No plans to record latest Bond book
Kameron Merritt
23 August 2008
The book was written to mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth There are no plans to make the newest James Bond novel, Devil May Care, into a film, 007 filmmakers have announced. But "because it is set in the 1960s, we haven't considered making it in the near future", she explained. The book, printed in May to mark the centenary of the birth of Bond creator Ian Fleming, won positive reviews. A spokesman for Eon stated that it hadn't ruled out a future Devil May Care film. Hardback record Faulks had formerly related Eon liked the book but that it was up to them if they made it into a film. The writer, who is famous for historic books including Charlotte Gray, was chosen by Fleming's estate to pen the centenary novel. As an element of his research, Faulks read '...The book...' all the original Bond stories to capture Fleming's style. The book become publisher Penguin's fastest-selling hardback fiction title, selling 44,093 copies in its 1st a few days of publication. In comparison, prior Penguin top sellers by Tom Clancy and Nick Hornby have sold about 11,500 copies in their 1st 4 days. |