Sergio Leone’s iconic spaghetti western “A Fistful of Dollars,” itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s celebrated 1961 samurai epic “Yojimbo,” is being turned into a TV series
Mark Gordon Pictures is developing the project having acquired the rights to both aforementioned films, ‘Fistful’ launching both Leone and star Clint Eastwood’s careers with the pair going on to film two more films in the series including the famed “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly”.
“Game of Thrones” scribe Bryan Cogman is reportedly in talks to adapt the story of a wandering stranger who comes to a town riddled with violence, and uses wit and skill to trick the town’s competing gangs into destroying each other.
The series will pull from both features for “an original, contemporary retelling of the story”. Mark Gordon Pictures has an existing deal with eOne which this will likely fall under.
Source: Deadline
