Duncan Jones to Direct 007 Author Ian Fleming Biopic

Duncan Jones, the BAFTA-winning director of Moon and Source Code, is set to direct a biopic about Ian Fleming (Naval Intelligence Officer and creator of the iconic character James Bond), Empire reports. Fleming was involved in espionage during WWII, which later inspired his Bond novels.

Jones said of the author:

“Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a unique vantage point of all the players, all the stakes, he witnessed true heroism first-hand. And he saw the evil men could do. Then, when the war ended, he went off to write fiction. The essential question for me is: where did Ian Fleming end and Bond begin?”

The screenplay is adapted from the biography Ian Fleming, the Man Behind James Bond by Andrew Lycett and is the first of many biopics (mostly made for TV work) that has the co-operation of Fleming’s estate.

Stuart Fenegan, Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Kevin Frakes will produce. Fenegan said of the project:

“The opportunity to make a period action film about the life of Fleming and origins of Bond – a hero we all grew up idolising – is too great for Duncan and me to resist.”

Production is expected to begin later this year.

 

News source – Empire