Editing Dances With Wolves (section)

==Cancelled sequel==
''The Holy Road'', a sequel novel by [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]], the author of both the original novel and the movie screenplay, was published in 2001.<ref>[[Michael Blake (author)|Blake, Michael]] (2001). ''The Holy Road'', [[Random House]]. {{ISBN|0-375-76040-7}}</ref> It picks up 11 years after the events of ''Dances With Wolves''. John Dunbar is still married to Stands With A Fist, and they have three children. Stands With A Fist and one of the children are kidnapped by a party of white rangers, and Dances With Wolves must mount a rescue mission.

[[Salvador Carrasco]] was attached to direct the sequel, but the film was not realized.<ref name = Alibi>{{Cite web|url=http://alibi.com/film/18933/The-Other-Conquest-Conquers-America.html|publisher=alibi.com|title=The Other Conquest Conquers America|date=May 3, 2007|access-date=November 2, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102052325/https://alibi.com/film/18933/The-Other-Conquest-Conquers-America.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indie-cinema.com/2017/08/interview-director-salvador-carrasco/|publisher=Indie Cinema|title=Interview with director Salvador Carrasco|date=19 August 2017|access-date=November 2, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102052951/http://indie-cinema.com/2017/08/interview-director-salvador-carrasco/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2007, Blake was writing a film adaptation.<ref>{{cite web | last = Blake | first = Michael | title = The official website of Michael Blake | publisher = Danceswithwolves.net | url = http://danceswithwolves.net/bio.php | access-date = March 13, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193114/http://danceswithwolves.net/bio.php | archive-date = 2007-10-11 }}</ref> However, Costner stated in a 2008 interview that he would "never make a sequel".<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Kevin Costner: "I'll never make a sequel." |date=July 3, 2008 |website=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/kevin-costner-ill-never-make-a-sequel |access-date=2008-07-03 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511062409/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/kevin-costner-ill-never-make-a-sequel |url-status=live }}</ref> A third book titled ''The Great Mystery'' was planned, but Blake died in 2015.