After exhausting all versions of Casino Royale to review, Tom & Joe focus their attention to the biggest piece of James Bond news to be announced in quite some time. The Broccoli family are stepping away from creative control of the franchise and handing the reins over to Amazon. What does this mean for future of James Bond? Will this lead to a new, exciting era for the character where fans finally see some stability and consistency? Or will the e-commerce giant rinse the series for all its worth in an attempt to see returns from its $8.5 billion investment? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Climax! Casino Royale (1954) - Bonus Episode
From Television City in Hollywood! Before Daniel Craig, before David Niven and even before Sean Connery, we have Barry Nixon as James Bond. A year after the first Bond book, Casino Royale, was published it was adapted as part of the American TV show 'Climax!'. The episode aired in 1954, and has become a bit of an oddity for the Bond franchise. It's one of the few episodes of Climax! that hasn't become lost media, is only available in black and white and shows us an American version of Bond. Tom and Joe apparently have nothing better to do, so are jumping into this adaption to see if it deserves to be better remembered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Casino Royale (1967) - Bonus Episode
Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond! Back in 1955, before Dr. No, the film rights to Casino Royale were sold to film producer Gregory Ratoff. This was the start of a long and messy history for the rights to Casino Royale, but it did result in a film adaption being released in 1967. Rather than being a traditional Bond film, it was an ensemble comedy with big names like Peter Sellers, Orson Welles and David Niven. It's not a film that's very well remembered and rarely discussed, but if it's a James Bond film, then Tom & Joe are going to give it a watch. Will they find an interesting piece of Bond history or is it truly best left forgotten? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Never Say Never Again (Part 2) - Bonus Episode
Sean Connery is James Bond. After years of legal battles, Kevin McClory finally released his own James Bond film with a remake of Thunderball, Never Say Never Again. When Spectre steals two nuclear warheads, Bond is travels all over the world to the Bahamas, France and North Africa to track them down. The film starred Sean Connery, returning to the role after 12 years with The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner taking the helm. As it starred the original James Bond and came out the same year as Octopussy, it resulted in the Battle of the Bonds. Never Say Never Again ultimately lost but was still a success, grossing $160 million at the box office. With it not being part of the main series, it's become a bit of an oddity but does it deserve to be remembered, or were Tom & Joe right to skip this one in the initial rewatch? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Never Say Never Again (Part 1) - Bonus Episode
Sean Connery is James Bond. After years of legal battles, Kevin McClory finally released his own James Bond film with a remake of Thunderball, Never Say Never Again. When Spectre steals two nuclear warheads, Bond is travels all over the world to the Bahamas, France and North Africa to track them down. The film starred Sean Connery, returning to the role after 12 years with The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner taking the helm. As it starred the original James Bond and came out the same year as Octopussy, it resulted in the Battle of the Bonds. Never Say Never Again ultimately lost but was still a success, grossing $160 million at the box office. With it not being part of the main series, it's become a bit of an oddity but does it deserve to be remembered, or were Tom & Joe right to skip this one in the initial rewatch? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Tom & Joe as they re-watch and rank all the James Bond films.Despite both being big Bond fans, it's been a long time since either Tom or Joe have seen the majority of the Bond films. In this podcast, they will correct this by watching them all in order and while they're at it, rank each film in the series.Will their lists match by the end of the rewatch? Which films are much better than they remember, which films are overrated? Will Tom change his mind about Diamonds are Forever? Will Joe change his mind about Spectre? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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