The "options are open" on a follow-up to the James Bond hit Devil May Care, agent Simon Trewin has said, though Sebastian Faulks has confirmed that he will not author a second Bond title.
"My contract did offer me a second go, but definitely not," he told The Bookseller. "'Once funny, twice silly, three times a slap', as the nanny saying goes. But I think it would be a good gig for someone to do."
Trewin, of United Agents, manages the literary rights to Bond on behalf of the Fleming estate. He said that no new author had been signed up to write and there were "no firm plans at the moment". But he added: "All options are open."
"Those were the days when we still associated Bond with suave, old school actors such as Sean Connery and Roger Moore,"
"Daniel didn't have a hint of suave about him," - Patsy Palmer
Favorite Bond Movie: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible, Kingsman: The Secret Service and The November Man or any upcoming actioners starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good since it will help him expand his reputation as an actor especially in the action realm)
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Indiana Jones Star Trek The Dark Knight Trilogy Harry Potter Middle-Earth The Matrix Mission: Impossible The Mummy Jurassic Park Godzilla
Before Faulks's name was announced as the author of DMC there was a rumour that Stephen Fry was going to do it. That may sound like an odd choice, but he is apparently a Bond fan, and his novels do have a somewhat Flemingesque attention to detail.
"He's the one that doesn't smile" - Queen Elizabeth II on Daniel Craig
Kristatos wrote:Before Faulks's name was announced as the author of DMC there was a rumour that Stephen Fry was going to do it. That may sound like an odd choice, but he is apparently a Bond fan, and his novels do have a somewhat Flemingesque attention to detail.
Stephen Fry would be a good choice...or Hugh Laurie..he wrote a book a few years back.. or together-"A Book by Fry and Laurie"
from what everyone said the DMC was a crappy book. Mimicking Fleming is a bad idea. The last guy they had wasn't too bad, but he was writing update date stories, I read one where the technology was cooler than the movies.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Does anyone watch Castle?
We love it. Took the place of CSI Miami, which had gotten unbearable. I know this should be in the TV section but this weeks episode had a mention of Bond.
Richard Castle was offered a 3 book deal to write Bond books, but they didn't name the series ,didn't want to jinx it but it was clear what they were talking about.
He ended up turning it down at the last moment because his own book series went through the roof and the publisher was offering him more than he could have made doing Bond.
It was cool because Castle (aka Capt Mal Reynolds of Firefly) was so excited about it and said he got in to writing because of it, Bond, not sure if he meant Ian flemings books or the movies.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Favorite Bond Movie: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible, Kingsman: The Secret Service and The November Man or any upcoming actioners starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good since it will help him expand his reputation as an actor especially in the action realm)
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Indiana Jones Star Trek The Dark Knight Trilogy Harry Potter Middle-Earth The Matrix Mission: Impossible The Mummy Jurassic Park Godzilla
