Desperadoes To Film in Alberta

ComingSoon.net (via Variety) is reporting that filmmaker Monte Hellman will be filming a new western with two big name producers: Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. From the website:

"Cult filmmaker Monte Hellman is set to direct Desperadoes, based on the novel of the same name by Ron Hansen about the infamous Dalton gang, says Variety. Joyce Wethington's Jammee Rose Productions is producing, while Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese are executive producers.

Hansen also wrote The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which writer-director Andrew Dominik is adapting for Warner Bros. [The] Brad Pitt starrer, produced by Scott Free and Pitt's Plan B, will be released this fall.

Screenwriter Charles Eastman is adapting Desperadoes, which revolves around the exploits of the Dalton gang and the beautiful Eugenia Moore, who fell in love with Bob Dalton and helped the brothers rob trains, either directly or by distracting the local marshal.

The film is scheduled to begin shooting this fall in Alberta. Casting has not been set."

It sounds like Alberta will continue to provide exceptional talent, crews, and locations for the Western genre.

Update: Michael Stevens (Hollywood North Report) has more information on the history of the Dalton gang at this link.