Bond creators centenary celebration
Monday,
July
24,
2006
London
(Reuters):
A
new
James
Bond
novel
will
be
published
in
2008
to
mark
the
centenary
of
creator
Ian
Fleming's
birth,
but
the
identity
of
the
new
author
is
being
kept
under
wraps.
Fleming
is
credited
with
writing
13
or
14
Bond
novels,
starting
with
Casino
Royale
in
1953
and
ending
with
Octopussy
and
the
Living
Daylights
in
1966,
two
years
after
his
death.
The
authorship
of
Thunderball
is
disputed.
''We are delighted to have secured this particular author who we have had in mind for some time now,'' Corinne Turner of Ian Fleming Publications said yesterday. ''He is the perfect writer for this project and we are greatly looking forward to his take on James Bond.'' The company has not yet identified a publisher for the book, which will be released in May, 2008, and the author will be a closely guarded secret until publication. The announcement comes a day after Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of the Bond movies, announced plans for a 22nd Bond film set for release in May, 2008.
English actor Daniel Craig, who stars in Casino Royale set for release in November, will return to the role of the suave British spy codenamed 007 who has become one of the most successful movie franchises in history. Several writers have been authorised by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd to write Bond novels since Fleming's death in 1964, including Kingsley Amis and John Gardner. The Bond novels, including those by Fleming and his successors, have sold around 100 million copies worldwide.
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