Never Say Never Again -james Bond 007- [exclusive] Jun 2026

While Q appears (played with delightful, cynical British wit by Alec McCowen), the gadgets are notably scaled back. Bond uses a fountain pen that fires a rocket, a laser watch, and a rocket-firing motorcycle—but the focus remains firmly on Bond’s wits. The Legal Aftermath and Final Legacy

Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, wanted to bring his secret agent to the big screen. He teamed up with independent producer Kevin McClory and writer Jack Whittingham to develop a script for a potential Bond movie titled Longitude 78 West . The project fell through due to financial constraints, and a frustrated Fleming did what he always did: he retreated to his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica and turned the unused ideas into his next novel, Thunderball (1961). Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-

shines as the unhinged, psychopathic assassin Fatima Blush, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. While Q appears (played with delightful, cynical British

This is a Bond who needs naps. A Bond who struggles to pull himself up a rope. A Bond who relies on wit and cunning rather than raw physical dominance. When he fights the massive, silent henchman Lippe (Pat Roach) in a kitchen, he wins not by karate chops, but by encasing the man’s leg in concrete and jamming a parsnip into his neck. He teamed up with independent producer Kevin McClory

McClory sued Fleming for plagiarism. The resulting 1963 legal settlement awarded McClory the literary and film rights to Thunderball , including the rights to the terrorist organization SPECTRE and its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

If you are a completionist Bond fan, Never Say Never Again is essential viewing—not because it is great, but because it is unique. It is the Star Trek fan film that got a theatrical budget. It is the cover version of a hit song where the singer changes half the notes.

James Bond is called out of a forced sabbatical to locate the nuclear weapons before they are used for blackmail.