carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
MFU fans may find this tidbit from the August 25th entries on Row Three interesting.

It actually has to do with Guy Ritchie being tagged by Warner Bros. for the film project EMPIRE RISING. However, there is an oblique reference to the upcoming THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. movie that definitely suggests WB expects the director's current focus to be on MFU.




Ritchie’s current project is also a Warner Bros. feature and filming for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has yet to commence. It looks like filming for Empire Rising will begin only after the spy series hits theatres next year. Warner Bros. obviously has a lot of faith in Ritchie’s ability and his talent at keeping the box office hits coming.





Note that sentence about the new (and I might highly touted) project only beginning filming "after the spy series hits theatres next year"...

Oh, and filming for the new MFU supposedly commences September 7th in London and Italy, according to the latest report.
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my A Little Drabble Do Ya vignette from 8/14/13.

NAME: RESPONSIBLE INSTINCTS
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 400 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: We are who we are. Of that there is no doubt.
TIMELINE: Autumn 1965
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
Casting is moving forward for the Ritchie-directed, Cavill/Hammer-starring cinematic reboot of the THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

Seems the role of the Thrush femme fatale in the piece has been cast in the person of Elizabeth Debicki. Read article here and here.

ADDENDUM:
Folks may also find this article in Variety an interesting read.
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Armie Hammer where he mentions his upcoming role as Illya Kuryakin in THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. remake movie:



INTERVIEWER: You’re playing Illya Kuryakin in “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
HAMMER: Yes.

INTERVIEWER: I feel that people unfamiliar with the show might not realize how cool that character is.
HAMMER: That’s very true. I had no idea before I got involved with it.

INTERVIEWER: The actor who played him in the series, David McCallum, became a heartthrob because of this character.
HAMMER: Oh, dude, he had the way with ladies. He had all of the spy gadgets. He was tough. He was cool. He had everything. He was like the original Bond.

INTERVIEWER: It’s an interesting movie because “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” was a popular show in the ’60s, but it hasn’t been a sustained popularity like something like “The Lone Ranger” or “Star Trek.” Do you think it needs to be completely reintroduced?
HAMMER: I try not to think about that. I mean, that seems to me– you know, Guy Ritchie, who’s directing it, that’s in his wheelhouse. I’ll let him worry about that. For me, like I said, my job lies almost exclusively between when the director says “action” and when he calls “cut.” So, it could also maybe be more freeing. That we do have a bit more artistic liberties to take with this. Because there are less people who are staunch fans of it.




Full interview is here: Huffington Post interview with Armie Hammer
...but most of it concerns the movie THE LONE RANGER (this summer's big floppo as it turns out).
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my QuoteME: Challenge 3 story.

NAME: MIND DANCING
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 2200 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: Mild Language
SUMMARY: When can a stale joke provide more than just a snicker?
TIMELINE: Winter 1969
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
It's a crying shame cause, reading Burns synopsis of the screenplay plot, it does have possibilities. (Like that they are using a real-life Cold War incident as the basis.)

But Cruise isn't Napoleon Solo, no matter what.

I have no clue about the actor cast as Illya. Not familiar with him at all.

But of course the "powers-that-be" might not even keep the Burns screenplay either. Who the hell knows at this point?

P.S.: Here's an article on the actual incident being referenced in the screenplay: Palomares_B-52_crash
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my QuoteME: Challenge 2 story.

NAME: RIGHTS AND PREROGATIVES
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1300 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Friendship can mean many things, but it is certain that the old saying "A friend in need is a friend indeed" epitomizes its ultimate meaning.
TIMELINE: Late Winter 1965
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
Since so many folks were doing this, just had to try it.

Presenting my Napoleon Chibi: greeting his current amore for a date...



...[chuckle]...
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my Easter Egg 2013 story.

NAME: IF WARNINGS WERE RABBITS...
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1390 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Men from U.N.C.L.E. can get warnings of impending danger from the oddest sources.
TIMELINE: Spring 1969
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my PicFic 3/26/13 story.

NAME: MODEL BEAUTY
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 425 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: She's absolutely gorgeous, and...
TIMELINE: Autumn 1966
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
So now it seems director Guy Ritchie is wooing Tom Cruise to play the role of Napoleon Solo is the long-delayed Man from U.N.C.L.E. remake. See here for one link of many in this regard.

Why do directors keep going for these actors who are frankly just too old to play Napoleon Solo? Especially as Warner Bros. initially intimated they want to make the movie the first in a trilogy? At 51, Cruise -- besides my countless other objections to him for the role -- is again an actor who is just too old for this part.
carabele: (Animated Napoleon)
I've added to my website my QuoteME: Challenge 1 story.

NAME: SUBROGATION OF THE SOUL
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 18,400 words
RATING: PG-13
WARNINGS: Violence; Mild Language
SUMMARY: Our internal moral compass serves us well as a guiding force in life. But wherein lies our surety of soul when two distinct points on that compass seem at odds?
TIMELINE: Late Winter 1965
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my HODOWE: May Day Chellenge story.

NAME: A FINE FECUNDITY OF PURPOSE
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1,830 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: Mild language
SUMMARY: It's annual contract signing time at U.N.C.L.E. But it's Napoleon last time to sign as a member of Section II, something that quietly depresses the usually ebullient CEA.
TIMELINE: Spring 1972
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my Easter Egg story.

NAME: THE RAWNESS OF NATURE
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 880 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: Mild sexual innuendo
SUMMARY: The breathtaking raw spectacle of the Florida Everglades... and two particular U.N.C.L.E. agents.
TIMELINE: Summer 1966
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my HODOWE: Poisson d'Avril story (see HODOWE: Challenge Event Calendar Revised on [livejournal.com profile] section7mfu for more info).

NAME: OF ILLUSION AND DELUSION
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 3,550 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: When we rationally make up our minds that something is illusion, can we be but purposely deluding ourselves regarding acceptance of a reality beyond the constraints of mere reason? Sequel to IGNIS FATUUS.
TIMELINE: Spring 1965
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my HODOWE: Vernal Equinox Challenge story (see HODOWE: Challenge Event Calendar Revised on [livejournal.com profile] section7mfu for more info).

NAME: IGNIS FATUUS
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 2,250 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Light can be deceiving... as can what we see or think we see... and what we understand or think we understand. Sequel to CHIMERA.
TIMELINE: Spring 1965
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my HODOWE: Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Carnivale story (see HODOWE: Challenge Event Calendar Revised on [livejournal.com profile] section7mfu for more info).

NAME: DEPRIVATION OF THE HEART
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1,325 words
RATING: PG-13
WARNINGS: Adult Situations (including an implied but non-sexually explicit het romance)
SUMMARY: She was his Clara... until she wasn't any longer.
TIMELINE: Late Winter 1958
carabele: (Default)
I've added to my website my HODOWE: Groundhog Day Challenge story (see HODOWE: Challenge Event Calendar on [livejournal.com profile] section7mfu for more info).

NAME: A SINGLE BLUE TONGUE OF FLAME
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1,500 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: Mild Language
SUMMARY: Lingering signs of a past mission sour Illya's outlook. So can Napoleon find a way to lift his partner's spirits?
TIMELINE: MidWinter 1970
carabele: (Default)
NAME: THE NOT-SO-SOLITARY WEEKEND AFFAIR
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 640 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Napoleon is about to be named North American CEA... if he can get through the customary security seclusion for the weekend prior to the announcement. So can Illya find a way to keep him from flying the coop?
TIMELINE: Summer 1963
carabele: (Default)
NAME: VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE WALL
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 12,100
RATING: PG-13
WARNINGS: Violence/Torture; Mild Sexual Innuendo
SUMMARY: Thrush has developed yet another dangerous drug. But this time their production/distribution operation is centered in apartheid-governed South Africa, where U.N.C.L.E. has no chartered jurisdiction.
TIMELINE: Early Winter 1967/1968

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