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Of the upcoming novella, which will be released two days before Charles is anointed King, Turner says: \u201cIt came together very late. I wish we\u2019d thought of it last year but it wasn\u2019t until February when there was an announcement [on the coronation] that we sat down and said, \u2018Yep, we\u2019ve got to do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>James Bond author Ian Fleming<\/span><\/figcaption> Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n The author of On His Majesty\u2019s Secret Service \u2013 the plot of which sees Bond thwart a shady plot to disrupt the King\u2019s coronation \u2013 is Charlie Higson, who has prior experience with the character through his Young Bond spin-off series.<\/p>\n
On enlisting Higson for their royal mission, Turner says: \u201cWe only had a couple of months to do it and Charlie has always made it clear he wanted to do an adult Bond after the tremendous Young Bond stories so he was the perfect fit. It was originally supposed to be only 40,000 words but Charlie got carried away.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of Turner\u2019s biggest challenges is keeping Bond fresh for a 21st century audience especially as the character doesn\u2019t always lend himself to modern sensibilities, with the key being finding the write authors: \u201cYou need to find somebody who will enjoy doing it, someone who really loves the books, someone who can both work from Fleming and also create something fresh. The films can change actors and we can change authors.\u201d<\/p>\n
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She later adds: \u201cYou also need to find somebody who understands what\u2019s going on in 2023. James Bond has changed over the years, in the films he changes and in the books he also changes to suit the current audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Ian Fleming in Jamaica.<\/span><\/figcaption> Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n Anthony Horowitz, who has written three Bond novels over the last decade, was fortunate enough to be able to pull from leftover Fleming material that was initially written for a planned but ultimately scrapped TV show.<\/p>\n
That of course prompts the enquiry of there being more Fleming papers for future authors to pull from but it looks as if the author\u2019s archives have been more or less emptied: \u201cWe actually used a couple of TV scripts and outlines of TV scripts that Ian had written and he\u2019d already turned a lot of them into his own short stories. There were a couple he hadn\u2019t but there\u2019s not a lot left. Nothing particularly substantial, I\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n
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So what does the future of James Bond in book form look like beyond On His Majesty\u2019s Secret Service? Well, there are plans and lots of them, it\u2019s just that Turner runs a tighter ship than M and there will be no leaks or hints here. But she does say big things are coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have things in the pipeline but like Bond\u2019s world, it\u2019s on a need to know basis. If I told you, I\u2019d have to kill you. But we do have exciting things in the pipeline. What we don\u2019t do is work to a tight schedule. We put something out because it\u2019s quality and the right project. If it\u2019s not right then we won\u2019t do it. We\u2019ve got to do Ian Fleming proud.\u201d<\/p>
As the world\u2019s most famous spy hits 70 with a gulp of a Vesper martini, he remains as popular as ever. The news of who will replace Daniel Craig as the movie\u2019s Bond is a permanent fixture of gossip both online and off and the announcement of Higson\u2019s novella generated more publicity than most full-length novels. James Bond is as much of an icon of British pop culture as Shakespeare or the Beatles, but why is that?<\/p>\n
Turner, who is better placed than virtually any other living person to answer, says: \u201cIt\u2019s fantasy. It\u2019s escapist. They\u2019re not too serious. You can actually enjoy yourself. And honestly, the films do a fantastic job of keeping him fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n
No Time to Die is available to stream on Prime Video<\/a>, with other Bond films also available to purchase \u2013 try Amazon Prime Video for free for 30 days<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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