A remake of the iconic 1964 Spaghetti Western film A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, is in development.
The original film, considered a landmark in creating the "Spaghetti Western" genre, was an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo due to material similarities.
The remake will be produced by Gianni Nunnari, Simon Horseman, Enzo Sisti, and Rome-based Jolly Film, with the intention to honor Leone's classic and its legacy while breathing new life into the Spaghetti Western genre.
A Fistful of Dollars helped catapult Clint Eastwood to Hollywood stardom and is considered a key film in launching the "Spaghetti Western" genre. It follows a lone gunfighter who plays two rival families against each other in a greed-filled town.
The remake project is in its early stages, with details about the writer, start date, and cast currently unknown.
Eastwood and Leone made two sequels to A Fistful of Dollars – For A Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) – after Eastwood's big break on the western series Rawhide.
Sources: Geek Culture, IMDb, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Sky News, IGN
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq.
