A Fistful of Dollars' TV Series In The Works

[Lee A Stewart]

The 1964 Spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars is being adapted into a television series. According to Deadline, Mark Gordon Pictures has acquired the rights to both A Fistful of Dollars and Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, a 1961 samurai epic from which the former borrowed its plot. Game of Thrones writer Brian Cogman is in talks to pen the series for the small screen.

A Fistful of Dollars gave Clint Eastwood his breakthrough role as “The Man With No Name,” a character who would later appear in For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. The movie follows the unnamed stranger as he arrives in the town of San Miguel, where two local smuggler families fight to gain control of the town. The Man With No Name uses his cunning and wit to trick the families into destroying one another.

A Fistful of Dollars has been described as an “unofficial” remake of Yojimbo, and not just in the way The Lion King is an unofficial remake of Hamlet. Rather, A Fistful of Dollars is so similar to Yojimbo in story structure that Japanese production house Toho filed a lawsuit, eventually settling out of court. However, the series in development will “pull from this source material for an original, contemporary retelling of the story.”

The new Western project comes out of Mark Gordon Pictures’ pre-existing deal with eOne. No other specific details have been released yet, but a TV series based on a classic Clint Eastwood movie is bound to be popular, even if Eastwood has nothing to do with it.

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[kylor]

Somehow I don't think it will be as good as the films. I'm open to being surprised though. Wonder if they'll cast Scott Eastwood in it.

[drush9999]

Dragging out the Yojimbo/Fistful story into a season of TV is like countless TV drama series with criminals, with everyone backstabbing everyone. Apart from the Western setting (oh wait Deadwood), this ain't going to be all that original.

[lesco]

No Eastwood. No Leone. No point.

[JoeKryten]

Originally Posted by lesco

No Eastwood. No Leone. No point.

No Mifune. No Kurosawa. No point....

[Jay H.]

No shirt, no shoes, no service.

[kylor]

No cuts, no buts, no coconuts - YouTube

[captainsolo]

Grr...there’s no point to doing this. Last Man Standing did it again in the 90’s.

If anything the adaptation should be of the original source inspiration Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest. Adapting the novel could have more material to turn into a show versus trying to expand on the already perfect Yojimbo and Fistful.

[Lee A Stewart]

However, the series in development will “pull from this source material for an original, contemporary retelling of the story.”

[Levon]

Will check it out if it ever comes to fruition.

[Swissangel4616]

hollywood must be definitive out of ideas....ugh

[Bugg]

It will probably be one of millions of TV shows that never get beyond development. Amazing to see how many shows seem stuck in an endless development stage. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch/

[captveg]

We already have this series. It's called The Mandalorian.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by captveg

We already have this series. It's called The Mandalorian.

Really? A man stands between two families trying to kill each other and takes advantage of the situation. I don't see it at all.

[Ranger517]

I don't have a problem with this. However, good luck finding legendary talent and unique faces like Gian Maria Volonté, Aldo Sambrell, Lee Van Cleef and Klaus Kinski.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ranger517

I don't have a problem with this. However, good luck finding legendary talent and unique faces like Gian Maria Volonté, Aldo Sambrell, Lee Van Cleef and Klaus Kinski.

It isn't going to be a western. It will use contemporary settings and actors. It's the story that will remain the same. BTW - Lee Van Cleef was not in A Fistful Of Dollars.

[Ranger517]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

BTW - Lee Van Cleef was not in A Fistful Of Dollars.

I'm aware. I was just saying in a way that I doubt this show isn't gonna have the dirty, sweaty, scruffiness and grit that those actors had throughout that whole trilogy. Everyone in A Fistful of Dollars and the rest of the trilogy seem to have their own unique appearance and an ominous quiet demeanor you never really see in showbiz anymore.

A contemporary retelling of the story sounds boring to me already, I expect they'll use up and coming actors that'll be recognizable from another tv show or movie they were in. I don't know... that's just how I feel. /shrug