Jeremy Renner will be your huckleberry in new western about Doc Holliday

By Kevin Fraser

Posted 9 years ago

Last Updated on July 31, 2021

Best known for his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, John Henry "Doc" Holliday has grown into a larger-than-life figure over the years as he's been portrayed by many great actors, including Walter Huston, Kirk Douglas, Val Kilmer, Dennis Quaid and more. It seems that we may be adding Jeremy Renner to that list as PalmStar Media has optioned the rights to two Doc Holliday novels which are being developed as a starring vehicle for Renner.

The two novels in question are Mary Doria Russell's "Doc" and "Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral" which chronicle the gunslinger's life as "a gentleman dentist in Reconstruction-era Atlanta to his stand alongside Wyatt Earp at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral." The western biopic is still in development, but in a joint statement producer Don Handfield and Jeremy Renner said that they are "excited to re-introduce this classic American character to a whole new audience by chronicling Doc Holliday’s incredible transformation from average Joe dentist to a man who Wyatt Earp called the ‘nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun [he] ever knew.'" PalmStar Media CEO Kevin Frakes added: "Jeremy Renner as Doc Holliday … f**king awesome."

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