Is Never Say Never Again now part of the official Bond canon or what? I heard that EON has bought the rights to it - does that mean it will be marketed in the same manner as the other titles?
Not that it matters - the movie is still going to suck anyway IMHO.
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Felix's lighter
, Oct 19 2002 07:19 PM
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Posted 19 October 2002 - 07:44 PM
I didn't know EON now owned the rights. Could anyone provide some further explanation of this? And who owned the rights in the first place? Warners?
But I don't see it ever being marketed by EON in the same way as the other Bonds, i.e. space being made for it in some future DVD box set, the gunbarrel logo being added to the movie's opening, etc. For one thing, it would mean that DIE ANOTHER DAY was no longer Bond 20.
So no, NSNA isn't part of the "official Bond canon", and it never will be.
But I don't see it ever being marketed by EON in the same way as the other Bonds, i.e. space being made for it in some future DVD box set, the gunbarrel logo being added to the movie's opening, etc. For one thing, it would mean that DIE ANOTHER DAY was no longer Bond 20.
So no, NSNA isn't part of the "official Bond canon", and it never will be.
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Posted 20 October 2002 - 01:31 AM
I'm not an expert on NSNA by any means, but here's what I know.
EON, or at least MGM, now owns it and Casino Royale. Warner's did own the rights originally and a subsidiary company called Lorimar produced it.
I doubt it will ever be considered part of the canon, as far as the official series goes. It was produced by Kevin McClorey, who also produced Thunderball and held the rights to that book since he helped right it. He's the one who is always threatening to create his own Bond series and always getting shot down. That's a another long story, though.
Either way, NSNA is considered the bastard stepchild of the series, so don't look for it to get treated any more special than the common DVD release now out there and crop up on cable television now and then.
EON, or at least MGM, now owns it and Casino Royale. Warner's did own the rights originally and a subsidiary company called Lorimar produced it.
I doubt it will ever be considered part of the canon, as far as the official series goes. It was produced by Kevin McClorey, who also produced Thunderball and held the rights to that book since he helped right it. He's the one who is always threatening to create his own Bond series and always getting shot down. That's a another long story, though.
Either way, NSNA is considered the bastard stepchild of the series, so don't look for it to get treated any more special than the common DVD release now out there and crop up on cable television now and then.
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Posted 20 October 2002 - 04:29 AM
Originally posted by Felix's lighter (edited)
Is Never Say Never Again now part of the official Bond canon or what? I heard that EON has bought the rights to it - does that mean it will be marketed in the same manner as the other titles?
Eon did not buy the rights to Never Say Never Again, MGM did. And it is only the distribution rights that MGM owns, Kevin McClory still owns any rights for remakes.
And while MGM can package Never Say Never Again in the same boxes as the other Bond films, packaging does not make it canon.
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Posted 20 October 2002 - 03:38 PM
Mr. Asterix, do you know why NSNA now has an ORION PICTURES logo on it's head (instead of its original WB logo or even a new MGM logo)? I find this very strange.
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Posted 21 October 2002 - 07:57 PM
I thought that Orion went t.u.
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