Appaloosa is an upcoming Western film based on the 2005 novel Appaloosa by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film is directed by Ed Harris and is co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen. The film premiered in the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in select cities on September 17, 2008 and will expand into wide-release on October 3, 2008.

Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, Appaloosa is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons) in a lawless 1880s town. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of an attractive widow (Renée Zellweger), who tries to woo both of them.

Cast

    * Viggo Mortensen - Everett Hitch
    * Ed Harris - Virgil Cole
    * Renée Zellweger - Allie French
    * Jeremy Irons - Randall Bragg
    * Lance Henriksen - Ring Shelton
    * Timothy Spall - Phil Olson
    * Ariadna Gil - Katie
    * James Gammon - Earl May