tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post5920755026759920460..comments2024-03-20T01:16:08.502-07:00Comments on Double O Section: Shane Black and Fred Dekker Pen AVENGERS TV RebootTannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-54269908776569048882018-02-11T13:22:07.833-08:002018-02-11T13:22:07.833-08:00Absolutely. Yet they're constantly lured by th...Absolutely. Yet they're constantly lured by the prospect of another MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE or 21 JUMP STREET despite all those flops. And terrified of pulling the trigger on an original spec that might ultimately prove even more lucrative. Even the biggest new spy franchises (KINGSMAN, ATOMIC BLONDE) had to be based on existing (comic book) IP's for the studios to roll the dice. (And I'm glad they did, particularly in the latter case... I just wish they'd also consider original film ideas.) SPY was a hit that was purely original, but of course it was sold on star power.Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-18440295379253176212018-02-11T10:28:39.932-08:002018-02-11T10:28:39.932-08:00Granted but look at the studio/network financial f...Granted but look at the studio/network financial flops of reboots. The Wild Wild West, The Avengers, I Spy, Baywatch, The Prisoner, the list goes on. And they're not stopping, both TV show and movie reboots. The suits are not paying attention as usual. Elliot Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964519903027517480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-15845504517318404092018-02-10T14:04:48.321-08:002018-02-10T14:04:48.321-08:00Well, those WRITERS are everywhere. Every screenwr...Well, those WRITERS are everywhere. Every screenwriter would rather sell an original concept than reboot an old one, and every screenwriter worth his or her salt has a thick folder full of such spec scripts! But sadly it's not up to them. It's up to the studios and networks, who feel much safer exploiting a known IP (or even a vaguely remembered one) than taking a chance on something original. The writers are as frustrated as audiences about that, if not more so. (Creating an original IP is also more lucrative for them.) It used to be that you wrote spec scripts with an aim to selling them. Now the best you can hope to get off of a good spec is a chance to pitch on an existing franchise of some sort. That said, there are certainly franchises that, within these frustrating limitations, certain writers would jump at an opportunity to work on. And it seems like Black and Dekker felt that way about THE AVENGERS.Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-88547386959406786312018-02-10T11:37:24.901-08:002018-02-10T11:37:24.901-08:00Where are all the writers who can create original ...Where are all the writers who can create original concepts, not cash in on the shows and characters of the past?Elliot Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964519903027517480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-40937468785018031502018-01-20T14:02:32.135-08:002018-01-20T14:02:32.135-08:00"If you want an Avengers set in the Britain o..."If you want an Avengers set in the Britain of the 1960s with Steed and Peel as the lead characters, why not just watch the original?"<br /><br />I think for the same reason that I enjoy contemporary fiction, but also enjoy historical fiction as well. The Avengers was contemporary at the time, but now it will be historical. The distance of time will give smart writers perspective on the era that no one could've had in the midst of it.<br /><br />- JackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-57638806064482915972018-01-19T00:59:59.391-08:002018-01-19T00:59:59.391-08:00Atwell would be good. Steed's a tricky one... ...Atwell would be good. Steed's a tricky one... I can see Sanjeev Bhaskar pulling the role off, he's got the right sort of twinkle. <br /><br />Though to be honest, my main thought was, "If you want an Avengers set in the Britain of the 1960s with Steed and Peel as the lead characters, why not just watch the original?"Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-91156550513583827482018-01-16T15:46:07.654-08:002018-01-16T15:46:07.654-08:00Actually, Hayley Atwell ain't a bad suggestion...Actually, Hayley Atwell ain't a bad suggestion at all. Atwell does have that 'something extra.'Mark Pontinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988614518618495319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-52786598984287843832018-01-14T13:20:29.621-08:002018-01-14T13:20:29.621-08:00I agree, guys; it will certainly all come down to ...I agree, guys; it will certainly all come down to casting. (Should this project ever make it that far, of which I remain dubious.) <br /><br />I like your idea, Jeffry Willis! In 2014 Bryan Fuller expressed a desire to reboot THE AVENGERS with Izzard as Steed, but I had forgotten about that. <br />http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/2015/11/bryan-fuller-wants-to-reboot-avengers.html<br /><br />I could imagine Hugh Bonneville or James Purefoy (somewhat against type) as two very different but both potentially good Steeds as well. For Emma my mind immediately made the obvious and rather boring leap to Rachael Stirling, but I think she'd turn it down. Jenna Coleman might be good, but she seems tied up with QUEEN for the foreseeable future. I do like your Hayley Atwell idea! (Though the last time she starred in a reboot of a Sixties spy classic the results were not good...)Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03910873055922510145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-36685478608551564522018-01-13T23:31:20.771-08:002018-01-13T23:31:20.771-08:00The potential is exciting! I have been dreaming of...The potential is exciting! I have been dreaming of a reboot featuring Eddie Izzard and Hayley Atwell.Jeffrywith1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657915338624925974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-37453257635762310232018-01-13T17:03:09.947-08:002018-01-13T17:03:09.947-08:00The casting will be so important. Personally, I th...The casting will be so important. Personally, I think it's a mistake to even consider recasting Steed & Peel, but at least they aren't transplanting them to modern day America.<br /><br />Had this been done earlier, I would have suggested Jaime Murray for Mrs Peel, but she's a bit too old now. I think Emilia Clarke could make a good job of it.<br />I suspect John Steed would be even harder to recast.<br /><br />I would have preferred a modern day follow up with all-new lead characters building on the original series. Joanna Lumley's Purdey could be the new Mother. Even better, they could maybe get Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson & Honor Blackman to reprise their roles in an episode.Dave Brzeskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081520140041278933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36879283.post-65858408678174577172018-01-13T15:12:58.998-08:002018-01-13T15:12:58.998-08:00While 'The Ipcress File' meets 'Doctor...While 'The Ipcress File' meets 'Doctor Who' is very promising and suggests that these guys have a deep understanding of what 'The Avengers' was about, it's hard to imagine that they'll to find a way recreate the essential component that was Diana Rigg in her prime. You'd need somebody with more than the looks and the talent of an Emily Blunt or an Alicia Vikander, and they'll be unlikely to get even that for a TV series.<br /><br />I saw Rigg on the London stage in Shaw's 'Pygmalion'in, IIRC, 1973. Rigg could have been a huge, huge star, but disdained Hollywood by and large for the theater.<br /><br /> Mark Pontinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988614518618495319noreply@blogger.com