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Originally posted by AGDLynn
"Daughter" of James Bond and Mata Hari...only seen in Casino Royale movie!! As far as I know....
That must of been the one I was thinking of!
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Although
Casino Royale is not considered a part of the Eon Productions James Bond series. Ian Fleming sold the film rights to CR to Gregory Ratoff, and on Ratoff's death, was sold to Charles K. Feldman. 'Cubby' Broccoli and Harry Saltzman obtained the film rights to the remaining James Bond novels.
Originally, they were to film
Thunderball as the first James Bond movie, but at the time the rights to the title were held up in litigation between Fleming, Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham. The case was settled out of court and Fleming was given the rights of the novel (adding a disclaimer that it was based on a screenplay by Fleming, McClory and Whittingham on future editions), but McClory won the film and TV rights. So,
Dr. No became the first James Bond film.
Casino Royale was a spoof of the James Bond formula that was sweeping popular culture in the 1960s. Five directors, five different James Bonds and a cowboys-vs-indians fight as the climax of the movie. Great fun, but not to be taken seriously!
When
Thunderball was finally made, McClory was given production credit, and agreed with Eon to not make any competing James Bond films for ten years. When that agreement expired in 1975, McClory began work on his competing project, which later became
Never Say Never Again. NSNA is nothing more than an updated version of
Thunderball.
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