Canadian Filmmakers Plotting A Remake Of Bond Movie For Your Eyes Only
A pair of Canadian filmmakers are planning to take advantage of copyright laws and shoot a remake of Bond movie ‘For Your Eyes Only’.
Lee Demarbre and Ian Driscoll from Ottawa want to use Canada’s 50-year copyright limit to rework Ian Fleming’s short story, which was penned in 1960.
Canada does not adhere to the Berne Convention, an international copyright agreement made in 1886 that protects literary and artistic works.
The convention usually protects the copyright of authors for 70 years after their death.
But with Canada’s shorter statute of limitation being 50 years, the book is now fair game.
The pair revealed their plans in an interview with CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, noting that 'For Your Eyes Only’, the twelfth film in the Bond series, was of particular interest because Fleming sent Bond to Canada in the book, though not in the movie.
“When my grandfather died, I inherited his collection of James Bond paperbacks, and I started re-reading them. I stumbled across the short story 'For Your Eyes Only’, in which Bond comes to Ottawa, and it flipped a switch in my head,” said Driscoll.
“It’s a no-brainer to bring Bond to Ottawa, because he’s this Cold War icon, and the Cold War started in Ottawa when Igor Gouzenko defected, and blew open the whole idea of stealing nuclear secrets and sleeper agents. That all happened when he was living in downtown Ottawa.
“So bringing James Bond back to the epicentre of the Cold War absolutely makes sense.”
They also said that they planned a more 'art house’ Bond, rather than taking on the might of Eon Productions’ big budget action style.
And to play Bond, they have Ryan Reynolds in mind, as well as other Canadian actors among the supporting cast including Donald Sutherland, Christopher Plummer and 'Mad Men’s Jessica Paré.
“And for a villain, you can’t go wrong with Michael Ironside,” added Demarbre.
The pair have already directed projects including Mexican wrestling thriller 'The Dead Sleep Easy’ and a comedy musical called 'Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter’.
The original ‘For Your Eyes Only’, released in 1981, featured Roger Moore in his Bond heyday, alongside Carole Bouquet, Topol and Julian Glover.
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