Remington Steele
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In the current style of Hollywood to make any 1980's formulaic US TV show into a film. I wonder if Remington Steele will ever get the "Big Screen" treatment? I think not but it would be interesting to see PB and Stephanie Zimbalist together again!
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However, would they even cast Brosnan as Steele? Or would they give the role to Ben Stiller, and leave Brosnan for a quick cameo as a janitor or something like that?
Also, I unfortunately couldn't see them casting Zimbalist either, as they would probably give the role to Eliza Cuthbert, or some other "flavour of the month".
Sigh, the plight of modern day Hollywood is making me quite cynical.
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Now that is most likely! I hate when old shows are recycled into movies with other people playing the leads. (This stands for even M:I, which gets extra negatives because of violating the original characters).
Talking of violating characters..what about Starsky & Hutch? I'm still bitter and twisted about that movie (grrrrrrr)
A few years ago(after The Thomas Crown Affair debuted, and while he was still playing 007),Brosnan briefly said--in part of a TV interview(this may've been during his appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio--that he was now interested in the Remington Steele character again;"revisting" was the term he used).Whether he might still want to do something with Steele today,is of course,unknown.
However,as both an established movie star and as successful film producer,Brosnan would probably have a better chance than most people of getting such a film made.
Many prefer Moore's interpretation of the Saint to his 007. My personal reflections on Brosnan might be construed in the same fashion. As a big fan of RS, and while his performance as Bond was enjoyable, I do prefer the former.
As the original premise - Unknown Rake becomes fictional detective - was abandoned for "romance" and "laughs" it got tired.
When PB was offered Bond the greedy producers made a few more episodes just to keep Brosnan in the corral, those stunk!
I find PB more believable as Steele than Bond. The right type of movie with the original cast might be interesting. But that's like hoping Bond 22 will be as good as Bond 21.
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I think you might be right. I've watched three episodes of the third season and the spark has gone. Arguing has replaced verbal sparring. There's precious little wit on show, and everything seems to end in a chase sequence. They've thrown money at it. They have set episodes in glamorous locations, but something is missing. Hopefully, the season gets better, but if it doesn't, then no wonder Brosnan was so p***** at being forced out of TLD to make more episodes of this.
I think after viewing the rest of the last season you will find PB had great reason to be angry and resentful that the "Steele" producers pulled the Bond rug out from under him.
The show had already played itself out, and should have been cancelled. Again, it was a matter of greed - in the end the audiance and PB got cheated, who knows if the producers made any money.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond