In the BBC mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, Dominic Cooper plays 007 creator Ian Fleming in a biographical story that follows the author through his career in British Naval Intelligence. This isn't quite Bond 24, though there's definitely an attempt to make Fleming's life look as much as possible like the screen life…
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Fleming, a televised mini-series biography of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, is the product of a cooperation between Ecosse Films, BBC AMERICA and Sky Atlantic. The four-part series stars Dominic Cooper as the author and Navy intelligence man, and based on this first teaser there will be some attempt to directly link Fleming's life to the basic film…
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The $1 billion worldwide box office take for Skyfall is proof positive that affection for James Bond is alive and well. It only makes sense, then, that there are now plans in place to highlight the man who invented him. Dominic Cooper has signed on to play Bond author Ian Fleming in a four-episode British…
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Even as EON Productions pulls the wrapper off the first trailer for the twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, another company is planning to chronicle the life of the man who created Bond. In fact, there are some who say that Ian Fleming was Bond. Born into a wealthy family, Fleming was educated abroad, spent time…
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Tracy Morgan is set to take a turn in a police drama called Son of No One, in which he'll play a role originally set for Terrence Howard. Co-stars are Katie Holmes (continuing her comeback streak), Juliette Binoche and Channing Tatum, with Ray Liotta and Al Pacino. Dito Montiel directs. Channing is the lead character,…
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There have been a handful of television biopics of James Bond author Ian Fleming, the most famous of which actually starred Sean Connery's son Jason Connery as Fleming. Surprisingly, however, there's never been a big-screen version of his life. Development of the first one has been underway for some time, and now if reports are…
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