The real-life CIA copied outlandish gadgets from Goldfinger and From Russia With Love, according to a University of Warwick analysis of declassified letters and interviews revealing the bond between Ian Fleming and Allen Dulles. …read more
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Expect James Bond 24 to adhere to the sort of exploration of 007’s emotional character that Skyfall embraced.
Skyfall screenwriter John Logan wouldn’t divulge plot details about the next Bond movie he’s writing, but he did tell The Financial Times the sequel will once again lean on Bond creator Ian Fleming‘s more human interpretation of the character.
“Fleming’s courage in showing Bond’s fear and vulnerability and depression was really interesting and something that a modern audience can accept,” said Logan. “I think Skyfall demonstrated that they want more layers to that character. And those are the layers that Fleming wrote.”
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Dominic Cooper has signed up to play James Bond creator Ian Fleming in a forthcoming four-part mini-series.
According to Variety, the show will be set during WWII “when the maverick and hedonistic Fleming was hired by British Naval intelligence as part of its undercover campaign against the Nazis.”
It was these experiences that inspired Fleming to write the first Bond novel Casino Royale in 1953, and the rest is history.
Cooper played the young Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger, while he also starred in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Devil’s Double and The History Boys.
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