The James Bond story For Your Eyes Only is scheduled to be remade in Canada.
According to Cbc Radio, filmmakers Lee Demarbe and Ian Driscoll are planning on adapting the Ian Fleming short story For Your Eyes Only for the screen.
The story was previously put to film in 1981 under the same name and starring Roger Moore. The 1981 film was a combination of source material from the short stories For Your Eyes Only and Risico.
The Canadian filmmakers chose For Your Eyes Only on the basis that the story is partially set in Ottawa, Canada.
How is it possible that Demarbe and Driscoll are allowed to make a James Bond film, using a character that has almost exclusively been handled cinematically by Eon Productions?
According to the Berne Convention, which many countries subscribe to when it comes to copyright ownership, works by a creator expire fifty years after the death of the creator.
That means, as of 2015, Fleming’s works are in the public domain for the countries under the Berne Convention.
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Demarbe and Driscoll allegedly have plans for four future Bond films. These are lofty goals for the two filmmakers, considering the films would not be distributed in the United States.
That’s right, it would be impossible to sell the film in the U.S., given the state of the character rights in the country. As such, the filmmakers understand that it will be hard to lock down investors in their project.
Given this limitation, the production budget will come nowhere near that of the Eon Productions Bond films. The Canadian Bond films would be far less extravagant in that regard.
This being said, I am certainly interested in seeing what comes of this. Too bad I live in America…
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