The Good, the Bad and the Ugly production of other Spaghetti Westerns ("My Name Is Nobody" and "A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe"), but none of these bore direct relations with his previous films. However, screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni stated on numerous occasions that he had written a treatment for a sequel, tentatively titled "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo n. 2" "(The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2)". According to Vincenzoni and Eli Wallach, the film would have been set 20 years after the original, and would have followed Tuco pursuing Blondie's grandson for the gold. Clint Eastwood expressed interest in taking part in the
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly only reason they brought me back was because they forgot to kill me off in "For A Few Dollars More"". The film's working title was "I due magnifici straccioni" ("The Two Magnificent Tramps"). It was changed just before shooting began when Vincenzoni thought up "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" ("The Good, the Ugly, the Bad"), which Leone loved. In the United States, United Artists considered using the original Italian translation, "River of Dollars", or "The Man With No Name", but decided on "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Filming began at the Cinecittà studio in Rome again in