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James Bond has survived his toughest test yet - the bankruptcy of MGM studios - to live to fight for England another day.
Despite worries that Bond wouldn't be returning to the big screen for some time, it's been announced that the Ian Fleming hero to return to the screen next year in time for his 50th anniversary in film.
Sam Mendes, director of American Beauty, will direct the 23rd Bond film and Daniel Craig will star.
The latest Bond film hit the skids last year when MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy protection. The company has since been restructured.
The new owners of MGM, along with Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, confirmed last night that 007 will be back on 9 November 2012. Production is set to begin at the end of this year.
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan have been confirmed as the writers of the screenplay.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29867James Bond has survived his toughest test yet - the bankruptcy of MGM studios - to... more
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The writer who took on Daniel Pearl will tackle the creator of 007.
John Orloff, who wrote the script for "A Mighty Heart," about the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, has been hired to pen the screenplay for "Fleming," a biopic about writer Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.The writer who took on Daniel Pearl will tackle the creator of 007.
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John Orloff, who penned Par Vantage's "A Mighty Heart," about the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, has been brought on to pen the screenplay for "Fleming," a biopic about Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.
Leonardo DiCaprio shingle Appian Way is producing at Warner Bros., which will look at critical moments in the life of the colorful author and journalist. Andrew Lazar/Mad Chance also are producing.
The son of a Parliament member, Fleming served as an intelligence officer in the British Navy and later created the Bond character.John Orloff, who penned Par Vantage's "A Mighty Heart," about the slain... more
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The island was Fleming’s retreat, artist colony and passion, and he repeatedly sent Bond, an incarnation of Walter Mitty-esque wish fulfillment, on assignment there. The legendary spy experienced the island as Fleming did — beautiful and underdeveloped with enough exoticism, history and potential for danger to justify it as a backdrop for postwar espionage adventure.
Fleming’s Jamaica is a Venn diagram of three overlapping spheres: the author’s actual Jamaica of the 1950s and early ’60s (when the island was a British colony rapidly becoming a hot spot for the rich and famous); the semi-fictional Jamaica as seen through James Bond; and Jamaica as a location for the 007 film franchise.
The island was Fleming’s retreat, artist colony and passion, and he repeatedly... more
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'I was a lover, Daniel Craig's a killer' explains Roger Moore prior to Quantum of Solace being released this friday. He explains to Paul MacInnes why Daniel Craig frightens him and how to raise one eyebrow. Bourne is a ruthless killer without an identity. In this latest film some critics say Bond has become his identical twin. Has he become too dark and gruesome?
Or has Fleming's original intention finally being fulfilled?
'I was a lover, Daniel Craig's a killer' explains Roger Moore prior to... more
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Ian Fleming was also a brilliant journalist and wartime intelligence expert whose private memorandums during his years at the British Admiralty helped pave the way for the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States.Ian Fleming was also a brilliant journalist and wartime intelligence expert whose... more
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