Casting the Continuation Novels

Devil May Care (2031)

James Bond: Richard Madden
Scarlett Papava: Saorise Ronan
Dr. Julius Gorner: Eddie Marsan
Chagrin: Peter Shinkoda
Darius Alizadeh: Said Taghmaoui
Felix Leiter: Cameron Monaghan
Rene Mathis: Benjamin Biolay
M: Idris Elba
Q: Tosin Cole
Moneypenny: Sophie Cookson
Loelia Ponsonby: Jenna Coleman

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Thanks. :slight_smile: That was kind of the goal after I couldn’t find someone that I thought could make the radical physical changes that Blofeld makes in the novels work all that well.

Upon further review, he also looks quite a bit like the 007 Legends version of Blofeld.

You Only Live Twice (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Kissy Suzuki - Satomi Ishihara
Ernst Stavro Bofeld - Michael Chiklis
Irma Bunt - Diane Kruger
Tiger Tanaka - Hiroshi Abe
Dikko Henderson - Mel Gibson
M - Jason Isaacs
Mary Goodnight - Yvonne Strahovski
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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The Man With the Golden Gun (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Mary Goodnight - Yvonne Strahovski
Francisco Scaramanga - Benicio del Toro
Felix Leiter - Glen Powell
M - Jason Isaacs
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde
Bill Tanner - Jude Law

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Colonel Sun (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Ariadne Alexandrou - Adele Exarchopoulos
Colonel Sun - Jet Li
Von Richter - Liam Neeson
M - Jason Isaacs
Bill Tanner - Jude Law
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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Neeson as a minor baddie and Law as Tanner, I’d pay to see that!

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Licence Renewed (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Lavender Peacock - Rose Leslie
Anton Murk - Dougray Scott
Mary Jane Mashkin - Shauna Macdonald
Franco Quesocriado - Diego Luna
Caber - Gerard Butler
Ann Reilly - Jessica Brown Findlay
M - Jason Isaacs
Bill Tanner - Jude Law
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

For Special Services (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Cedar Leiter - Florence Pugh
Nena Bismaquer - Nora Arnezeder
Markus Bismaquer - Jeff Bridges
Walter Luxor - Alexander Skarsgard
Felix Leiter - Glen Powell
Mike Mazzard - Karl Urban
M - Jason Isaacs
Ann Reilly - Jessica Brown Findlay
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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Both very good. The only change I would make is to not make Cedar, Felix’s daughter. That subplot should not have made it into the book in the first place.

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Agreed. I remember thinking, way back when I read the novel, that it was a weird thing to include. I guess it kind of balances out the whole daughter of Blofeld thing, which I did think was something that worked, but I agree that it was a misguided attempt to include something somewhat familiar to the reader.

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The whole Cedar Leiter character is superfluous. It’s meant to be intriguing that an agent’s daughter is recruited and weekend/holiday-trained without that agent noticing. But other than acting as errand girl - which she could have done w/o training and probably would have if they had simply asked nicely - she’s just a useless damsel-in-distress. And it’s hardly believable M’s US counterparts have no other secure direct line to SIS than sending an occasional.

Some interesting castings lately. Sorry, I haven’t posted my next casting choice in a while. I’m afraid I’ve been in the process of moving, which has taken up most of my time these past couple of weeks or so. Right now, I’m starting to try to get things put away as well as helping my parents move and enjoying the Olympics. I hope/plan to reveal my next novel casting sometime next week or the week after at the latest. But in the meantime, keep your suggestions coming. :grinning:

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It’s not so much that she’s Felix’s daughter that’s the problem, it’s the cringeworthy “Gift of a Daughter” that should have been removed.

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That goes without saying. But she also doesn’t add anything to the narrative before that last chapter. Cedar Leiter seems firmly written after the Dale Arden pattern.

I won’t deny that. They greatest thing she did was actually @Jim’s 007th Chapter in which he describes a like 10 page sequence that is mostly just Cedar topless.

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Well, honestly, John Gardner was known for making Bond weird, in more ways than one.

Forever And A Day (2025) Set in modern day, with general faithfulness to the book.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Produced by Barbara Broccoli

Story by Anthony Horowitz, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and Gregg Wilson

Screenplay by Anthony Horowitz, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Kim Sherwood

James Bond: Aaron Taylor Johnson
Sixtine: Daisy Ridley
Loelia Ponsonby: Felicity Jones
May: Olivia Coleman
Previous 007/Alec Trevelyan: Andrew Garfield
Jean-Paul Scipio: John Goodman
Irwin Wolfe: Andy Serkis
Chairman Bond: Hayley Atwell
Moneypenny: Anya Taylor-Joy
M: Emily Blunt
Q: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Reade Griffith: Michael C Hall
Monique de Troyes: Emma Watson

Coming soon: Carte Blanche: A videogame adaptation!

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Icebreaker (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Paula Vacker - Vanessa Kirby
Rivke Ingber - Sylvia Hoeks
Count Konrad von Gloda - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Brad Tirpitz - Sebastian Stan
Kolya Mosolov - Peter Stormare
M - Jason Isaacs
Bill Tanner - Jude Law
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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Trigger Mortis (2032)

James Bond: Richard Madden
Jeopardy Lane: Sydney Sweeney
Sin Jai-Seong: Daniel Dae Kim
Logan Fairfax: Renee Rapp
Ivan Dimitrov: Paul Mescal
Lancy Smith: Jonathan Bailey
Felix Leiter: Cameron Monaghan
Bill Tanner: Joe Dempsie
M: Idris Elba
Q: Tosin Cole
Moneypenny: Sophie Cookson
Loelia Ponsonby: Jenna Coleman

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Role of Honour (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Persephone Proud - Dianna Agron
Jay Autem Holy - Joseph Gordon Levitt
Tamil Rahani - Vince Vaughan
General Rolling Joe Zwingli - Chuck Norris
Freddie Fortune - Maggie Grace
Dazzle - Zazie Beetz
M - Jason Isaacs
Q - Rhys Ifans
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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NEVER SEND FLOWERS (1993)

James Bond 007 – Sam Neill
Bodo Lempke – Bruno Ganz
Fredericka von Grüsse aka Flicka – Irène Jacob
Charles – Steve Buscemi
William – Kevin Bacon
David Dragonpol – Jeremy Irons
Ben – Ned Beatty
Carmel Chantry – Polly Walker
Maeve Horton aka Hort – Miranda Richardson
Gianni-Franco Orsini – Enzo Cannavale
Diana Windsor – Catherine Oxenberg
Lester – David Bradley
Gerald Grant – Richard Griffiths
Laura March – Vanessa Angel
Robb – Christopher Cazenove
Orsini’s Ballistics And Firearms Expert 1 – Henri Attal
Orsini’s Ballistics And Firearms Expert 2 – Gérard Darmon
George Daily – Simon MacCorkindale
Marietta Bruch – Hannelore Elsner
Gerda Bloom aka Iron Gerda – Waltraut Haas
Daniel Dragonpol – Jeremy Irons
Claudio Carrousso – Gian Maria Volontè
Vatican Security Officer – Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Archie Shaw – Clive Francis
Angela Shaw – Jenny Seagrove
Pavel Gruskochev – Karl Lieffen
Mark Fish – Leland Orser
May McGrath – Fanny Carby
Jane Moneypenny – Lesley Manville
Ann Reilly aka Q’ute – Amanda Donohoe
Bill Tanner – Anthony Andrews
Miles Messervy aka M – Patrick McGoohan

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SEAFIRE (1994)

James Bond 007 – Sam Neill
Jim Dodd – Richard Roxburgh
Fredericka von Grüsse aka Flicka – Julia Ormond
Beth – Iman
Maxwell Tarn – Malcolm McDowell
Claude Wimsey – Ian Holm
Security Service Director General – Claire Bloom
Harvey – Nigel Havers
Jane Smith – Geraldine James
Thickness – Bill Paterson
Trish Nuzzi – Rene Russo
Conrad Spicer aka Connie – Patrick Bergin
Paulanerstuben Hotel Waiter – Reinhard Glemnitz
Frobisher – Claire Forlani
Maurice Goodwin – Alun Armstrong
Rex Rexinus – Martin Sheen
Vesta Motley – Amanda Pays
Anton Fritz – Gernot Endemann
Heidi – Deborah Kara Unger
Anna Archibald – Joely Richardson
Cathy Cuthbert – Anna Chancellor
Ginger – Hugo Speer
Dodd’s SAS Trooper 1 – Jason Durr
Dodd’s SAS Trooper 2 – James Nesbitt
Chastity Vain – Louise Lombard
Jock Anderson – John Considine
Bill Burkeshaw aka Burke – Richard Wilson
Tony Hairman aka Hare – Jim Dale
Kurt Rollen – Clive Russell
Peter Dolmech aka Boxwood – Philip Bretherton
Christopher – Martin Shaw
Fritz Saal – Michael J. Anderson
Anna & Cathy’s Driver – Daniel Ryan
Caribbean Prince Medical Orderly – Göran Stangertz
Caribbean Prince Intruder Leader – Robert Knepper
Caribbean Prince Intruder Bagman – Ned Vaughn
Pete Natkowitz – Robert Llewellyn
Felix Leiter – Jeff Bridges
Ann Reilly aka Q’ute – Amanda Donohoe
Bill Tanner – Anthony Andrews
Miles Messervy aka M – Patrick McGoohan

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Nobody Lives For Ever (2024)

James Bond - Rupert Friend
Sukie Tempesta - Lady Gaga
Tamil Rahani - Vince Vaughan
Nannie Noritch - Gina Carano
Doktor Kirtchtum - Mark Strong
May - Kelly Macdonald
Steve Quinn - Henry Cavill
M - Jason Isaacs
Moneypenny - Gabriella Wilde

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