Fleming books and Bond films

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Originally Posted by RCRochester

The issues were that Kevin McClory, who was the producer/co-author of the original aborted film project that became Thunderball, sued Fleming and obtained the film rights. The 1965 movie was a collaboration between McClory and Eon.

Yes.....they wanted to go with THUNDERBALL as 1st Bond Film but besides...

Lawsuit, THUNDERBALL required 'huge' budget compared to DR.NO budget of

1 million. Even FRWL wasn't possible as budget doubled to 2 million.

in the hindsight, THUNDERBALL was finallly allocated approx $9.5 to 10 Mil

after seeing 1st 3 Films Bond Phenomenon. It needed GOLDFINGER blockbuster status to secure THUNDERBALL budget and Panavision anamorphic filming.