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Clint Eastwood’s A Fistful of Dollars is the basis for a television show in the development of Mark Gordon Pictures. The company was formed in August by the former PGA head, Mark Gordon, who is a longtime partner of company eOne.

A Fistful of Dollars is a Spaghetti Western movie directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood in the lead character, alongside Marianne Koch, John Wells, W. Lukschy, Antonio Prieto, S. Rupp, and Joe Edger. The film was produced between West Germany, Italy, and Spain. It was released in 1964 in Italy and 1967 in the United States. The plot revolves around an unnamed stranger who arrives at the town of San Miguel, Mexico-United States border. The town’s innkeeper, Silvanito, tells the stranger about two smuggler families who are vying to gain control of the city. The stranger decides to play these families against each other. He demonstrated his accuracy and speed with his gun by shooting with ease the four men who insulted him when he entered the town. The genre is leading to the two sequels, and hence it is being called, “man with no name” trilogy.

Recently, according to the Deadline, Mark Gordon Picture has secured the rights of the distribution of Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars and aims to tell the contemporary and original version of the story. The writer Bryan Cogman, who is famous for his work in Game of Thrones, is also involved with the project. Bryan is currently working on the upcoming series of Amazon, Lord of the Rings. However, the markers have not announced the release date of the project, but because of extensive IP, it should not be difficult to find a buyer for the film. It is not impossible to adapt to a movie which has already well-defined characters and to write the dialogue of the series. Although, it’s challenging to sell the show as the Western Spaghetti has lost its popularity since the 1960s.

Producers are aiming to tell a more contemporary version of the story and only to take inspiration from the source material. In today’s time, the neo-westerns and anti-westerns, the archetype of The Man with No Name has fallen out of trend and is now considered an unhealthy stereotype. So to make it “more contemporary” the team has to work on the adaptation, as there is no room for good westerns anymore.

It is all about some latest updates about the 60’s Eastwood movie, A Fistful of Dollars. I hope you liked the article.

Source: Eastwood’s Fistful of Dollars Remade as a Series

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