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DiCaprio As James Bond ('s Creator) In A New Biopic?? Could Be...

thats fun. by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	May 15th, 2008 09:05:39 AM
or it could be, i guess.
That would be cool by Turd Furgeson	May 15th, 2008 09:06:24 AM
Man he gets some juicy parts.
The only man to play Young Ian Fleming is ... by Henry Jones Sr	May 15th, 2008 09:09:14 AM
Young Sherlock Holmes! Nicholas Rowe, for it is he, was in an episode of Hotel Babylon recently here in the UK, and I was stunned at how much he looked like the younger, more dashing Ian Fleming. Do it! Do it now!
Puh-lease! by Karl Childers	May 15th, 2008 09:11:07 AM
DiCrapio is too young-looking for a lot of these roles he tackles. Howard Hughes? Terrible casting choice.
will they whitewash fleming's reported racism and antisemitism? by captain_kirk	May 15th, 2008 09:11:27 AM
Or will they make this akin to Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story?
yay for dicaprio! by Holodigm	May 15th, 2008 09:14:51 AM
he can continue his lifelong dream of having an accent in every movie he ever does!
"Reported" by Adama77	May 15th, 2008 09:15:09 AM
Source, Captain Kirk? Source?
You missed the cool part. by YakMalla	May 15th, 2008 09:18:30 AM
In one scene, Fleming will be played by George Lazenby.
Fuck Di Caprio by random dude	May 15th, 2008 09:25:33 AM
No matter how manly he wants to look, he's just the same old whiny wuss.
Get Danial Craig. by Knuckleduster	May 15th, 2008 09:26:15 AM
Just to fuck with people's heads.
Titanic was ELEVEN YEARS AGO, gents by Osmosis Jones	May 15th, 2008 09:28:56 AM
You can stop the childish DiCaprio bashing now. He was EXCELLENT in The Aviator.
Jar Jar Binks is so annoying! by Henry Jones Sr	May 15th, 2008 09:31:33 AM
What was George Lucas thinking!
Who's playing Aleister Crowley? by rev_skarekroe	May 15th, 2008 09:31:41 AM
I nominate Jack Black.
He really is a great actor but... by FILMFUNK	May 15th, 2008 09:32:06 AM
He's hobbled by his boyish looks and I think he's best when he's not playing a known character.
Hope we get to see Richard Donner's cut of Superman II someday! by Henry Jones Sr	May 15th, 2008 09:35:57 AM
I'd love to see that long lost Marlon Brando footage! We can but dream.
The Fleming Identity by ArcadianDS	May 15th, 2008 09:36:39 AM
This movie will break the record for wire-fu nazi swordfighting. Jet Li to play Herman Goering, Hitler's right hand man and mastermind behind the "General Tso Chicken Solution"
Because there aren't enough English actors, right? by Marillion	May 15th, 2008 09:39:02 AM
I mean what the hell? There are dozens of well known English actors who could do justice to the roll.. With all deference to Osmosis Jones, I don't think he's improved that much as an actor over the years... He was just "ok" in Catch Me if you Can, but his part was wasted in The Departed.. All that aside, Nicolas Rowe would be fantastic in the role, but I don't know if he's well known enough here in the States. Young Sherlock, while really enjoyable, was a long time ago...
I'd rather see a james bond film by ingloriousjedi	May 15th, 2008 09:39:07 AM
This film will surely have some fun moments and scenes but will be held down by boring emotion scenes between Flemming and his wife. They'll probably yell at each other real loud and flemming will smash a cocktail glass on the floor, then in a wide shot she'll leave the room and we stay on Flemming alone as he considers he may have just lost his wife. I've come to dislike biopics for this reason. I could watch Pulp Fiction where it's cool scene after cool scene after cool scene, or a bio pic. I just watched 'Blow' which could have been an awesome movie. But the fact that it was a bio meant that 50% of the scenes were unfun.
I want to be cool, too. Please help. by YakMalla	May 15th, 2008 09:39:57 AM
OK, I admit it: I'm jealous of people who know how to get line breaks between paragraphs in their talkbacks (e.g.: Pondscum). Anyone care to divulge the secret?
I wish Spielberg, Lucas and Ford would stop dithering and make I by Henry Jones Sr	May 15th, 2008 09:40:56 AM
All this talk about "we're waiting for a script" is doing my head in. How long are you guys going to make us wait?
YakMalla by Sailor Rip	May 15th, 2008 09:42:07 AM
We'll see.
Now i wanna know too by ingloriousjedi	May 15th, 2008 09:43:46 AM
should i google; how to put spaces between sentences
Nicholas Rowe. by Henry Jones Sr	May 15th, 2008 09:44:15 AM
That TV appearence I mentioned is brand new, and he still looks young. He's just the right age to get away with playing both a younger and older version of Fleming. I wonder if there's a clip on YouTube somewhere?
If this stops him producing Akira by tomdolan04	May 15th, 2008 09:45:09 AM
and that whole project not coming to light as was mooted, I'm all for it. Sadly I suspect that boat has sailed (and soon to be sunk). Iceberg dead ahead indeed.
Ian Fleming's buddies by zinc_chameleon	May 15th, 2008 09:45:18 AM
Just about all drank, screwed or fought themselves to death. I've read his biography, and what comes through in all the people is how much dread and despair they lived in. Spying ain't a happy business. Great for character development, though.
Youtube clip of very young Flemming by ingloriousjedi	May 15th, 2008 09:45:50 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg 5SJYRHA0
Pondscum by YakMalla	May 15th, 2008 09:46:17 AM
Thank you!
Leo As Fleming by IndyAJA77	May 15th, 2008 09:46:48 AM
I'm not much of a Di Caprio fan, but I greatly enjoyed the Fleming biopic staring Jason Connery and would love to see the story get a full Bond treatment. I'd prefer to see someone else cast as Fleming. If you wouldn't cast an American to play Bond, why would you cast one to play his creator? Of course, with Di Caprio attached to the project as producer, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for him to play the lead. I just hope he has the sense not to do it!
Been There Done That by JML9999	May 15th, 2008 09:47:15 AM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 97446/ GoldenEye(1989) Charles Dance As Ian Fleming http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01 00567/ The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) Jason(Son of Sean) Connery) as Flemming
Next thing you know by Abominable Snowcone	May 15th, 2008 09:49:54 AM
flaming exercise guru Richard Simmons will play Schwarzennegger in an Arnold biopic. If that happens, kill me.
You don't need to provide us with YouTube links! by brokentusk	May 15th, 2008 09:52:46 AM
Merrick, enough already. Every article you post ends with a random YouTube link that either adds nothing to the news item you've posted, or "is no longer available" anyway. Every time I click on one of your articles I roll my eyes (not really, but still) because it's always just a paragraph copied from Variety, Hollywood Reporter or some other website, followed by a YouTube link. Lazy! YouTube links cheapen this site.
Abominable by tomdolan04	May 15th, 2008 09:53:50 AM
I'd be a very interested in a thoughtful Arnulhd biopic focusing on his late 70's rise and 80's heyday to his 90's downturn before his rise to governor. A worthy subject matter. Agreed at running for the hills at Richard Simmons though. Who could step up - Chuck Norris or Van-Damme? Heheh
DiCaprio Won Me Over by DarfurOnTheRocks	May 15th, 2008 09:59:07 AM
I really could not stand him before, but his recent performances really have showcased his talent.
I call remake! They already did two versions of this! by Uncapie	May 15th, 2008 10:07:33 AM
One for televison and the oter with Jason Connery as Fleming.
Christopher Lee is his cousin by freerangecelt	May 15th, 2008 10:08:02 AM
Ian Fleming, that is.
This is great for Bondian Awareness Worldwide! by goyo1980	May 15th, 2008 10:10:42 AM
While there already is a movie about the life of Ian Fleming (Spymaker, starring Sean Connery's son Jason), no film has every really done credit to the creator of James Bond, 007. It's also very exciting, as DiCaprio will bring some real street-cred to the role and, perhaps, make it a very well-received and popular film. That in itself is exciting for us Bond fanatics, as most everyone knows who James Bond is, but very few know about the life of Ian Fleming, who actually based much of his original Bond novels on his own life. Check out more about Ian Fleming at http://www.universalexports.ne t/Books/fleming.shtml
The Jason Connery flick was great! by kdoc13	May 15th, 2008 10:11:00 AM
Why do we need another Flemming bio-pic.
Sounds Perfect by Saluki	May 15th, 2008 10:12:22 AM
The idea to start out the film at his Wedding is dead on perfect. This man had a very interesting life, and is worth the price of admission to watch.
Who Ya Gonna Call? by 69DUDE	May 15th, 2008 10:17:52 AM
Ghostbusters!!!!!!
Interesting... by wirefufighter	May 15th, 2008 10:22:17 AM
It's nice that Dicaprio genuinely seems interested in the character. It's just too bad that Geoffrey Rush is too old for what they're trying to do. The man has an uncanny resemblance to Fleming.
someone explains scorsese's love for leo by cloudrider`	May 15th, 2008 10:23:37 AM
please. i dont get it. i dont get why he's miscast in all scorsese's last three films, and the director cant see it. miscast once, i can understand, but now i heard they're teaming up for the 4th project. he looks like a kid. that's why no matter how tough or how mature the roles need him to be, it's still hard to take in. it's a kid playing howard hughes, a kid playing a cop, a kid playing mercenary.
Wasnt this already done a few years ago? by JackRabbitSlim	May 15th, 2008 10:24:17 AM
Can't be bothered to read the other tbers sop ... vaguely remember a moobie from the early 90s with Charles Dance (what the hell happened to him?) playing Ian Flemming. 'Master of Spies' or somesuch
Di Caprio is... by myrtle_mae_simmons	May 15th, 2008 10:25:31 AM
too pretty to play Flemming. The role needs a manly looking man with some grrrr to him. Not the insipid looking Leo
WHERE'S THE BENNY HILL BIOPIC? by BringingSexyBack	May 15th, 2008 10:36:25 AM
With James McAvoy as young Benny?
Please cast a Brit - not DiCaprio! by Utamoh	May 15th, 2008 11:13:25 AM
With all the amazing British actors, many of whom resemble Ian Fleming far more than Leo, why cast him? He'd have to put on the accent, look like a man and convince us he's dashing. Sounds like too much work.
DiCaprio GOTTA EAT!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	May 15th, 2008 11:22:50 AM
Seriously.
Spymaker was awesome by Obscura	May 15th, 2008 11:42:51 AM
hope they dont screw this up.
Sounds awesome. by SkidMarkedUndies	May 15th, 2008 11:45:59 AM
Can't wait.
Not a Brit? So what. by Adama77	May 15th, 2008 11:47:13 AM
It's all speculation at this point, all converging on the usual AICN thing ; hating or not hating an actor. "Waah, waah. Me no like Leo D". Pfft. In other news, someone with the temerity to call himself Captain Kirk turned up, threw shit at Ian Fleming, and then ran away. No source? No shit!
die dicrapio, die by spidercoz	May 15th, 2008 12:00:04 PM
how about, oh hell I don't know, getting a British guy to play him???
oh yeah, leo... by spidercoz	May 15th, 2008 12:02:22 PM
date as many gorgeous supermodels as you want, nobody's buying it
Can we retroactively cast him as Anakin? by Baron Karza	May 15th, 2008 12:08:18 PM
That would be better.
Double Occult Seven by jonsnow	May 15th, 2008 12:32:03 PM
Ian Flemming was interesting to say the least. Read Double Occult Seven by Michael D'Antonio.
This should be over-the-top by Sithdan	May 15th, 2008 12:54:11 PM
Kind of like "Brother's Grim," where the protagonists encounter people who inspire them to caricaturize them in their fairy tales. Ian Fleming could encounter a megalomaniac (perhaps Stalin or Hitler) that inspires Blofeld, and an eccentric MI6 colleague who becomes Q. Perhaps a nymphomaniac who is the basis for Pussy Galore. All of Bond’s canonical motifs could be inspired by his creator’s real-life encounters.
Isn't Flemming sort of known for embellishing parts of his life? by blindambition238	May 15th, 2008 01:05:16 PM
I wonder how they'll handle that.
Retitle it "The Bond Father" by Teddy Artery	May 15th, 2008 01:36:12 PM
EOM
Sithdan by cloudrider`	May 15th, 2008 01:37:26 PM
we can blame 'shakespeare in love' being popular for that. a short film called 'george lucas in love' followed soon after. then the grims. whatever next?
no to DiCaprio by j2talk	May 15th, 2008 02:06:22 PM
please dont let DiCaprio star in it, the idea for a film about Flemmings days as a spy isfantastick and frankly WELL past do-(the previous films not withstanding) but starting Leo? he's as bad as Tom Cruise every film hes in its heres Leo as.....i've never bought him as any of the characters he has played, in fact seeing him takes me right out of the film....
should have been Ian Zerring by BadMrWonka	May 15th, 2008 02:16:06 PM
seriously...he would have knocked this one out of the park...
MISTAKE... by THE TRUE PINBACK	May 15th, 2008 02:16:21 PM
Casting DiCaprio as Fleming would be a humungous mistake. I just don't hitnk he's a good enough actor to pull this off. I did a good enough job in BLOOD DIAMOND and THE DEPARTED, but he isn't right for this. At this point, I'm not sure who would be a good fit for the role, but it sure as hell ain't DiCaprio.
Awesome Catch Me If You Can Link by Pulagatha	May 15th, 2008 02:53:48 PM
If it happens it would be an awesome link to Catch Me If You Can.
That title make me start cussing immediately by br1947	May 15th, 2008 04:40:23 PM
until I read the 2nd half. Those names should never, EVER be put that close together in a sentense.
Will Mark Whalberg explain away Leo's messed up accent? by Christopher3	May 15th, 2008 04:53:56 PM
Gotta have that.
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	May 15th, 2008 05:01:48 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
"The name's Flemming, Ian Flemming" by ricardomontalkhan	May 15th, 2008 05:34:16 PM
I love James Bond... but Ian Flemming is a writer. Was his life that interesting? By the way there's a great new blog on blogspot called "thebitterproducer" check it!
Will it be set in NYC like his "live action" Akira? by bswise	May 15th, 2008 05:43:06 PM
Sigh so it's OK for Leo to play an Irish immigrant, a white South African, and Ian Flemming, but Akira needs to be Americanized, because we Americans need to Americanize everything for an American audience, right? Goddam America, yes!
Yeah, they've already done two versions of this already... by Sledge Hammer	May 15th, 2008 06:04:02 PM
...but they were done by the british, in english, so clearly that just won't do. Flemming clearly has to be played by an american in an american film, or else it just doesn't count. Especially given that Flemming was british and all. Yep, an american with a bad fake accent, much better. And Flemming was a tall, thin man, which means that DiCaprio is absolutely perfect for the role, what with him being rather short and increasingly pudgy. This is like the most perfect idea EVER!
He's way too pretty.... by drewlicious	May 15th, 2008 07:08:09 PM
I think Russell Crowe would be a better fit. Or Ralph Fiennes
Catch Me If You Can by Greenleaf1	May 15th, 2008 07:46:02 PM
Funny that he bought James Bond's suit under the alias of "Mr. Fleming" and now he might actually be playing him.
Careful what you say Prossor by BobPalpatine	May 15th, 2008 08:12:41 PM
If dicaprio is found in a mound of shit and gagged with a turd whose door do you think the POs will be knocking on?
Leonadro will probably play Jack Whittingham by soup74	May 15th, 2008 08:13:06 PM
watch this, it's pretty interesting. http://www.you tube.com/watch?v=6vJWxZjL3q4&f eature=related
Is akira still going then? by red_weed	May 15th, 2008 10:08:35 PM
I heard they are filming that now right now...
So is this how? by jamazio	May 15th, 2008 10:19:08 PM
Like this?
Some Fleming facts by Miguel De Barioz	May 16th, 2008 04:57:02 AM
Hello Guys - Im sure everyone is getting hard-ons for this project - I am! I have waited ages for this movie to be made, since I saw Casino Royales on DVD last year. Fleming was such a great man to have invented James Bond, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and lots of othr things. a note to the producers - HERE ARE SOME FLEMING FACTS! 1. Ian Fleming was British, do not fall into the trap of thinking he was an american man. 2. He wrote most of the Bond books. 3. He liked a drink or two. 4. Good actors to play him include: Michael Keaton, Stacey Keach, Dan Shanks (a good 007), Sean Connery, Eilio De Quirez, Vanto Sanchez, Dr Who. Anythoughts?
Damn you, George Lucas! by Motoko Kusanagi	May 16th, 2008 05:24:42 AM
Damn you!
wayofthefuturewayofthefuturewayo fthefuture by Larry Sellers	May 16th, 2008 07:19:20 AM
Show Ian Fleming the blueprints.
Yes I agree Danny Glover by Miguel De Barioz	May 16th, 2008 10:06:07 AM
I hate it when a english gentleman tries being all cool and try to sound like a yankee "O excuse me? But could you pass the rum - Asshole Muthafucka". I remeber when I was a boy an englishmans boy was in our school for a year, he was always so clever and bright 'excuse me' this - 'would you mind' that - a real pain in the ass. For a joke my papa took him up to the mountain in his wheelchair and left him there. Man that was so funny. Apparently my papa was saying 'would you mind if I leave you here!' So funny man. When he come down he see the funny side and his family moved to Brazil.
Yes I agree Danny Glover by Miguel De Barioz	May 16th, 2008 10:06:16 AM
I hate it when a english gentleman tries being all cool and try to sound like a yankee "O excuse me? But could you pass the rum - Asshole Muthafucka". I remeber when I was a boy an englishmans boy was in our school for a year, he was always so clever and bright 'excuse me' this - 'would you mind' that - a real pain in the ass. For a joke my papa took him up to the mountain in his wheelchair and left him there. Man that was so funny. Apparently my papa was saying 'would you mind if I leave you here!' So funny man. When he come down he see the funny side and his family moved to Brazil.
Geoffrey Rush by Logan-X	May 17th, 2008 12:45:45 AM
Geoffrey Rush is the only person who should be playing Fleming. I mean, shit, look at pictures of them side-by-side; he looks just like him! Also, he's not a bad actor.
Quote from Thunderball: by Dingbatty	May 18th, 2008 06:04:28 PM
"In contrast to the hard, slow-moving brown eyes, the mouth, with its thick, rather down-curled lips, belonged to a satyr ... the muscles bulged under the exquisitely cut shark-skin jacket. An aid to his athletic prowess were his hands. They were almost twice the normal size ... Largo was an adventurer, a predator on the herd."

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