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Pulp Fiction mastermind Tarantino pitches remake of Casino Royale (with cheese?)
by Bruce Kirkland
Sun Media
HOLLYWOOD — Maverick filmmaker Quentin Tarantino thinks he has a solution to Pierce Brosnan’s reluctance to return as James Bond: A remake of Casino Royale.
“There is a thin chance that might work out,” Tarantino said in interviews this week for Kill Bill Vol. 2. “I’ve talked to Pierce Brosnan about doing it, all right.”<br>
Tarantino is famous for his stylish violence in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and the two Kill Bill instalments, the second of which opens later this month.
Brosnan seems to be out of the next 007 project, slated for release in 2005. Brosnan has said his negotiations with the Bond producers are at “an impasse” and that they are “paralysed” in planning for the next Bond.
And as the Sun reported, Brosnan’s neighbour and friend, actor Michael Madsen, says Brosnan told him that he’s finished with the series and also heard that the producers “bought him out” and have an Australian actor to replace him.
Tarantino says everyone involved should let him experiment with a cheaper, scaled-down, Bond movie that would rely on story and character, not special effects.
His gamble could bring Brosnan back for a final fling.
“I don’t know that (the Bond producers) have anything to lose, at all,” Tarantino said. “They’ve got this gigantic franchise. They can’t do anything wrong with it. Pierce Brosnan’s only going to do one more movie for them, if that.
“So, if he stayed on to do one more for me … (Tarantino grins happily at the prospect) … Just this one year, let’s go my way and do it a little different and I won’t do anything that will ruin the series. You know it’s going to make its money back, and we all do good and we win the critics this time.”<br>
Tarantino said his $40-million project plan would give the Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli “some leverage” with Brosnan and break the impasse.
“My film won’t cost $100 million. That’s the thing — they would have to want to do one differently and, after I did mine, they could go and do theirs again all right.
“If I owned the (Casino Royale) material, I would set it in the ’60s, but I’m sure I would have to do it now (in the 2000s),” Tarantino said of the version he hopes to make.
2004-04-08
Pierce Brosnan
peace & love
SLIM K
Pulp Fiction mastermind Tarantino pitches remake of Casino Royale (with cheese?)
by Bruce Kirkland
Sun Media
HOLLYWOOD — Maverick filmmaker Quentin Tarantino thinks he has a solution to Pierce Brosnan’s reluctance to return as James Bond: A remake of Casino Royale.
“There is a thin chance that might work out,” Tarantino said in interviews this week for Kill Bill Vol. 2. “I’ve talked to Pierce Brosnan about doing it, all right.”<br>
Tarantino is famous for his stylish violence in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and the two Kill Bill instalments, the second of which opens later this month.
Brosnan seems to be out of the next 007 project, slated for release in 2005. Brosnan has said his negotiations with the Bond producers are at “an impasse” and that they are “paralysed” in planning for the next Bond.
And as the Sun reported, Brosnan’s neighbour and friend, actor Michael Madsen, says Brosnan told him that he’s finished with the series and also heard that the producers “bought him out” and have an Australian actor to replace him.
Tarantino says everyone involved should let him experiment with a cheaper, scaled-down, Bond movie that would rely on story and character, not special effects.
His gamble could bring Brosnan back for a final fling.
“I don’t know that (the Bond producers) have anything to lose, at all,” Tarantino said. “They’ve got this gigantic franchise. They can’t do anything wrong with it. Pierce Brosnan’s only going to do one more movie for them, if that.
“So, if he stayed on to do one more for me … (Tarantino grins happily at the prospect) … Just this one year, let’s go my way and do it a little different and I won’t do anything that will ruin the series. You know it’s going to make its money back, and we all do good and we win the critics this time.”<br>
Tarantino said his $40-million project plan would give the Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli “some leverage” with Brosnan and break the impasse.
“My film won’t cost $100 million. That’s the thing — they would have to want to do one differently and, after I did mine, they could go and do theirs again all right.
“If I owned the (Casino Royale) material, I would set it in the ’60s, but I’m sure I would have to do it now (in the 2000s),” Tarantino said of the version he hopes to make.
2004-04-08
Pierce Brosnan
peace & love
SLIM K
