BJ’s Tombstone History Discussion Forum - Wyatt in Hollywood turnaround?

My curiosity aroused, I went searching for more information on whatever this is. Found a Hollywood Reporter Exclusive from July 23, 2011 announcing it!! So is this news from a time warp, or after twelve years is it being resurrected? If he was playing a 70 year old Wyatt back then, is he going to be playing an 82 year old Wyatt now? I am going to put on my Criswell wig and predict that in the year 2033 Harrison Ford will win the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Wyatt Earp in the movie BLACK HATS. Here's a TV report on it from the last decade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_4HgDGR4E8

another....another Earp movie — Roger S Peterson, Wed Mar 01 10:53
I may be late in posting this because I haven't been here for some time. Harrison Ford is playing a 70 year old Wyatt in an upcoming movie. Kate Elder has asked the aging Wyatt to help get hers and Doc... more
- I'll believe it when I see it. (nm) — Sarah Stegall, Sat Mar 04 23:50
- I enjoyed the book.... — DL Staley, Wed Mar 01 22:55
  but I thought Glendon Swarthout's "The Old Colt's" about Bat & Wyatt as octogenarians going back to Dodge, better.
- - Re: I enjoyed the book.... — Pam Potter, Mon Mar 06 16:42
    I would love to see a good production of The Old Colts. It is long overdue.
  - - Couldn't agree more... (nm) — DL Staley, Mon Mar 06 22:50
- Wyatt in Hollywood turnaround? — Jerry Prather, Wed Mar 01 14:38
- - Re: Wyatt in Hollywood turnaround? — Daniel Buck, Wed Mar 01 16:09
    I think 12 years in the movie development business is a nanosecond or an endless eternity, one or the other but which is not clear at the time. The idea of a a senior citizen Earp going up against... more
- Re: another....another Earp movie — Daniel Buck, Wed Mar 01 11:01
  As long as they cast the two Brendans, Brendan Fraser as Al Capone and Brendan Gleeson as Bat Masterson, I'm all in.

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