It was 70 years ago last week (April 13, 1953, to be exact) that author Ian Fleming published Casino Royale, the first novel to feature his soon-to-be-iconic British secret agent, James Bond.

He is James Bond. The fluff is skipped ... to really bed in with the Fleming estate and write continuations of the original novels and canon; but in 2018, he instead decided to write a prequel.

Movie star Ana de Armas argued the entertainment industry should create new characters rather than gender-swap established characters like James Bond or John Wick. In recent years, the ...

Although Heughan is a Scot and most actors in the role have been English, he’d be in good company since the original James Bond, Sean Connery, was also Scottish. He’s finally done with ...

Adding to the urgency is that Ian Fleming’s original James Bond 007 novels enter the public domain in 2035, meaning anyone will be able to adapt them then. It’s clear that Broccoli ...

But she wasn't completely done with Bond. In 1967, she starred as Vesper Lind opposite David Niven, playing the "original" James Bond, in the spy parody Casino Royale, based on the first Ian ...