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[malaysian_bond]

I think that after Casino Royale, EON should do a remake of From Russia With Love and that remake will be the 22nd Bond film. If they did plan a remake, then here's how (to me) their cast, director, writer, producer, gadgets and screenplay would be:

Directed by: Paul Haggins

Screenplay: Terence Young (Original screenplay)
&
Paul Haggins (Screenplay)

Starring:

Daniel Craig - James Bond
Maria Sharapova - Tatiana Romanova
Anjelica Houston - Rosa Klebb
Sean Bean(needs a more muscular body) - Red Grant
Judi Dench - M
John Cleese - Q
Alexander Siddiq - Kerim Bey
Max Von Sydow - Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Alan Rickman - Kronsteen
Samantha Bond - Miss Mneypenny

Synopsis:

James Bond must retrieve the Lektor nuclear tracking device before falling into the hands of SERPICO (A new organization formed by Blofeld and ex-SPECTRE agents)with the help of Tatiana Romanova, a clerk for the Russian embassy and SERPICO's victimous bait.

Things added:
-An Aston Martin V8 Vanquish
-A chase scene in Istanbul with the Aston V8
-The sniper rifle in the 1963 version is replaced with a W2000 sniper in the remake version.
-Will be the exact same thing as in 1963, but with more modernization.
-Although it has a chase scene, it will rely more on character and storytelling, and less gadgets and action scenes

gadgets:
-An all-in-one suitcase
-An Aston Martin V8 Vanquish
-A W2000 Sniper rifle with lasers.

So what do you think of this remake idea?

[License To Kill]

Hmm.. wild stuff, but no.

[Andrew]

I'm sorry but I think it would be a huge decrease in quality from the original(which is, in my opinion, the best OO7 film of all time). If we're going to remake films it should be the ones that sucked in the first place

[Tarl_Cabot]

No thanks. One masterpiece was good enough. Let's see an original story for bond 22 instead.A remake of FRWL would be like redoing Casablanca...let's encourage creativity instead of sloth.

[Qwerty]

No thanks. Don't see a need to remake this one.

[tdalton]

From Russia With Love definitely does not need to be remade. I'm already opposed to this "update" of the material they're doing with the videogame, but I'd be totally against a remake of the film.

[Harmsway]

I'd be horrified if FRWL was ever remade. Don't mess with perfection.

[Scottlee]

I'm against remaking the old Bond movies no matter how good the reboot ideas may be.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

I think that after Casino Royale, EON should do a remake of From Russia With Love

Didn't EON already partially and unofficially remake From Russia With Love with both For Your Eyes Only and The Living Daylights?

Anyway, the original film version was already very faithful to the novel. If they were going to remake any older Bond film it should be one of the ones that wasn't very faithful to the original novel like Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice or Moonraker, as much as I love those 3 flicks.

[Qwerty]

If they were going to remake any older Bond film it should be one of the ones that wasn't very faithful to the original novel like Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice or Moonraker, as much as I love those 3 flicks.

Die Another Day was in a way their new Moonraker.

[Frankie]

From Russia WIth Love remake?
It can be turned into a Bond 22 movie!

Why remake the best Bond movie EVER? That would be sheer stupidity. Then again with the Broccoli brat running the show, I wouldn't be surprised if such a decision is made. If they ever want to remake any Fleming title they should start with abominations like "Moonraker" and "(From)A View To A Kill."

[Flash1087]

If they were going to remake any older Bond film it should be one of the ones that wasn't very faithful to the original novel like Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice or Moonraker, as much as I love those 3 flicks.

Die Another Day was in a way their new Moonraker.

Qwerty called it. Having just read Moonraker, there's some good similarities between it and DAD. Not the ice palace, of course...

And I'm certainly not trying to start an argument, I just want to hear the perspective behind it. How are TLD and FYEO remakes of FRWL?

[terminus]

I can see FYEO being a remake of FRWL but not with TLD at all - its all down to the low key plot and the machine that both sides are after.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

No thanks. One masterpiece was good enough. Let's see an original story for bond 22 instead.A remake of FRWL would be like redoing Casablanca...let's encourage creativity instead of sloth.

Extremely well said.

[tdalton]

I really would be against a remake of FRWL. There's nothing more that can be done for the film, and, rather, the only thing that could result from a remake would be to take away some of the greatness from an already great movie. I would rather see an entirely original storyline instead of rehashing something that I've already seen.

[SeanValen00V]

If Bond is no longer looking forward to things it hasn't done before, then it's time to stop making the films.

There's plenty of material to do judging from gardner and benson novels, if they want to tell proper stories, and execute the films right, bond can go on for longer.

[tdalton]

If Bond is no longer looking forward to things it hasn't done before, then it's time to stop making the films.

There's plenty of material to do judging from gardner and benson novels, if they want to tell proper stories, and execute the films right, bond can go on for longer.

Agreed. If EON gets to the point where they want to make an all-out remake of a film that's already been done, then I'd rather see the franchise come to an end than retread on what's already been done before.

[Blue07]

Surely even EON wouldn't go down the route of remaking what has gone before. No one would accept it - Never Say Never Again but with a gun barrel logo and cool credits? No thanks. That should be the last time a Bond film is remade. (Not counting CR spoof) The public, press and critics would turn their backs and the franchise would be defunct. It's insulting to the cool and class that went before. Even Purvis and Wade can be more original than that...on second thoughts!

[hcmv007]

I think it's fun as a fan to just sit back and say, you know, I think this film would be better w/ (insert name here) as (insert movie character name here). That being said, no I would not want a remake of FRWL. I don't see remakes in theaters or buy them, so there's my 2 cents.

[Mr Malcolm]

Don't get me started on the subject of remakes!

That said, I would be quite happy to see more faithful adaptations of books like LALD that ended up very different as films. If that happened, however, they should use different titles (like The Undertaker's Wind for LALD, perhaps) to differentiate them. Any new films like this would have to have the courage to be their own film and do something different. Otherwise, we might as well whip out our old DVDs again!

[Qwerty]

Surely even EON wouldn't go down the route of remaking what has gone before.

Quite. There is so much other opportunity for new ideas.