OMG...Tarantino up for making Casino Royale!

[HedwigX]

O...M...F...G! :eek:

Quentin Tarantino...directing a Bond film... but not just any Bond film, it's "Casino Royale"... based on something actually written by Ian Fleming! I'm there opening day!

From ComingSoon.net:

Tarantino hopes that the offer of a low budget and Brosnan's return would convince the producers to approve a one-time-only return to the character-driven spy plots of the first several 007 films. "Wouldn't it be great to have a James Bond movie that didn't cost $115 million and only cost $40 million or something like that?" he asked. "You know it's going to make its money back, and we [would] all do good. Maybe we win the critics this time, then you're back in business the way you were before."

Source (http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4179)

WHOO! This will rock! I just hope that Tarantino is writing the movie too!

What do you schmoes think?

[TheGodSon]

That would be pretty cool. But it looks to be, or at least rumored that Brosnan will be replaced by some unknown Aussie actor...

[sergiopauloferreira]

that's right, TheGodSon it was published on Dark Horizons:


Sci-Fi Wire continues its big scoopage today, the news service talked with famed Director Quentin Tarantino who revealed he has talked to Pierce Brosnan about the idea of adapting the first ever James Bond novel "Casino Royale" published in 1952 as Brosnan's fifth and final film in the series.

The plan he had was the offer of a low budget and Brosnan's return which would hopefully convince the producers to approve a one-time-only return to the character-driven spy plots of the first several 007 films: "Wouldn't it be great to have a James Bond movie that didn't cost $115 million and only cost $40 million or something like that? You know it's going to make its money back, and we [would] all do good. Maybe we win the critics this time, then you're back in business the way you were before".

The director noted however that the difficulty would be to convince producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli to diverge from the current formula of expensive action set pieces - and felt there was only "a thin chance" that he would win the project.

Tarantino's acting boy and "Die Another Day" cameo boy Michael Madsen spoke with The Toronto Sun about the Bond series and seems to indicate Pierce's heart just ain't in it - "Pierce lives right down the beach from me. Our kids play together," Madsen said. "And he told me he doesn't want to do another one. I also heard that they bought him out. I really don't know but an impasse is an impasse". Madsen said he was told that Brosnan will be replaced with an Australian, although he did not know who.

Source (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040406b.php)

[sergiopauloferreira]

So what that means, that the fanboys will get their dream come true, that Pierce is out, that Hugh Jackman is in or that Michael Madsen is high on something?

I honestly think he's telling the truth.

[jason statham]

that would be good cause die another day was a great disappointment

[Arathon]

Cool news indeed and I'm all up for Quentin directing Bond 21, tho I have to admit, I thought Quentin was a slightly strange choice. But hey, he did direct Pulp Fiction, my third favourite movie of all time, so lets see Quentin direct Bond!

[bozzy]

Originally posted by sergiopauloferreira
So what that means, that the fanboys will get their dream come true, that Pierce is out, that Hugh Jackman is in or that Michael Madsen is high on something?


You are such a big idiot. Most are harping for one more for Brosnan casued he harvests it.

And it's not the first time Madsen being an fuck head #$%@ in public.

[bozzy]

Originally posted by jason statham
that would be good cause die another day was a great disappointment

Die Another Day was a great disappointment because idiot Tamahori prided himself in adding so many new things to Bond. That shit was so full of himself that he almost ruined the franchise. Tarantino is stylish and would be great and Pierce has talked him up to direct.

[jason statham]

but the problem is that tarantino`s movies are too voilent ( Jackie brown,RESERVOIR DOGS ) and the broccoli`s and MGM/UA doesnt want blood or other voilent things to make it a PG-13 movie.

[APzombie]

I think Tarantino could make a PG-13 flick if he wanted too, just like Kevin Smith making Jersey Gal.

[krazy drako]

They need a Bond movie that's rated R. I think it would help the franchise by not having to restrain what they can do in the movie.

[jason statham]

Originally posted by krazy drako
They need a Bond movie that's rated R. I think it would help the franchise by not having to restrain what they can do in the movie.

your damn right, i would pay anything to see a R rated james bond movie.

[krazy drako]

Originally posted by jason statham
your damn right, i would pay anything to see a R rated james bond movie.

I would too. Especially with some of the girls he gets. Be quite excellent to sit through.

[jason statham]

if its R-rated, the movie will be bloody too.

[Moviefan1234]

Originally posted by jason statham
if its R-rated, the movie will be bloody too.

It wouldn't be R rated. If MGM did allow Tarantino to do it, it'd be PG-13 all the way. This idea sounds too good to be true, but I salivate at the thought of it.

[krazy drako]

Originally posted by Moviefan1234
It wouldn't be R rated. If MGM did allow Tarantino to do it, it'd be PG-13 all the way. This idea sounds too good to be true, but I salivate at the thought of it.

Who wouldn't salivate at the idea. I think though if Tarantino would do it and he wanted it R, they would trust his judgement considering his track record so far.

[HedwigX]

Originally posted by krazy drako
They need a Bond movie that's rated R. I think it would help the franchise by not having to restrain what they can do in the movie.

License to Kill was rated 15 over here, so wasn't it rated R in the States?

[Moviefan1234]

Originally posted by HedwigX
License to Kill was rated 15 over here, so wasn't it rated R in the States?

I'm pretty sure it was PG-13. I don't think there's ever been an R rated Bond movie.

[krazy drako]

Originally posted by Moviefan1234
I'm pretty sure it was PG-13. I don't think there's ever been an R rated Bond movie.

Nope, there has never been one.:(

[MickeyKnox]

I want this to happen QT directing a James Bond movie will be the best thing to hapen to this franchise, since the beginning, now i know that doesn't make sense, but oh well i'm tired.

[krazy drako]

If he does do this. I want a crazy, over the top, kick ass soundtrack to go with it!

[Ted Pikul]

I doubt that they could tempt John Barry back.

[Zing!]

Tarantino keen to Bond with Brosnan

HUGH DAVIES

Film-maker Quentin Tarantino revealed his ambition to direct a James Bond film. Tarantino, who is best known for his darkly humorous and extremely violent films, has offered to make a film based on Casino Royale, Ian Fleming’s first book, with Pierce Brosnan.

Tarantino mooted the idea at the Cannes Film Festival. Preparations for the 21st Bond film have already begun, though its director, or whether Brosnan continues as the star, are yet to be announced.

The maker of Pulp Fiction, speaking on the American television chat show, Jay Leno’s Tonight, said that he had “bumped into” Brosnan “and we talked about it”. He said: “I don’t know if they’re going to go for it or not, but I’m letting them know I’m interested.”

The director said that while the last three films were “great”, they really were “spoofs” of the true James Bond character. His notion was to set the picture in the Sixties after the events of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, when Bond’s wife was gunned down by Irma Bundt, Blofeld’s sinister henchwoman, minutes after their wedding.

He wanted Bond to be “in mourning” when he falls for Vesper Lynd, the woman in Casino Royale.

The only film based on Casino Royale was made in 1967 as a farce with David Niven as the ageing Sir James Bond, Orson Welles as Le Chiffre, Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd, Woody Allen as Bond’s neurotic nephew, Jimmy, and Peter Sellers playing a baccarat player, Evelyn Tremble.

Tarantino thinks the producers, Barbara Broccoli and her step-brother Michael G. Wilson, who own Eon Productions, have nothing to lose by hiring him. “They’ve got this gigantic franchise, they can’t do anything wrong with it.”

If Brosnan was going to do a last Bond movie “let’s just this one year go my way and do it a little differently. I won’t do anything to ruin the series”.

The new Bond is scheduled for release in November next year, timed both for the Christmas market and the Oscars.

Whether Tarantino is too much of a maverick, or too synonymous with wild films — Casino Royale has a notorious torture scene — remains to be seen. But, in Hollywood, where the money counts, his track record for profits is impressive. His two Kill Bill films, made for £34 million, grossed £183 million. Pulp Fiction, budgeted at £6 million, took £152 million at the box office.

Apart from being a fervent fan of Bond, he made a point in Cannes of saying that all blockbusters need to be star-driven these days to attract young audiences.

Intriguingly, the writers of the new Bond film, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, are said to be basing their story on Casino Royale after Eon finally secured the rights from Sony.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

[Zing!]

[Zing! here. Supposedly this is from QT's own blog. Decide for yourself whether it's the genuine article or a clever hoax...]

Tuesday, August 17, 2004


QT's Casino?

It looks like it [Casino Royale] definitely isn't happening. With BASTARDS it would put filming somewhere around 2008. The producers don't want me to make the film because they're afraid I'll turn it into an ultra-violent RESERVOIR DOGS-type-of-movie, with all my typical dialogue and no explosions. Shit if that's what they want they can have that shit, because any hack director can splice together a shitload of action and market it as a "movie." Personally I wanted to take a new direction with the Bond series, and really take it back to the roots of the character, like we've never seen before. Okay think of it this way...in 1962 they couldn't make DR. NO hardcore but it was definitely a more serious Bond film and examined the character. THUNDERBALL kind of introduced the whole goofy side to Bond as a parody can't-touch-me iconic figure and then the Pierce Brosnan Bond films just took it to the level of mediocre action flicks.
I want to get back to the roots of DR. NO, but because it's been over 40 years, we could do so much more. We could skip the routine innuendo-followed-by-off-screen-sex and acutally introduce a deeper romantic figure for Bond. Maybe get down to the roots of who this guy is. Examine what killing people DOES to him (and show it in full detail instead of the hokey million bullets flying around). I also want to maim Bond. Like have him get shot for once and have him bleed like a normal fucking human being. Cause I think that's the way Ian Fleming originally intended Bond -- Pierce is great but his films in particular have turned James Bond into some sort of Superman figure...and I think a lot could be done with the character, in a deeper, darker, more intelligent movie than the standard blow-'em-up big-budget action "spectacular."
Pierce wanted to make it but the producers didn't. We sat down and discussed it but they just didn't want me to do it. Now Pierce has quit playing James Bond and I think they really missed the boat. CASINO ROYALE with Peter Sellers was not an "official" Bond movie and I think this would didn't have to be, either. We could have made an "unofficial" experimental Bond film. I think it would have been a lot of fun but it just isn't going to happen now.


posted by Quentin Tarantino at 6:00 AM

[krazy drako]

BBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I really hope that's not real. It would be great if Bond was made the way Tarantino wanted it.

[Zing!]

Don't worry - it's just been confirmed that it was a hoax.

From CommanderBond.net

Tarantino's 'Casino' Blog a Hoax

Publicist confirms for CBn: "It's fake...Quentin hardly knows what a mouse is."

Written by John Cox (24 Aug, 2004, 11:14)


An online Blog purported to be the personal diary of writer/director Quentin Tarantino is a hoax. CBn contacted Tarantino's publicist, Bumble Ward, who tells us the blog is a creative fabrication.



"It's fake. The guy is doing a great job though, don't you think? And truly, I'd hate to ruin his fun. But it's fake. Quentin hardly knows what a mouse is."

- Bumble Ward, publicist.

The hoax blog drew the attention of Bond fans yesterday when an entry appeared in which Tarantino lamented the end of his oft-repeated ambition to make a faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.

Most Bond fans weren't fooled (it's hard to imagine someone like Quentin Tarantino having the time to make daily blog entries), but at least one James Bond website reprinted the phony blog entry in its entirety in the hopes it was indeed Tarantino's own "candid" comments.


"Pierce wanted to make it but the producers didn't. We sat down and discussed it but they just didn't want me to do it. We could have made an "unofficial" experimental Bond film. I think it would have been a lot of fun but it just isn't going to happen now."

- Bogus Tarantino blog entry.

While the blog entry is a fake, the sentiment it expresses may be genuine. The chances of Eon going with Quentin Tarantino and his unconventional take seem less likely every day. Purvis and Wade have turned in their draft of the Bond 21 screenplay (which ironically uses elements of the Casino Royale novel) and Eon is said to be close to signing a director.

There's still hope...

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Zing!


There's still hope...

I'm still not sure I want to see it. It'd certainly be interesting, and of course I'd see it but...

Its a gut thing. It doesn't feel right...I can't meld QT and JB in my head.

It will be nice to see how they use the elements of CR. Its been so long, and it deserves it...

[bob]

I agree with quoth the raven, I think that it sounds a lot better on paper than it would if you were to see it.