![]() Casino Royale was Ian Fleming’s first 007 novel and adapting it was a dream of original producers Harry Saltzman and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. Fleming had sold the rights to that novel separately when he was trying to get James Bond on film, meaning Eon could never get control of them. Second, the rights to Casino Royale were finally secured by Eon, the studio behind the official Bond franchise. First, they decided to adopt more of the tone of the critically and commercially successful Bourne action movies (which happened to be more in line with Bond’s darker, more realistic origins, anyway). Still, producers decided to take the plunge. Plus, Pierce Brosnan was very public about the fact that he wasn’t ready to let go of playing James Bond yet. Shaking the series up was essential from a creative standpoint, but they risked losing a lot of money in the process. Because as terrible as The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day were, the fact of the matter is that they were incredible successes at the box office. After two truly awful entries, Bond producers had a crucial decision to make. ![]()
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