‘A Fistful of Dollars’ Is Being Made as a TV Show
By George Robbins
Clint Eastwood is responsible for being a part of some of the most well-known westerns of his generation. More specifically, he was a huge part of the spaghetti western films of the time period which were made with western audiences in mind to make them more appealing to the general public. After all, it was mainly the western audiences that were going to go see those films as westerns ended up being some of the most well-known movies for an entire generation. Among those westerns were a series of three films that all took place in the same universe and involved the same character otherwise known as the ‘Dollars’ trilogy.
Among the famous ‘Dollars’ trilogy was ‘A Fistful of Dollars,’ ‘A Few Dollars More,’ and to cap it all off, ‘The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.’ The last film served as the prequel for the entire trilogy, but the original was, in its own rights, considered an incredible film. In actuality, ‘A Fistful of Dollars‘ was a spaghetti western remake of Yojimbo from director Sergio Leone which saw a man tricking two rival gangs into killing one another. This eventually led to a lawsuit by Toho because this was not a movie that they allowed to happen, but in the end it gave the western world a version of the film they could relate to. Needless to say, the film and those involved with it were excellent.
Given the potential for the full story of the film to be drawn out to make things more interesting, it is no surprise that a TV show is in development for it. These days, movies of the past either get remade as new movies or turned into TV shows. It seems we got the latter with this one and to be honest, it definitely seems like it will be interesting. Needless to say, this is a project that we should all be on the lookout for as it will definitely be worth watching if the story stays the same. Given that the state of the film industry nowadays isn’t so great, we may not see it for awhile, but it is something to look forward to.