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First Details of New Ian Fleming Biopic Emerge
Factual telemovie tentatively scheduled for late-2005 broadcast

Update:

Fleming Biopic To Air Sunday 28th August on BBC 1
'Ian Fleming - Bondmaker' starring Ben Daniels

[Righty007]

Very cool news!

[Qwerty]

Great article [dark].

This is neat! I'd love to see the final product.

[Righty007]

I'm glad my family just got a dish that includes the BBC.

[IndyB007]

Very interesting, indeed. Perhaps this will get a DVD release...

[Donovan]

When the other two films about Fleming were televised, I tried to watch them, but it seemed they wanted to be kind of like Bond films as much as they could. The version that starred Charles Dance turned me off early because there's this scene where Fleming turns some loose room numeral with a gun and it was reading "007". I was shaking my head and thinking "whatever".

But the "100% factual" thing intrigues me. Haven't heard of the guy playing Fleming. I'll have to look him up.

[Righty007]

Ian Fleming?

[JKD68]

Another Fleming biopic? Well, at least he's not being forgotten. Can it be called a movie if it's only sixty minutes? Why bother. I would be more interested in a really well made documentary on him. Has THAT been done yet?

[Atticus17F]

Another Fleming biopic?  Well, at least he's not being forgotten.  Can it be called a movie if it's only sixty minutes?  Why bother.

Of George Orwell: A Life in Pictures:

Written essays become authored documentary films shot in the style of the day; events described in diaries are

[Atticus17F]

Great write-up, [dark]!

[JKD68]

[quote name='Atticus17F' date='6 March 2005 - 10:35'][quote name='JKD68' date='6 March 2005 - 14:45']Another Fleming biopic?

[zencat]

Interesting. Looking forward to this one (didn't much care for the other 2 Fleming biopics).

Thanks Atticus17F...good work [dark].

[DLibrasnow]

I didn't like the Charles Dance one, but I thought the Jason Connery one was interesting.

[Qwerty]

Very interesting, indeed.  Perhaps this will get a DVD release...

That'd be terrific.

[TheSaint]

An hour? Seems pointless to do such a project in so little time.

[Qwerty]

An hour? Seems pointless to do such a project in so little time.

The Goldeneye and Spymaker videos ran about 2 hours if I recall correctly.

[Atticus17F]

Yeah, it's a bit off that Agatha Christie and George Orwell get 90mins each and Fleming only warrants 60. I suppose the thing to remember, is that this is an arts documentary - it's not a "tv movie" per se. I doubt we'll see Fleming in a car chase or shoot-'em-ups or massive feats of Bond-like derring-do, because that's not what Fleming was about. The producer's approach seems to be more on thoughtful, intelligent analysis than sensationalism for the sake of it. Maybe 60mins is about right for that.

[Loomis]

I didn't like the Charles Dance one, but I thought the Jason Connery one was interesting.

Good grief, how many Fleming biopics are there?

[spynovelfan]

I watched the first two series of Cutting It (after which it got *really* silly), so am familiar with Daniels' largest screen role. He was playing a cold, slimy, arrogant and you were never sure if he actually had any feelings whatsoever. I think he'd be quite a good Fleming.

[Loomis]

I didn't like the Charles Dance one, but I thought the Jason Connery one was interesting.

Good grief, how many Fleming biopics are there?

When this one for the BBC will be made and broadcast, it will be the third Fleming biopic so far, the previous two being 'Goldeneye' with Charles Dance as Fleming, broadcast on TV in 1989, and 'Spymaker:The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990). It was more of a TV film, with Jason Connery as Ian Fleming.

Well, well. If I've learned anything today, it's that there's a healthy demand in this world for Fleming biopics.

[David Schofield]

Ian Fleming?

I think Charles Dance - at least physically and vocally - was excellent as Fleming in Goldeneye. He looks good now. Why not have him again (assumimg he's interested)?

[Atticus17F]

Wall to Wall Productions have updated their website with details of the Fleming drama. They don't say much we didn't already know, except that Ann Fleming will be played by Emily Woof and Noel Coward will be played by Pip Torrens.

[zencat]

Cool. Thanks for keeping us udated, Atticus17F.

[zencat]

Official confirmation of this biopic from Ian Fleming Publications:

The autumn programme of events relating to Fleming's Bond will continue with the first transmission, on BBC One, of Ian Fleming: A Life in Pictures, which will star Ben Daniels as Ian Fleming. Further details on transmission date to follow.

[Gri007]

Does any body know if the original Charles dance Goldeneye is availble on DVD

[Qwerty]

Does any body know if the original Charles dance Goldeneye is availble on DVD

Nope, it's only on VHS I'm fairly certain, as well as Spymaker.

[Gri007]

Does any body know if the original Charles dance Goldeneye is availble on DVD

Nope, it's only on VHS I'm fairly certain, as well as Spymaker.

Shame, What shame

[Qwerty]

Too unknown to warrent such releases I'd say.

[Atticus17F]

I wonder if he's auditioned for the Bond role yet?

[zencat]

Update:

Fleming Biopic To Air Sunday 28th August on BBC 1
'Ian Fleming: A Life In Pictures' starring Ben Daniels