Working In The Valley

Travis Fimmel Lorraine Nicholson, Lee Majors, Jason Alan Smith and Bruce Dern have joined the TV inspired drama "The Big Valley" reports Variety

Legendary actress Barbara Stanwyck-led the 1965 series.

Jessica Lange will take on Stanwyck's role of Victoria Barkley, the widowed matriarch of a wealthy family of ranchers in 19th century California.

Majors, who played Heath Barkley in the series, plays the dead patriarch Tom Barkley in the film. Nicholson will play the role of sole daughter Audra, Dern portrays Judge Adams.

Stephen Moyer also stars as the eldest son Jarrod. Smith and Fimmel will likely portray the hot-tempered middle son Nick and the illegitimate youngest son Heath respectively.

Fimmel was probably hired to bring the ladies to the theater rather than for his "acting" skills

Daniel Adams wrote the screenplay and will both direct and produce alongside Straw Weisman and Steven J. Brandman.

I think it's pretty cool that Majors will appear in the film version of a TV show he was on

Shooting kicks off July 26th in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.