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Rogue Royale by Jeremy Duns, a new book on a projected serious 1960s Casino Royale film

DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
edited September 2013 in Bond Movies Posts: 18,345
My friend the spy novelist (of the Paul Dark thrillers) Jeremy Duns has just published Rogue Royale, a short ebook 'director's cut' of his research into Ben Hecht's 1960s drafts for a projected film version of Casino Royale. You can read it on Kindles, iPads, iPhones and PCs. More about it (and with links to the eBook on Amazon) on his blog here:

http://jeremyduns.net/2013/09/06/rogue-royale/

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  • RevelatorRevelator
    Posts: 2,922
    The ebook is definitely required reading for Bond fans. Based on Duns' description, Hecht's script for CR was superb--darker than any Bond film would dare, yet graced with the style and wit of one of Hollywood's greatest screenwriters. It would have made an incredible movie, perhaps an even better one than the Craig version. Duns is to be congratulated for his incredible discovery of Hecht's drafts--the most exciting Bond-related find in decades. Let's hope these scripts will eventually be published with Duns' essay as an introduction.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,345
    Revelator wrote:
    The ebook is definitely required reading for Bond fans. Based on Duns' description, Hecht's script for CR was superb--darker than any Bond film would dare, yet graced with the style and wit of one of Hollywood's greatest screenwriters. It would have made an incredible movie, perhaps an even better one than the Craig version. Duns is to be congratulated for his incredible discovery of Hecht's drafts--the most exciting Bond-related find in decades. Let's hope these scripts will eventually be published with Duns' essay as an introduction.

    It's great to see you on MI6 Community as well, @Revelator. And you are correct in all the praise you give to this ebook and its very talented author, Jeremy Duns.
  • RevelatorRevelator
    Posts: 2,922
    A quick note: Jeremy Duns has updated his ebook with more excerpts from the script, including Bond's final scenes with Vesper. If you haven't downloaded it already, do so! I've also contributed a review to the ebook's amazon page (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F0LCJY4/ref=cm_cr_thx_view), titled "The Greatest James Bond Never Made."
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    Thanks for the update!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,345
    007InVT wrote:
    Thanks for the update!

    Indeed. I wasn't aware that the e-book had even been updated! I downloaded the e-book at the time that it was free to do so.
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