The history of any major movie franchise is littered with “sliding door” moments – decisions that changed the shape and direction of the films that followed – and James Bond is no exception. Adam West turning down the chance to play 007 paved the way for Roger Moore to take the role. The fateful decision to equip Bond with an invisible car in Die Another Day, meanwhile, contributed to producers pushing for a more gritty and grounded 007 in Casino Royale.
For Timothy Dalton, that sliding door moment came as a result of the corporate litigation between producer Cubby Broccoli’s company, Danjaq, LLC, which owned the exclusive rights to produce feature films and television series based on the character of Bond, and Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, then owner of MGM, the parent company of United Artists, which financed and distributed the series.
Changes in the ownership of MGM, legal wrangles over Bond’s international distribution,...
For Timothy Dalton, that sliding door moment came as a result of the corporate litigation between producer Cubby Broccoli’s company, Danjaq, LLC, which owned the exclusive rights to produce feature films and television series based on the character of Bond, and Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, then owner of MGM, the parent company of United Artists, which financed and distributed the series.
Changes in the ownership of MGM, legal wrangles over Bond’s international distribution,...
- 11/21/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Producer Mark Williams has acquired the film rights to the novel Double Cross, about the life of mobster Sam Giancana, hiring Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. to script the adaptation.
Written by Giancana's brother, Chuck Giancana, and his nephew, Sam Giancana, the book tells the story of how the gangster rose from being a hit man for Al Capone to becoming a powerful don who had links to U.S. presidents including John F. Kennedy. Giancana, who was nicknamed "Momo" because of his unpredictable vicious behavior, was assassinated in 1975 while cooking before he was to appear before a Senate committee investigating CIA and Mafia links to plots to kill Fidel Castro.
Written by Giancana's brother, Chuck Giancana, and his nephew, Sam Giancana, the book tells the story of how the gangster rose from being a hit man for Al Capone to becoming a powerful don who had links to U.S. presidents including John F. Kennedy. Giancana, who was nicknamed "Momo" because of his unpredictable vicious behavior, was assassinated in 1975 while cooking before he was to appear before a Senate committee investigating CIA and Mafia links to plots to kill Fidel Castro.
- 11/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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