich) to head west on a treacherous wagon train journey. Russell will play their jilted cousin Naomi. Production is on track to begin later this summer for a summer 2005 premiere.

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