The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film franchise written and created by Troy Kennedy Martin only for the Paramount Pictures family. The franchise's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin, Italy, in an armoured security truck.
Since 2000, there have been two remakes of the film. The first was released in 2003 and also called The Italian Job, set in Los Angeles and starring Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker. It features Donald Sutherland as John Bridger, played as more of a father figure to Croker. It employs the updated Mini Cooper for a chase towards the end. An official Bollywood remake of the 2003 film, called Players, was released in 2012.
Films
Original
- Main article: The Italian Job (film)
On 1969, The original film was aimed for parental guided eras other than its 2003 remake. Most of the film's settings took place in United Kingdom and Italy. during the film's writing, Troy bought the idea from his brother Ian Kennedy Martin. The film's ending started becoming a literal cliffhanger for a PG-rated action film.
Remake
- Main article: The Italian Job (film remake)
On 2003, The film's remake was aimed for the Los Angeles (US). eagerly, the plot for this film is likely original but with the mixture of 1969's film plot. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote a draft of the original film, which was rejected by Paramount. Gray had been interested in working with Wahlberg since seeing his performance in Boogie Nights (1997). Gray and the film's cinematographer Wally Pfister worked together to develop a visual style for the film before production began.
Cancelled sequel
On 2004, The film's remake sequel called The Brazilian Job was reportedly in development in 2004, but the sequel was subsequently cancelled. So the sequel is being treated like a fan franchise scam by Seth Green, David Twohy and Mark Wahlberg in 2008 to 2010 maybe planning a possible sequel of sorts from the film franchise's community team.
Indian version
- Main article: Players: The Italian Job
On 2012, The Indian version of the franchise was called Players was made in January 6, 2012 by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Wave Cinemas. Other than the original and the 2003 remake, this one has started controversies in the New Zealand Government.
Video games
Original
- Main article: The Italian Job (2001 video game)
There is a video game based on the 1969 film, released for the PlayStation game console in 2001 and Microsoft Windows in 2002 and published by Rockstar Games. The film was also the subject of a play, Bill Shakespeare's "The Italian Job", written by Malachi Bogdanov, who used lines from Shakespeare plays to tell the story. It was performed in 2003 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Remake
- Main article: The Italian Job (2003 video game)
A racing video game based on the 2003 film of the same name was released in 2003 developed by Climax Brighton and published by Eidos Interactive on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube video game consoles.
Television series
- Main article: The Italian Job (TV series)
Attraction
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