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A&E Passes On ‘Big Mike’, Leans Toward Picking Up ‘Longmire’ To Series
The pickup had been pending for a while and became a forgone conclusion when A&E passed on its other pilot, Big Mike, last month. Longmire has been given a 10-episode order, including the pilot. Based on the Walt Longmire Mystery series of novels by Craig Johnson, Longmire is named after its central character, 
Walt Longmire (The Matrix‘s Robert Taylor), the charismatic, dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyo. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit. Co-starring in the Warner Horizon-produced pilot, which was directed by Chris Chulack, are Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bailey Chase and Cassidy Freeman. Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny wrote the project and are executive producing with Greer Shephard and Mike Robin.
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Well done to Cassidy Freeman and Katee Sackhoff! Great actresses!
Way to go, Katee!!!
So excited to see Craig Johnson’s wonderful characters come to life…love the books…excited to see the series!!!! If you haven’t read the books …do it now!!
Great call by A&E. It was a tremendous script and Shephard/Robin are fantastic Producers. Awesome cast – really looking forward to this.
This is great news; the book are terrific. Hope the show can be as much fun.
Congrats To John and Hunt! Well deserved nod for such a talented duo. Cheers!
Congrats to John and Hunt…a great story and cast!
Terrific pilot. No gimmicks, just great characters in an interesting setting, on the trail of some good stories. Thoughtful writing. Fantastic cast.
Congrats to Chris Chulack as well. Class guy and a great director.
Congratulations to Craig Johnson and applause to A&E for picking up this series. We need this type of show that is current and available to us in our day and time. The complex characters Craig has developed, make for wonderful western genre storytelling today! Gunsmoke set the bar for casting and longevity…I know James Arness would be proud to shake Walt Longmire’s hand! Congratulations to everyone involved in this worthy endeavor!
At a Denver book signing in June Caig Johnson was enthusiastic about the pilot for this series. I’m really glad it’s been picked up. The books are great, so I hope the TV series will be, too.