No 'Skyfall' novelisation
  • Samuel001Samuel001
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    IFP has confirmed to John Cox there will be no novelisation of Skyfall.

    As Cox notes this will be the first time a non-Fleming titled Bond film has not been novelised.

    http://www.thebookbond.com/2012/03/official-no-skyfall-novelization-dang.html

    Thoughts on this unsurprising news?
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
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    How is it unsurprising? I think It'd fit perfectly in with the early novels.
  • Samuel001Samuel001
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    JWESTBROOK said:

    How is it unsurprising? I think It'd fit perfectly in with the early novels.



    There is no continuation author and we'd have heard something about it by now, if there was to be a novel based on the new film.
  • BondWillReturnBondWillReturn
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    For the big 5-0, they should have done a novelisation!
    I'm disappointed by this!
  • jamesdutjamesdut
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    not surprising the film Quantum of solance had no novel either as had nothing to do with Flemings book
  • Samuel001Samuel001
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    jamesdut said:

    not surprising the film Quantum of solance had no novel either as had nothing to do with Flemings book



    All the short stories were republished under the Quantum Of Solace name, though.

    We got something.
  • darren_blacksmithdarren_blacksmith
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    Samuel001 said:


    Thoughts on this unsurprising news?



    Mild sadness. I would have liked to have seen a novelisation.

    Maybe if we get a few more clapperboard scene numbers we can write one! :-D
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    I am not too downbeat about this news. I would have been more disappointed if there was no on set photo book coming out as we have had more recently!
  • jamesdutjamesdut
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    All the short stories were republished under the Quantum Of Solace name, though.

    We got something

    Yer i know and all the books are getting reprinted again, they already exist, me point is that Quantum of Solance used the Fleming title and no more, if Skyfall was called Risco the same would apley as before, so by rights we have not had a film book since Die another Day.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7
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    WOW. First no calendar, now no novelization?! WTF EON?!
  • commandbond007commandbond007
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    well there is always fan fiction writers who could the same thing or it even better than the author who does novelization.......who knows if EON has something bigger planned that we dont know anything about yet
  • PanchitoPistolesPanchitoPistoles
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    I've never really cared for movie novelisations, so I'm not sad to hear this news at all.
  • bondbat007bondbat007
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    Too bad about this. I enjoyed Raymond Benson's novelizations and Gardners (although in LTK, he tried to connect it to the literary history so Leiter has his leg bitten off AGAIN). But oh well too bad. Benson said that it only took him around 6 weeks to write a novelization so there is still time if they change their mind
  • KanangaKananga
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    Bring back Christopher Wood!
  • BounineBounine
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    Amen to that Kananga! Now Wood understands Fleming's Bond!

    I'm not sure how I feel about this news. It's a good sign in the fact that they haven't re-hired Deaver, unless ofcourse they have but there won't be a novelisation due to the fact that Deaver can't write another Bond book until 2014. It would have been nice to have had a novelisation to keep me going until another original Bond book is released...if another will indeed be written. Still, if a novelisation is in the wrong hands, then it can be an immense disappointment, but you can say the same about an original Bond book so that last point isn't particularly valid. :)
  • Agent007391Agent007391
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    Well, once it comes out on DVD next year, I'll be novelizing it under my Fanfiction.net account, where I've already novelized Casino Royale (and will eventually do Quantum, Blood Stone and GoldenEye 2010).
  • MrSpyMrSpy
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    Yeah it would've been nice to have a book between JD & William Boyd. And the movie looks pretty epic, too...
  • BorisScaramangaBorisScaramanga
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    Not surprising really, they're probably too lazy to write one anyway.
  • oozooz
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    No novelisation? Since the departure of Brosnan, they got it all wrong...
  • MichaelMichael
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    Apparently the decision was made because there was so "on-going James Bond novel author to write a film novelization" so the decision was made not to have a novelization of the film. What a load of nonsence, as if only the "on-going author" could write film novelizations.
    What ongoing novels did Christopher Wood write when he did James Bond The Spy WHo Loved Me & James Bond and Moonraker.
    Why could the makers not employ a "ghost writer" to do the film novelization?
    (Just think about the profits the film makers have lost out on as well!!!)
  • 00130013
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    I don't like to read non-Fleming Bond material, but perhaps for the new movie I've might check out a Skyfall novel... The absence is disappointing, even for me.
  • PeterGreenhillPeterGreenhill
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    Poor decision.... There are plenty of writers who could have taken the Skyfall script and made a good novel of it.

    Not good.
  • Lewis_BLewis_B
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    PeterGreenhill said:

    Poor decision.... There are plenty of writers who could have taken the Skyfall script and made a good novel of it.

    Not good.



    Yes I agree, there are 1000s of authors to choose from, these guys need to get their act together and find the best. More money for you guys if you did!!!
  • bondbat007bondbat007
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    Hell as I've said before, I live in the same town as Raymond Benson and I remember before Quantum of Solace came out he said that even though he was done writing original Bond novels, if he was asked to write a novelisation for "Bond 22", he would consider doing it. I'm sure if he was asked for Skyfall, if he had the time, he would of done it
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7
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    You know, after seeing Skyfall I can't image any author doing a novel that even half matched it. The visuals, the emotions, all up on that screen is as pure as it can get. No text can match it.
  • LeiterStrombergLeiterStromberg
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    Kananga said:

    Bring back Christopher Wood!



    Agreed. His 'Spy Who Loved Me' novelization captured Fleming's tone excellently!
  • Villiers53Villiers53
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    Frankly I'm pleased IFP have turned their back on this obvious commercial opportunity.
    If the adult Bond literary franchise is to blossom it has to be through high quality, original work and not by recycling film scripts.
    After the Faulkes/Deaver debacle there is a lot riding on William Boyd's effort!
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