Four time Oscar nominee Ed Harris is bringing Robert B. Parker’s western drama Appaloosa to the big screen.

Harris will be staring and directing, as well as having co-written the script. Oh yeah, he will also be a producer on the film.

Appaloosa is about two friends that have been hired to protect a town from a ruthless rancher. Things get more complicated when a lovely widow arrives in town.

Starring opposite Harris will be Vigio Mortenson (Lord of the Rings). Mortenson and Harris previously worked together on A History of Violence.

Playing the widow will be Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Jerry McGuire).

Robert Parker is happy with script, he told the Boston Globe that “”It’s splendid… I would not have made a change.”

Filming will start in October of this year.