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Soderbergh On THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Movie And Already Has His Lead In Mind!?
Merrick here...
Looks like Steven Soderbergh is looking to bring an adaptation of the 1960s television series THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. to the big screen.
The original show (available HERE
) starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as American and Russian super agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin (respectively) and featured this theme by Jerry Goldsmith...
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Meh.
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fall in love with Clooney after half through the movie are hating each other.<br /> <p>typical.
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Wish they would remake the Third Man and start a new Harry Lime film series.
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stupid extra h
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Nov. 17, 2010, 1:39 p.m. CST
You don't hear a lot of flute in TV themes from that time.
by 3 Bag Enema
I hope Soderberg retains it. And I'll only watch this if it isn't another celebrity-wank camp fest like the Ocean's films.
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Nov. 17, 2010, 1:40 p.m. CST
i hope they keep the rampaging soap bubbles that disolve people.
by alice133
wmd + sparkly clean and fresh.
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Or The Girlfriend Experience? <p>People are going to look back at the previous decade and talk about Soderbergh, Richard Linklater and Christopher Nolan and not much else aside from documentaries.
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i remember that.they had created a weapon in the form of soap foam which could dissolve everything.
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Kind of falls into that "FUCKIN' DUH" catagory. Not because Clooney is perfect for the role, but because he's Soderberg's go-to guy for pretty much everything.
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Technological Hierarchy for the Relagation of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (Thanks, Mickey)
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Reminded me of 60's spy movies so if he continues in that vein this could be a lot of fun.
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How many more below average TV series/toys/crappy animated series do we have to endure? Anyone wearing nostalgia goggles about Man From Uncle, watch it again, it's seriously dated and not that good even then. If you want to make a satirical cold war pastiche all well and good but who cares about Man From Uncle in 2010?
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Clooney. Soderbergh. 60's. U.N.C.L.E. Solo. Can't wait.
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"What did Ducky look like when he was young? "Illya Kuryakin." I just wasn't expecting it... I think putting it in the 60s is a great idea if the don't make it camp.
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I don't dislike Clooney, per se. He really is kind of an obvious choice to play Napoleon Solo. I'm just a little tired of his same, old, tired schtick, every single time he's on screen.
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Nov. 17, 2010, 2:27 p.m. CST
Sharon Farrell looks like she could kill with a blowjob.
by Royston Lodge
The template for Xenia Onatopp?
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Glad they're setting it in the 60's too. I just hope they get either Robert Vaughn or David McCallum to play the boss.
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Actually, despite the obviousness of the casting, Clooney is well suited for this. Like the guy or not he is a throwback to that older holllywood archtype-he is the modern Cary Grant, like Hanks is the modern Jimmy Stewart. Robert Vaugn had that effortless cool about him, and that is one thing Clooney can convey. I'm just hedging my bet as to whether or not it will be Damon or Pitt Soderbergh looks at for Illya
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Starring Seth Rogan and James Franco?
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first...have mccallum play the chief<P>second, let vaughn be the heavy<p>third, do not make it tongue in cheek....the best episodes were done before it became a satire on the spy genre
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Soderberg? Clooney? The Man From Uncle? This might get me 'fapping' I'm afriad. This could be truly awesome.
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Because he's too old to be Napoleon Solo.
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Nov. 17, 2010, 3:16 p.m. CST
Now if this is a serious take ....Clooney would be great as Napo
by mr dark
but it would be great to have Vigo Mortenson as a bad ass Ilya Kuryakin ala his russian role in Eastern Promises...but I'm sure they really must be considering younger actors as this has a franchise potential..
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...played awesomely by Anne Francis. They should revive that character as Solo's nemesis...and the dissolving soap-bubble episode had my favorite UNCLE line...a THUSH operative to an imcompetent underling: "I should toss you back to Thrush Central...let them peel your skin off..."
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Some kind of disintegrative effect. <p> I don't remember what Affair it was in. I'm a geek, not an obsessive geek. <p> Check with Section Three, Communications and Intelligence.
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before I started pounding the keyboard.
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If you've seen reruns, you know the shit gets pretty crazy. I would like to see what Soderbergh does with it though.
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But probably won't be
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.......... Oh. That's why. Eh, middle-aged caper go-to guy Clooney. Why not.
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Hopefully they won't fuck it up like Mission: Impossible, The Wild, Wild West, The Avengers, Lost in Space, Bewitched, The Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch, Leave it to Beaver, Car 54, Where Are You?, McHale's Navy, The Beverly Hillbillies, etc., etc., etc......
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. . . more Karen Sisco flicks. And, yes, w/ J.Lo. . .
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Read the first 7 posts in this thread in the voice of "Comic Book Guy".
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If you're going to pick a middle aged actor, that guy looks just like a younger Robert Vaughn
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Seriously, back in the 60s-70s I don't think there wasn't a TV show that she didn't guest star on. Sitcoms, crime dramas, even game shows....at least once a week you'd see her name in the guest star credits.
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But I too am wondering on who would be a good choice for Ilya. Maybe Leo DiCaprio or even Michael Fassbender (with his hair dyed of course). And how about Robert Vaughn in for the Leo G Carroll role as the boss?
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Not even the same ball park. One of them has variety the other one's Nolan.
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not surprised he's doing another remake. he should remake the informant.
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Cool idea.
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Next matt Damon will be cast
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Who's familiar with the original and still alive? Sounds like a money-grab by the rights holder(s) who are either elderly and want to cash out before death, or the party that inherited the rights and want to cash in on them ASAP. (This is why you've been seeing so many remakes of TV and movie properties from the '70s and '80s -- the rights holders are trying to ensure their retirement funds. I am no kidding.)
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the refitted Walther P-38 that could be converted into a sniper rifle was an idea that has been stolen from U.N.C.L.E. and used over and over and over....
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I hope they keep that in.
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The problem with updating it to current times...is the villains. Islamic extremist terrorists and made up 3rd world dictators. Ugh. <p> In the 60's, EVERYONE was a potential villain. Same reason Indy was so good being set in the 30's/40's...Just can't have good Nazi villains today. <p> I think with the right script, Clooney as Napoleon channeling Don Draper would be awesome.
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And that's probably what this new version will be.
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Napoleon and Ilya will drive around in their U.N.C.L.E. car, bantering and bickering with each other.
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The level of mental incapacitation for posters has just reached a new mouth gaping, piss stained, shit smelling, sell the fucker to a circus and call him KonkBob the human fucking pinata. <br></br> <br></br> What in your ass sniffing, mono tinted, can't look up, tasty testicles world does hack mean? <br></br><br></br> It's bad enough that every clown with half an opinion applies the term to directors with 2 films under their belts now you want throw it at Soderbergh? Bet you're one the geniuses that have Peter Jackson on your list or maybe Danny Boyle? Cock. <br></br> <br></br> Stay away from cinema asshat you really have no fucking idea.
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"...the project, which...at this point...looks to be retaining its 1960s setting." That is all. Finally someone who gets it.
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Are we not human, are we not wanting April Dancer? But played by....?
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... but I really REALLY want the return of the BEST frickin' spy ever:<p></p> Derek Flint<p></p> make it happen
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Superfluous "(respectively)"!
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I must break you.
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"Oh, let me think about it for one-millionth of a second. It's Soderbergh directing a fun actioner... geez, could he possibly be going with Clooney? Am I way off the reservation with that guess?" It's barely even news, it's so obvious.
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Nolan needs at least 2 more non-Batman films before future film buffs truly accept him as a real wunderkind. 'Memento' and 'Insomnia' are classics, but 'Inception' (while very good) has been neutralized by all the slavish fanboy preening about how brilliant it is.<BR> <BR> Soduerbergh isn't to everyone's taste, but his prolific and varied work definitely earns him a spot on the list. Danny Boyle and Ang Lee fall into that category as well.<BR> <BR> Who said Richarl Linklater? What the hell has he done that's in any way interesting in the last 10 years? Seriously?
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Although one of the guys who novelized the TV series created one: "The Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity" Up until that time, it was just the code-word for the enemy organization.
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EBA: "Well there was a man, Philip of Bergundy, known to his enemies as, "The Hawk". <p> "We were deadly childhood rivals, although,of course, in those days he was known as "The Thrush".
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I would watch that movie.
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I'm glad to hear that the current plan is to keep the movie set in the 1960s and the Cold War era. But Cloony is just plain too old to play Solo. 15 years ago, he would have been a good choice. Now that need a younger actor in his thirties or even late twenties. Clooney would surely make a good Mr. Waverly though (as really having Waverly as old as he was in the series isn't very realistic), or even a Thrush villainous mastermind.
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I cast a vote for the use of the Ventures' cover of the theme music over the credits. For no adequately explained reason, I've been hooked on the music from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the them tune in particular, but the Ventures version rules all. You can find it on their "Batman" album, which also contains the best version of Get Smart you'll ever hear, along with the classic original instrumental "Hotline."
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I was nine years when Man From Uncle was first aired on monday night on NBC. The next day at school every male was talking about the show. Everyone was making communicators out of Mach boxes and tin foil and doing kung fu chops to the back of the neck. that was a very different time. Please dont fuck this up.
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Ilya is the brains; Solo, the brawn.
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JAmes Caan's useless son Scott in it. Unless he gets killed in the first five minutes. Fassbender might make a good Ilya. or make it Ilyanna and use Olga Kurylenko! gggrrrrr.
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Just sayin'........
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"Don't worry, they're Afghani freedom fighters! They're on our side!" Oh boy. How the times have changed! Then again, If we handed over Chevy Chase for torture it could facilitate peace talks, no?
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Good call!
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Always thought Jon Hamm would make a good Napoleon Solo...he even resembles Robert Vaughan.
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No, it was Muncle. I guess they had lots of dissolving soap bubbles in the 60s.
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I think Clooney would have been good for it a few years ago but now he's old enough to play Waverly, not Solo.
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Otherwise, the 60s would not seem like so long ago that the only people who remember it must be dead of very old age by now. I'm neither dead nor ancient. I don't even qualify for senior citizen discounts yet.
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bleh
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the first year was great and holds up well today overall. After that , I did not recognize the show and would not have been a fan if I had not seen season 1. Sam Rolfe, the creator and producer, left the show after the first year and it became junk.First year, smart, clever, with a real edge and great music (which of course they changed).The show went from a first episode thrush assassin shattering bulletproof glass as he fired at Solo to a third season episode of Solo dancing with a gorilla. How can you figure that type of change out?
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Paul Bettany would be a perfect Illya Kuryakin,just check him out in Gangster #1
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