Reply With QuoteIt was mooted a few years ago (The Wild Geese to be Remade - ComingSoon.net) but sounded more like a pitch than an actual production.
Has anyone heard anything about this?
People: Guy Ritchie to remake The Wild Geese | News | The First Post
Plenty of "Bosh! 'ave sum of that Idi!" no doubt.
It was mooted a few years ago (The Wild Geese to be Remade - ComingSoon.net) but sounded more like a pitch than an actual production.
Roger Moore in the Stewart Granger part - would be good casting don't you think
One question: why?
name='Joenoir']One question: why?
God knows. I'd prefer to see Ritchies own take on a mercenary/war film. Could be good with the right cast.
Clive Owen as Shawn Fynn?
I'd like to see Alan Carr as Whitty, purely to watch him get hacked to bits. "Come on, me lovelies. My, aren't you a big bastard?"
Just had a look at the OP's link; March 2008 and IMDB say he's in post-production with the Gamekeeper and the Sherlock sequel, so I reckon it's just bollocks.
Just had an idea for possible casting of Rafer Janders. How about David Threlfall?
[removes tongue from cheek]
I think Ritchie should leave The Wild Geese well alone, havn't we suffered enough with his other attempts at movie making!
name='Tigon Man']I think Ritchie should leave The Wild Geese well alone, havn't we suffered enough with his other attempts at movie making!
Sherlock Holmes is a good film.
name='Tigon Man']I think Ritchie should leave The Wild Geese well alone, havn't we suffered enough with his other attempts at movie making!
He couldn't do a worse job than (the usually relaible) Peter Hunt did on Wild Geese II. The original was a half way decent action movie with commanding performances. Not a classic but a good yarn well told. My only doubts would be that part of the originals charm is the casting the dissipated hellraisers like Burton, Harris (Mitchum was to have been in as well) and Ronald Fraser et al - don't want the new cast to be too fresh faced.
Maybe Ritchie could try The Sea Wolves or Ffolkes ?
name='Joenoir']One question: why?
That current trend of cashing in on a successful trend.
Richie borrowed from Tarantino for Lock Stock, so take a successful remake (Inglorious Basterds) and let Richie put a similar spin on another.
name='batman']Sherlock Holmes is a good film.
I nodded off. Sorry, Can't fault Richie (tho the SFX don't convince) or actors; it was just a weak 'let's try and make a franchise' plot.
When The Wild Geese was first released didn't it get a lot of stick for the age of most of the cast. The cast made the film for me. Best of all was the quality of Richard Burton. You belived that he could put the whole raid together and pull it off even when they are double crossed. The reality was that at the time of making the film Burton was a sick man who had to have a double to do his walking never mind the stunts now thats star quality. I don't know an actor out there who could play that part again with the ghost of Richard looking over his shoulder. Look what happend to Wild Geese II. The scars are there to be seen in the hastily rewritten screenplay after Burton died a week before filming started. The removal of Lewis Collins in the Scott Glenn role was a mistake but thats another story.
name='Toscana']The removal of Lewis Collins in the Scott Glenn role was a mistake but thats another story.
That was a huge mistake by Lloyd. Euan Lloyd apparently got cold feet about casting him because of the negative publicity surrounding Lewis' failed bid to become 'James Bond'. Lewis had a three picture agreement with Lloyd which failed to materialise (Wild Geese 2 being the only one of the three that was actually made) and he was left up the creek with a mortgage to pay, so he did three Euro-action films purely for the cash. The Europeans then cashed in on the situation by calling their first film Codename: Wild Geese, much to Lewis' amusement. In Europe the film did better business than Euan Lloyd's sequel. IMHO the whole Collins/Bond saga (and him getting dumped by Lloyd) seriously harmed Lewis' career more than his appearance in the Euro-actioners. It appears to me that EON used him as a publicity gimmick and had no intention of ever casting him as 'Bond', knowing full well that Sir Rog would carry on and if not, they had Pierce Brosnan in their sites as replacement.
I thought that the three were Who Dares Wins, Wild Geese II and the third unmade film was Strikeforce North Atlantic or something like that. Story about the Falklands invation. If there was another unmade film I would be interested to know what it was about. I belive at the time of the deal all the storys had been written by Euan Lloyds trusted screenwritter Reginald Rose.
According to Lewis he was offered the three picture deal after the success of Who Dares Wins. The three were Wild Geese 2, Battle for The Falklands and Macao based on another Daniel Carney novel (he wrote the novels on which Wild Geese and Wild Geese 2 were based). Apparently Lloyd failed to raise finance for the other two, both of which were to be location shot action films.
from amazon.co.uk .....
'Macau''s major protagonist is Nicolai the Russian, the Snake Boat Man, an uncatchable gold smuggler coming out of long retirement to make one last desperate high-speed run across the South China Sea for the Syndicate's beautiful heiress. And what a glorious run it is! Han Solo, meet Indiana Jones - with a cast of other fascinating characters contributing to the story. First read this book many years ago and found I could no more forget it than I could forget Indie or Han, even if the story was melodramatic. Finally had to find it online, used, and buy it because I couldn't stand the itch of wondering if it was really as exciting as I remembered. It was, and I'm tickled to own it. The book is a summer movie in print, and would have been a box office smash in the right hands.
name='batman']That was a huge mistake by Lloyd. Euan Lloyd apparently got cold feet about casting him because of the negative publicity surrounding Lewis' failed bid to become 'James Bond'. Lewis had a three picture agreement with Lloyd which failed to materialise (Wild Geese 2 being the only one of the three that was actually made) and he was left up the creek with a mortgage to pay, so he did three Euro-action films purely for the cash. The Europeans then cashed in on the situation by calling their first film Codename: Wild Geese, much to Lewis' amusement. In Europe the film did better business than Euan Lloyd's sequel. IMHO the whole Collins/Bond saga (and him getting dumped by Lloyd) seriously harmed Lewis' career more than his appearance in the Euro-actioners. It appears to me that EON used him as a publicity gimmick and had no intention of ever casting him as 'Bond', knowing full well that Sir Rog would carry on and if not, they had Pierce Brosnan in their sites as replacement.
Has anyone from the forum ever met Lewis Collins? I'd be interested to know what he was like in person...
Collins has retired to California.
Ive said plenty about Wild Geese and it's remake elsewhere.
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