Leone's subject is currently in production. Appointed director is Italian film-maker Stefano Sollima. Other planned films Leone was also an avid fan of Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind and the 1939 film adaptation. His relatives and close friends stated that he talked about filming a remake that was closer to the original novel, but it never advanced beyond discussions to any serious form of production. In 1969, Sergio Leone was contracted to direct 99 and 44/100% Dead with Marcello Mastroianni and Charles Bronson starring. He was replaced as director by John Frankenheimer, while Mastroianni was recast with Richard Harris. Leone was a fan of Louis-Ferdinand Céline's novel Journey to the End of the Night and was considering a film adaptation in the late 1960s; he incorporated elements of the story into The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Duck, You Sucker! but his idea of adapting the novel itself never got past the planning stages. Leone was an early choice to direct Flash Gordon (1980). Leone was a fan of the original Alex Raymond comic strip, but turned down the film because the script did not resemble Raymond's work. Awards and honors David di Donatello 1972: Duck, You Sucker! (Won) British Academy of Film and Television Arts – Award for Best Direction 1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Nomination) Golden Globe Award for Best Director 1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Nomination) He received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation posthumously in 2014. Selected filmography Critical reception to Leone's directorial features. Recurring actors References Bibliography Frayling, Christopher: Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (London: Faber, 2000) External links Sergio Leone: A Fistful-of-Leone! Senses of Cinema film journal : Great Directors : Sergio Leone (2002 review by Dan Edwards PhD) A Fistful of Westerns The Spaghetti Western Database 1929 births 1989 deaths People of Campanian descent Italian people of Lombard descent Spaghetti Western directors Italian film directors Male actors from Rome Italian male screenwriters Italian screenwriters Italian film producers Italian male film actors Ennio Morricone David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century composers 20th-century Italian screenwriters Postmodernist filmmakers