Steven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Ricardo C.

Steven Soderbergh is currently negotiating to direct a Man From U.N.C.L.E film starring George Clooney.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/George-Clooney-May-Star-In-Steven-Soderbergh-s-The-Man-From-U-N-C-L-E-21784.html

I am curious how this one will turn out because this won't be an update, this film be set in the cold war. I always wanted to see what Soderbergh would do in a Bond film but at least this is Fleming's work.

Pendragon

not sure how I feel about Clooney starring in it, but I'll be interested to see what Soderbergh will come up with

SilentSpy

This should be really good. The film is almost guaranteed to look really nice. I was going to mention this in a Casino Royale related thread but I read that they are keeping U.N.C.L.E in the 60s. Which is how Casino Royale should have been handled.

Ricardo C.

SilentSpy wrote:

This should be really good. The film is almost guaranteed to look really nice. I was going to mention this in a Casino Royale related thread but I read that they are keeping U.N.C.L.E in the 60s. Which is how Casino Royale should have been handled.

Yeah they are going to keep in The Cold War. I guess it can be the 1960's.

SilentSpy

The article I read on Dark Horizons said 60s. It's looking like a huge mistake now for Casino Royale to be a modern origin of Bond. Many upcoming movies like U.N.C.L.E, X-Men, and Captain America are doing the 60s setting. The producers should have been brave and set it in the 60s. Do one or two films to tie it into Dr. No. Then move to current day Bond. Or just "modern" Bond. No need to be really firm with the dates. But the producers were so obsessed with the younger audience and the non-threat of the Bourne movies. If whatever Bond movie that comes next is as bad as Quantum, they really can't do another reboot origin story as Casino Royale was actually a strong origin. Unlike say Spider-Man.

Ricardo C.

SilentSpy wrote:

The article I read on Dark Horizons said 60s. It's looking like a huge mistake now for Casino Royale to be a modern origin of Bond. Many upcoming movies like U.N.C.L.E, X-Men, and Captain America are doing the 60s setting. The producers should have been brave and set it in the 60s. Do one or two films to tie it into Dr. No. Then move to current day Bond. Or just "modern" Bond. No need to be really firm with the dates. But the producers were so obsessed with the younger audience and the non-threat of the Bourne movies. If whatever Bond movie that comes next is as bad as Quantum, they really can't do another reboot origin story as Casino Royale was actually a strong origin. Unlike say Spider-Man.

Well CA is suppose to be during World War II but what's this about X-men ?

With Bond, they did make the right call. They were turning back the clock on popular characters in age, not in timelines. Though I do like the idea of a Bond finally being made into a period piece.

Napoleon Plural

In a funny way would it have made that much difference to film CR in the late 1950s? Now that the series is stalled, y'know...? Commercially it's better to have it set modern day though whatever you do opens a can of worms.

SilentSpy

Ricardo C. wrote:

SilentSpy wrote:

The article I read on Dark Horizons said 60s. It's looking like a huge mistake now for Casino Royale to be a modern origin of Bond. Many upcoming movies like U.N.C.L.E, X-Men, and Captain America are doing the 60s setting. The producers should have been brave and set it in the 60s. Do one or two films to tie it into Dr. No. Then move to current day Bond. Or just "modern" Bond. No need to be really firm with the dates. But the producers were so obsessed with the younger audience and the non-threat of the Bourne movies. If whatever Bond movie that comes next is as bad as Quantum, they really can't do another reboot origin story as Casino Royale was actually a strong origin. Unlike say Spider-Man.

Well CA is suppose to be during World War II but what's this about X-men ?

With Bond, they did make the right call. They were turning back the clock on popular characters in age, not in timelines. Though I do like the idea of a Bond finally being made into a period piece.

I should have said period film about those. I forgot about Captain America, which is around Rocketeer time period so it should be cool considering it's the same director too. The X-Men Origins First Class movie is supposed to be 60s.

I think the producers made a big mistake not tying the origin of Bond into Dr. No and the classic films. Yes, they would have needed to tone down the action and it would have been more difficult to make. But artistically it would have been the right choice. I think the Brosnan/Tarantino project was going to go the period route. I have a feeling the opening of Casino Royale is black and white just to have the retro feel. Which Tarantino mentioned once. I need to read the ASC magazine with Casino Royale to see if the opening is noted.

In the end, all I know is that the producers actually wondered if Bond should snowboard or ski in The World is not Enough. That alone should tell you what market they want a piece of. I'm sure that since Bond didn't snowboard in TWINE they made him have that silly surfing scene in Die Another Day. Which only proved that Roger Moore is the only Bond that can handle the over the top Bond moments.