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[doubler83]

Probably in the wrong section, and if it is, I'm sure the mods will move it.

Question on IMDB:

Given the success of Casino Royale, do you think another remake of an Ian Fleming novel is in order?

Yes, by all means, redo Dr. No, Goldfinger, etc.
No, source a script from another writer.
As long as Daniel Craig stars as Bond, I don't care either way.
I have no opinion.

http://www.imdb.com/poll/

[Double-0-Seven]

"As long as Daniel Craig stars as Bond, I don't care either way."

I voted for this. While I am against remaking the films themselves, I'm all for using bits of the novels as the source and combining unused elements from them.

[Qwerty]

I'm leaning towards 'no opinion.'

[bill007]

No, source a script from another writer.

Heavy discussion about this in Remaking movies and readapting novels in Bond 23 & Beyond.

[tdalton]

No, source a script from another writer.

Heavy discussion about this in Remaking movies and readapting novels in Bond 23 & Beyond.

Agreed. I really don't want to see updated versions of all of Fleming's stories. They did a decent job with CR, but I think that had they spent less time updating it for 2006 and instead spent more time on making the film more solid and less disjointed as it really feels like 2 films (and, IMO, the first hour of the film, save the PTS, could have been left out and the film probably would have been stronger for it). I don't really want to see that kind of updating for all of Fleming's stories. All they need to do is take the storyline from CR and continue to follow that. I think that forcing a Fleming plotline onto the natural progression of CR's storyline would be a mistake.