{"id":8917,"date":"2021-12-19T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1537545"},"modified":"2021-12-19T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T09:18:21","slug":"james-bonds-naomie-harris-still-keen-on-moneypenny-spin-off-its-got-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-bonds-naomie-harris-still-keen-on-moneypenny-spin-off-its-got-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond\u2019s Naomie Harris still keen on Moneypenny spin-off: \u201cIt\u2019s got to happen!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 19 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Naomie Harris has confirmed she\u2019s still pushing for a James Bond spin-off featuring Moneypenny, after the idea was previously mooted and shot down.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, it was revealed that director Barry Jenkins \u2013 who worked with Harris on the Oscar-winning 2016 film Moonlight \u2013 was keen to helm a film with Eve Moneypenny in the lead role, but the project never came to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s got to happen, please!\u201d Harris told <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> in a recent interview. \u201cBarry Jenkins, who directed me in Moonlight, was pitching for a spin-off. He really wanted a spin-off. But, yeah, Barbara [Broccoli, Bond producer] unfortunately didn\u2019t think go for that idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut maybe now? You know, with time maybe?\u201d<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Pre-order No Time to Die on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Ultra-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GQ5BRC3\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">4K Ultra HD<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Bond-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GPXXS8N\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Blu-ray<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-Die-James-Bond-DVD\/dp\/B09GQ81BKD\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">DVD<\/a> now<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The Moneypenny character has, of course, received a spin-off of sorts \u2013 in book form, with author Samantha Weinberg (writing under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook) penning a series of novels and short stories as The Moneypenny Diaries between 2005 and 2008. What price a big-screen adaptation?<\/p>\n<p>Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson have recently opened up about their reluctance to green-light any spin-offs from the main series, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/james-bond-tv-series-denied-newsupdate\/&quot;\">ruling out TV show spin-offs from the 007 franchise<\/a> in the mould of Marvel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/moneypenny-naomie-harris-385d04c.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/moneypenny-naomie-harris-385d04c.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny in No Time to Die<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Danjaq, LLC &amp; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom our point of view, we try to focus on making good James Bond pictures and that takes a lot of time and thought \u2013 it takes a couple of years working on the script with a director,\u201d Wilson told\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.thewrap.com\/james-bond-tv-show-never-happen-producer-broccoli\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Wrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we had to make a TV series on top of that and put that same amount of energy into 10 or 20 hours of content, that\u2019s a big commitment. So, we\u2019d have to delegate. And we\u2019ve been very reluctant to delegate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Harris told RadioTimes.com that she\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/naomie-harris-moneypenny-future-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">unsure if she\u2019ll play Moneypenny again<\/a> in future projects following Daniel Craig\u2019s final Bond film <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/no-time-to-die-dvd-streaming\/&quot;\">No Time to Die<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t [know], I wish I did,\u201d she said. \u201cI would love to come back, because the franchise means so much to me.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>Read more about James Bond:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/naomie-harris-no-time-to-die-ending-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Naomie Harris didn\u2019t believe No Time to Die ending was real: \u201cI thought, is this a joke?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/naomie-harris-advice-next-bond-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Naomie Harris offers her advice to the next James Bond: \u201cDon\u2019t get intimidated\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>No Time to Die is available on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Ultra-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GQ5BRC3\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">4K Ultra HD<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-James-Bond-Blu-ray-Region\/dp\/B09GPXXS8N\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Blu-ray<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Time-Die-James-Bond-DVD\/dp\/B09GQ81BKD\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">DVD<\/a> from 20th December. 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