Bringing Casino Royale to the Big Screen

Casino Royale is an oddity compared to the other James Bond films because of the way in which it was finally brought to the screen in 2006. Although it was the first book in the series, written by Ian Fleming, the producers of the official James Bond series had been unable to secure the rights to it.

The reason for this was simply because Fleming had sold the television and film rights to the book back in 1954 and when the remainder of the film rights were sold, they did not include Casino Royale.

In fact it was first produced as a CBS television play, when Barry Nelson played the role of "Jimmy" Bond, a CIA agent. Later, when the film series had started to become successful, the rights to Casino Royale were picked up by Charles K. Feldman. He tried to persuade Sean Connery to star in a film version, and when Connery's salary demands scuppered that idea, Feldman decided to make it as a comedy instead.

The result was released in 1967, the same year as You Only Live Twice; while it stars many big name actors, the film is rather a mess.

Meanwhile there continued a dispute between Eon, the producers of the Bond films, and Kevin McClory, who had produced Thunderball and whose work on that story is acknowledged on the novels after he took Fleming to court.

McClory claimed the right to produce a rival James Bond series, with the backing of Sony, who by now owned the Casino Royale rights. He went to court on several occasions, the final time was in the late 1990s; however, the lawsuit was thrown out and the rights to Casino Royale were sold to MGM, the studio that backed Eon financially.

When Casino Royale made it to the big screen in 2006, the whole world went Bond crazy again. With Daniel Craig as 007 and Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, the film proved to be a phenomenal success.

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