The Making of Casino Royale(s) was a Sh*t Show

Backseat DriverRebooting James Bond is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make two different Casino Royale films, from Peter Sellers fighting Orson Welles in Charles Feldman’s 1967 version, to the 50 year journey to properly making Ian Fleming’s novel in 2006 with Daniel Craig. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Ian Fleming & Casino Royale 02:10 - Writing James Bond Adventures 02:36 - Eon Productions: Harry Saltzman & Albert Broccoli 03:56 - Charles Feldman & Casino Royale 04:27 - Dr. No Releases October 5, 1962 05:26 - Bond’s Franchise Beginning 06:14 - Spoofing Bond & Casino Royale 07:46 - Casino Chaos: Peter Sellers vs Orson Welles 09:12 - Finishing An Unfocused Film 10:27 - Casino Royale Releases April 13, 1967 11:53 - New 007s: George Lazenby & Roger Moore 12:49 - Kevin McClory’s Never Say Never Again 13:20 - Timothy Dalton & Bond’s Lowpoint 14:02 - GoldenEye Revitalizes James Bond 14:28 - Pierce Brosnan & Bond’s Absurdity 15:26 - Eon Productions Acquires Casino Royale 16:25 - Quentin Tarantino’s Rejected Take 17:44 - Rebooting James Bond For A New Generation 18:44 - Daniel Craig: A Controversial Choice 20:40 - Returning To Practical Filmmaking 21:57 - Casino Royale Releases November 16, 2006 22:37 - Craig’s Legacy & James Bond’s Future Sources: BBC: Box Office Mojo: Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood: GQ: The James Bond Bedside Companion: LA Times: Latino Review: Life: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers: Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers: New York Times: The Numbers: Polygon: Rotten Tomatoes: The Telegraph: Trippin’ with Terry Southern: Featured Footage: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Being James Bond (2021) Casino Royale (1967) Casino Royale (2006) and special features Climax! (1954–1958) Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Die Another Day (2002) Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) For Your Eyes Only (1981) GoldenEye (1995) Goldfinger (1964) The Grass Is Greener (1960) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and special features Layer Cake (2004) Licence to Kill (1989) Live and Let Die (1973) The Living Daylights (1987) The Man from . (2015) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Moonraker (1979) No Time to Die (2021) Octopussy (1983) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) The Pink Panther (1963) Quantum of Solace (2008) Skyfall (2012) Spectre (2015) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Thunderball (1965) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Tristan Isolde (2006) A View to a Kill (1985) The World Is Not Enough (1999) You Only Live Twice (1967) Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Psychedelic Cinema: Music: Bo Burnham - Bezos II Burt Bacharach - Casino Royale (1967, Original Soundtrack) David Arnold - Casino Royale (2006, Original Soundtrack) Propellerheads - Backseat Driver Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme #itwasashtshow #jamesbond #casinoroyale