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Post by Ace on Dec 15, 2005 16:51:15 GMT -5
Hmmm, I guess Gleason wasn't justing whistling dixie:
From the new Evening Standard (12/15/05) article with Pierce:
Ironically, for all his departures from the suave persona that informed both James Bond and Remington Steele, Brosnan hopes to bring Remington back in a big-screen version of the series. "The show is out on DVD now and so we have started negotiations on making a movie out of it," he says. "I think there's an audience there. There's a sentimental memory and fondness for it."
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I'm not holding my breath though. He has so much more on his plate and the logistics of this working and whether he'd star in it or not and if he didn't would anyone care to see RS really work against this getting made.
Ace
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Post by Barbara on Dec 15, 2005 17:30:47 GMT -5
Not to mention he said around TND that he would do a Steele movie. And let's not forget that Fox was thinking of a RS movie -- with different actors -- but that never panned out.
-- B
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Post by sparklingblue on Dec 17, 2005 11:16:39 GMT -5
He is probably just being gracious.
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Post by Barbara on Dec 19, 2005 16:58:24 GMT -5
Honestly, there aren't enough drugs in the world to make that happen.
-- B
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Post by Ace on Dec 26, 2005 23:26:15 GMT -5
I posted the entire interview in Pierce Interviews but the relevant Steel part is: About.com: Pierce Brosnan on "The Matador" and Playing an Unsavory Character And His Upcoming Films: "Seraphim Falls" and "The Topkapi Affair"Pierce Brosnan Says a Remington Steele Movie is a Distinct Possibility: “It’s in discussion. We’re working on it. We have two young, wonderful female writers. They’ve been into the office and they’ve got a take on it. I think we’re looking at New York location-wise. I look for location first. Good restaurants? Days off? I haven’t really heard the pitch. They only came into the office. I’m in the middle of this picture right now. We discussed it, where we would like it to go and they’ve come in with a little bit of an idea.” Brosnan revealed that if the film happens, he won’t be playing the title role. “I wouldn’t play him. I would kind of give myself some wonderful cameo role and try to steal the third act or something like that. I’m too old to play him right now. I don’t want to go back there. I’ve been there. That’s where I started. But to be able to produce something and find an actor and actress, I think just the pitch line itself is still good in today’s market. It’s a piece that is loved and I’m still at the table, so to speak, so there could be an audience out there.” ========================== It sounds like it's in it's infancy and I'm not sure how much of a market there is for a Steele with no Pierce as Steele.
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Post by londonstreet on Dec 27, 2005 8:34:27 GMT -5
I agree with you Ace, I think there won't so much audience without him playing Steele. I'm not interested in Steele movie at all if he won't be Steele. In what he said I see that the new movie will have just the serie's name, nothing else.
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Post by respectanimals on Dec 27, 2005 9:11:41 GMT -5
I agree with you Ace, I think there won't so much audience without him playing Steele. I'm not interested in Steele movie at all if he won't be Steele. I'd have to agree as well. I'm really enjoying watching the DVDs as they become available, but I don't think I like the show so much that I'd be interested in watching a movie that doesn't have Pierce playing Remington Steele. If they were to do make a movie out of it, I'd rather see a movie for television with Pierce and Stephanie playing the roles at their current ages, not new actors just going over the same material. Ellen
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Post by clervaux on Dec 27, 2005 9:16:31 GMT -5
I too see little to no market for a Remington Steele feature length movie without PB in the title role. It would be like James Garner deciding 20 years ago to make a feature film of The Rockford Files but not to star in it. PB is Remington Steele and it is his only major portrayal that is his alone. He would be much better served to let the series rest in peace than to resurrect it with him in cameo mode. Hopefully, this new ill conceived premise will never get greenlit.
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Post by my two cents worth on Dec 27, 2005 17:53:40 GMT -5
Agree with all of the above! Why couldn't it be written from a current perspective? There could be all kinds of interesting things to discover had happened since then.
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Post by Ace on Dec 27, 2005 23:33:03 GMT -5
I wrote this earlier on the Steelewatchers list when someone wondered why PB thought Steele wasn't the character for him to play any more and why the story if made wouldn't be a continuation story. So I'm cutting and pasting (apologies to those who've read this before) ============================
Steele is a character PB first auditioned for at age 28 and was 33/34 when he stopped playing him. It's been along time, almost 20 years. Maybe in his mind he sees Steele as a young character, or at least a young character when his story is the most interesting or feature film worthy.
I wonder what would remain of Remington Steele, that larcenous carefree, not wanting to settle down young man who got his foot caught in the door after trying to leave town with some royal lavulite. Even by the end of the show he'd already settled in. What would be the hook of the story? If the character was to be revisted, especially in context of his relationship with Laura how much of that character would have changed?
They could still have the requisite mystery but what would be the hook of the personal part of the story? (and the personal was always more important than the mystery IMO)
If they were still togther after almost 25 years would they argue over how he wasn't real detective, or wonder if he was going to stick around -- after 25 years? That would be silly. Or would we be stuck with some yucky story about their kids? Or after 20 plus years together would they have morphed into Nick and Nora Charles? Or would they have to give the story drama by having him return after being gone for several years and dragging some trouble along with him?
As said here previously by others, mostly when they do TV series for films they recast and start with the initial premise over again. Meeting the characters again in their "future" is rare (can't recall it being done, especially after so much time has passed) for a TV series to film treatmenet. That's pretty much reunion territory for a 2 hour TV special and I can't see that happenning any time soon.
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I'm wondering how others could think a feature stand alone film could be made with an older Steele and Laura (or even just an older Steele -- I know heaven forfend for some)? Do you think it could hold up just as a light hearted romantic mystery series like Nick and Nora where the case was premminent over the couple? But if they're getting along that well are they still Steele and Laura?
If not, wouldn't many of the issues Steele and Laura had grappled with 20 years ago still make sense fo them to be grappling with now? Or would there have to be some kind of new twist for their relationship -- and how to do that without making it like an artificial wrench in their relationship.
And how to to do all this for those not only who are fans but to appeal to those who've never watched the show?
Ace
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Post by londonstreet on Dec 28, 2005 5:39:16 GMT -5
It will certainly be a different film for those who had never see the serie, because they would see things in different ways. I think they will hardly do a film based on Remington Steele because if they want get the old Remington's audience they should put some links to the series, but new audience could not understand the links. So in my opinion they should let Remington Steele be what it is: a '80's series. If they don't put any link it won't be Remington Steele but just another detective film.
But if they want to do the film I see it in two ways:
- they could take the film from the last episode and develop with Laura and Remington solving a case and above all to face their first sleeping together and their marriage. In this case the actor should be young, but I don't like to see another actor as Remington at all. Remington is Pierce's character, the only one that is only his.
- otherwise I see Laura and Remington (Stephanie and Pierce) meeting again after 25 years, she solving a case in which he's involved. This time their relationship become deeper.
I don't know how they should do to make one of this without having a film full of stock situations, I have no imagination.
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Post by Barbara on Dec 28, 2005 10:45:35 GMT -5
Here's a plot idea:
The movie begins with a new Remington Steele, and a new associate. The new RS is a former Special Forces operative, who retired from the military and was trained by Laura Holt. The firm now does more security than detective work.
As it turns out, after many months of being on again, off again, Laura and our RS finally "broke-up" when Laura thought she found a man who she could completely trust because he told her everything about himself.
Of course "everything," was a well planned lie.
Fast forward to the new RS and his partner being stalked by Major Descoines. The new Remy doesn't understand why this guy is after them, since all the old files were lost in a computer upgrade. He doesn't want to bother Laura because she is off at some spa recovering from her divorce and finding herself.
Remy II tries tracks down Remy I, who has decided to be Harry Chalmers for a while. He runs a franchise of cigar/gambling rooms in all the posh cities in the world. Our RS doesn't want to help him, at first, because he is still annoyed at Laura for the final break up. Of course, when he realizes what is at stake, he comes to the rescue.
Cue to some madcap highjinks, and by the end new Remy and his partner keep the firm, and Remy I and Laura live somewhat happily ever after.
Love...B
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Post by clervaux on Dec 28, 2005 15:41:30 GMT -5
I don’t believe that a feature film without PB as Remington Steele is a viable or marketable option. This point has been dissected excellently on this website: zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2005/12/no-private-eye-show-is-sacred.html. Stripping away the mystery, mayhem and classic movie references that decorated the Remington Steele TV series, reveals that the core and heart of the piece was the relationship between Laura Holt and the man who would be Remington Steele. The dizzying mating dance the pair did around each other while trying to figure each other out is what made this a series for the ages. As a consequence, it is the two actors as these two characters that people were drawn to and who they would want to see in a movie, not some imitation, reinvention or echo of them. Is there any sort of story line out there for the pair once the dance slowed from a disco frenzy to a tango? Of course there is. Even after 20 years together, I doubt that Mr. Steele would have revealed his entire past to Laura. As a result, there has got to be the gnawing fear that it could come back to haunt the couple. And the something from the past might even be something that Steele himself is not aware of (and could be wrongly accused of). A great movie could be made of the pair working together to clear the name of the man with 5 passports regarding an incident from his murky past. PB has not solicited my advice on any of this but if I were him and had any interest in resurrecting Remington Steele I wouldn’t be relying on a couple of kids to write the script. I’d be turning to a couple of great writers from the original series that currently have top rated TV series on the air, Lee Zlotoff (NCIS) and Jeff Melvoin (Alias). They both have their fingers on the pulses of the current American viewing public and bring a great understanding of the back story of the Remington Steele series to a movie script. Their fondness for Laura Holt and Remington Steele was clearly evident in the comments they made during the Season Two DVD featurettes.
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Post by sparklingblue on Dec 30, 2005 18:50:00 GMT -5
Sorry, but this is all a big no-no for me. Pierce's not playing Steele is a major turnoff for most people, I'd say. It certainly is for me. I don't want to see anybody else playing the role. Even if Pierce appears in a cameo that's not the same. I understand why he doesn't want to play Steele again, but that should be cause enough to just leave the series alone and appreciate it for what it is. I also don't think that they could come up with a storyline and a script good enough to attract new audiences and satisfy RS fans at the same time. I respect people's ideas about possible storylines, but haven't we had that all in fanfiction already? It always seems artificial to me. (I hope I haven't offended anyone, if so, I apologise.) I myself admit that I was not satisfied with how the series ended, but I don't think a movie that is made twenty years on can make up for that.
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Post by Kristýna on Jan 2, 2006 4:05:47 GMT -5
Pierce's not playing Steele is a major turnoff for most people, I'd say. It certainly is for me. I don't want to see anybody else playing the role. Even if Pierce appears in a cameo that's not the same. I understand why he doesn't want to play Steele again, but that should be cause enough to just leave the series alone and appreciate it for what it is. I have to agree with you, sparkingblue. I don´t want to see anyone else in Remington´s role either. I can imagine that the storyline takes place after 20 years, but with Pierce and Stephanie in the main roles.
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Post by curious george on Jan 5, 2006 21:52:51 GMT -5
Put me down for no one but the original actors -- whoever suggested the original writers be brought back, that would be a major plus. But possibly without the latter and certainly without the former, it just wouldn't cut it. Matthew Broderick may have Broadway fame and fortune, but he's no Robert Preston. Some things can't be duplicated. cg
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Post by IcyCalm on Jan 5, 2006 23:00:12 GMT -5
The very idea of a Remington Steele movie charms me down to my soul - but I cannot understand how Pierce thinks it has a snowball's chance without him in the lead. I'm puzzled. He knows perfectly well that he carried the series in the first place back in the 80's. He's become a savvy producer now, knows the industry, has good advisers - and is very much aware of his own audience.
His assertion that he is too old to play RS is pure rubbish, I say. If he's not too old to play Bond, a far more physically demanding role, he's certainly not too old to play a debonair PI.
Has anybody else entertained the possibility that Stephanie Zimbalist refused the part, or worse still, wasn't even asked? (No, he isn't that cruel.) He knows we won't accept a substitute Laura, so he takes a pass on Remington.
There's a nuance here that escapes me.
IcyCalm
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Post by curious george on Jan 6, 2006 15:42:38 GMT -5
I'd love to see them together again. You hear that, PB and SZ?!? ;D
cg
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Post by Yuliya on Jan 24, 2006 11:57:58 GMT -5
Reported from another group; from ContactMusic.comBROSNAN SAYS NO TO REMINGTON STEELE MOVIE Irish actor PIERCE BROSNAN has ruled out starring in a film version of his 1980s TV show REMINGTON STEELE, because he believes it would take his career backwards. Brosnan, who shot to international stardom as Steele before playing JAMES BOND, is still in talks with his film company Irish Dreamtime about bringing the movie to the big screen. But, at 52, he insists he's too old to play the role again. He says, "I'm too old to play him right now. "I don't want to go back there. I've been there and that's where I started." 23/01/2006 17:36
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Post by Lauryn on Mar 19, 2006 17:09:55 GMT -5
I've always been an apostate on the notion of either an RS TV reunion or feature film; the track record for both kinds of endeavors isn't pretty and my affection for the show is such that it isn't worth the gamble. I'd be inclined to say the same whether Pierce and Stephanie were taking it out of mothballs or it was re-tooled for the next generation. Ace brought up several complications of picking up the characters where they left off over twenty years before -- the same old eternal conflicts (surely not), or would it have to be tarted up with some dramatic contrivance? Would the characters even appeal / speak to us in the same way? And PB and SZ so consummately made the roles their own that the thought of younger actors slotted in hasn't got much RS flavor or distinctiveness, at least for most fans. Not to mention the sort of things that RS did rather gracefully (for instance, recreating something new out of the whole cloth of classic cinema) is not something that modern Hollywood or most modern actors do especially well -- and a retool would almost have to be given a different emphasis for the big screen and for a broader, younger audience.
So, just when I was nurturing the hope that the project had died on the vine, along comes this article. (Colin Farrell? Now I'm really depressed, LOL!)
FARRELL'S THE MAN TO STEELE MY ROLE ; EXCLUSIVE Brosnan backs actor to resurrect Remington for film
PAUL MARTIN The Daily Mirror (Eire edition) 2006.
PIERCE Brosnan revealed he'll never play Remington Steele again - but wants Colin Farrell to take his place.
The former Bond star said he has ruled out reprising his character in a new movie version of the 1980s TV show because he's too old and it would be a big step back. But the 52-year-old is now lining up Dubliner Farrell, 29, for the film which will be produced by his film company Irish Dreamtime.
He said: "I'm too old to play Remington but Colin Farrell is the right kind of guy.
"He has the look and the style that people associate with Remington.
"We've had talks about it and he could be interested. There are a few people in the mix but he's one of my favourites." Brosnan shot to stardom playing private investigator Steele in 1982 and the series ran for five years.
The show made Brosnan, from Navan, Co Meath, a household name and catapulted him from obscurity to the cover of People Magazine in just 12 months.
A movie insider said: "The role really appeals to Colin because it's a new challenge for him.
"It would be different from anything that he's done before and would give him a good boost.
"He also gets on great with Pierce Brosnan and would love to work with him on the project."
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Oh, dear. Maybe Pierce and the uni-browed one had a pint in a pub somewhere, and it was just idle chat. (Since it's from The Mirror I wonder if the quotes from PB originated elsewhere.)
Colin Farrell strikes me as being best at playing skeevy, low, untrustworthy characters -- he reminds me of Alec Baldwin in that way. It's an odd thing to say about an Irishman, but Farrell seems to me to be consitutionally incapable of the kind of unforced charm and gallantry that Steele has, the purported opinion from Brosnan notwithstanding. Here's hoping it turns out to be a non-story, like most things in the tabloids. Otherwise my fingers are crossed that Pierce and Colin stay very busy -- with other things.
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