Next Bond film title: Casino Royale

[Ozzymandias]

CNN reports that the legal battle over the rights to Ian Fleming's   Casino Royale   is over and that will be the next Bond film.  I had heard they were wanting to do a prequel and if you have read the book, this would be a good idea. Of course, something is bound to louse it up.

[daveblackeye15]

I rememeber first reading Casino Royale and found it boring a few years later I reread it and loved it. I wonder how the screen treatment would take it probably more action scenes.

[Jack Corbett]

Err...

[JohnL]

Why do they even bother? I mean other than the title and maybe the basic idea, the movies don't really have much in common with the novels, do they? I remember I once flipped through the book Moonraker (Flemming's novel, not the novelization of the film) and not only was it written long before the space shuttle was even invented, the plot was nothing like the film. True, I only skimmed a few pages, but it didn't seem like they used anything other than the title and maybe a character or two.

[Menard]

Does this version count as a remake?  (:

[Jack Corbett]

Err...

[Menard]

The title CASINO ROYALE was used in 1967 for a James Bond spoof movie which starred David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, and Ursula Andress among other notable cast members.

When I inquired if the new James Bond movie was going to be a remake, it was a joke.

[Jack Corbett]

Err...



You... said, Casino Royale... right...?



Err...

[Menard]

IMDB Casino Royale

[Jack Corbett]

Next... Bond, flick... Casino...Royale...?

Oh God, I'm... I'm shocked... Oh, s**t...

[Ozzymandias]

New Bond movie, old title

[Jack Corbett]

Great. Just freakin great.


Oh well, I did thnk Die Another Day would be terrible, but now I think it is one of the best Bond films made.

But my favourite is GoldenEye.

[Ozzymandias]

Right as I made this last post at work, the automation system began playing "the Look of Love"  by Dusty Springfield from the movie Casino Royale .  LOL.  Unfortunatly, the version we have in the automation system is the 45 single version with ( I believe) Sounds Incorporated backing her.  I prefer the soundtrack version where she is backed by Burt Bacarach (sp), Vic Flick  and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, because it has that cool Alpert trumpet solo at the end.

[Jack Corbett]

...huh...?

Sorry, I didn't catch it.

[Menard]

He is using a computer at work. While he was writing a post about CASINO ROYALE, the music system started playing a song that was used in the 1967 movie CASINO ROYALE. (Creepy, man. They're out to get you.)

By the way, Dusty Springfield is another entertainer who died too young.

I,ve never seen the movie, but it sounds like a great piece of music to combine Dusty Springfield, Burt Bacharach, and Herb Alpert.