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Bond Novel 'Casino Royale' Headed To The Silver Screen
02-05-05
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(antiTainment) Ian Fleming's first James Bond
novel, "Casino Royale" is finally being properly adapted to film.
This will mark the 21st official 007 action drama to hit the big screen.
It is scheduled for release next year.
But who will play Bond, now that Pierce
Brosnan has been dropped from the role? That is the question. Speculation
has run rampant; the top rumored contenders include Colin Farrell, Hugh
Jackman, Eric Bana and Jude Law.
Martin Campbell, who took over the franchise
in 1995 with "Goldeneye" will once again direct. Campbell has hired
on Neal Purvis and Robert Wade as screenwriters and they will begin work
on the script after Campbell completes work on his current project "The
Legend of Zorro".
This however will not be the first version
of "Casino Royale" to make the big screen. When Fleming sold the film rights
to Albert Broccoli in 1961 for the Bond franchise, he had already sold
the rights to the debut novel in the series.
In 1954, the novel was adopted for a live
TV broadcast starring Peter Lorre, Linda Christian and Barry Nelson as
"Jimmy Bond". In 1967 a spoof version of "Casino Royale" was released
by Columbia pictures. The all-star film featured David Niven as Bond but
Woody Allen, Peter Sellers and a chimpanzee also played secret agents named
James Bond in the film. The madcap comedy boasted an impressive array
of supporting actors including John Huston, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress,
Richard Burton and an uncredited role by Peter O'Toole.
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