The whole Fleming/ McClory thing.

Spoff

What do people think on this topic?

Is there a definitive "who was right or wrong" to the whole thing? I have read some stuff but most of it is a bit vague.

AlphaOmegaSin

It was really a whole Case of People getting there Wires crossed.

Thunderpussy

I thinkk it was a case that, each side thought they were right. )

Barbel

It's a frequent subject, take a look at this thread: http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/29701/kevin-mcclory/ or this one http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/28885/kevin-mcclory/

Absolutely_Cart

I agree that McClory should have had the rights to Thunderball, but not Spectre or Blofeld.

Spoff

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

I agree that McClory should have had the rights to Thunderball, but not Spectre or Blofeld.

He also must have gained the rights to use Flemings characters in NSNA? how did that happen?

Sir Miles

Spoff wrote:

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

I agree that McClory should have had the rights to Thunderball, but not Spectre or Blofeld.

He also must have gained the rights to use Flemings characters in NSNA? how did that happen?

Well...he DID write it with Fleming & Whittingham...so they weren't strictly Fleming's characters....

Spoff

Sir Miles wrote:

Spoff wrote:

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

I agree that McClory should have had the rights to Thunderball, but not Spectre or Blofeld.

He also must have gained the rights to use Flemings characters in NSNA? how did that happen?

Well...he DID write it with Fleming & Whittingham...so they weren't strictly Fleming's characters....

Right, so I guess he could only use them in the context of that story? and that one time?

Sir Miles

Spoff wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

Spoff wrote:

He also must have gained the rights to use Flemings characters in NSNA? how did that happen?

Well...he DID write it with Fleming & Whittingham...so they weren't strictly Fleming's characters....

Right, so I guess he could only use them in the context of that story? and that one time?

Yes...just in the context of THAT storyline...but, after the initial 10 year 'no remake' clause lapsed, he was (pretty much) free to keep remaking it....
But everytime he tried he was tied up in legal red tape...and that led to a struggle for funding...

Spoff

Sir Miles wrote:

Spoff wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

Well...he DID write it with Fleming & Whittingham...so they weren't strictly Fleming's characters....

Right, so I guess he could only use them in the context of that story? and that one time?

Yes...just in the context of THAT storyline...but, after the initial 10 year 'no remake' clause lapsed, he was (pretty much) free to keep remaking it....
But everytime he tried he was tied up in legal red tape...and that led to a struggle for funding...

Right, I get it a bit better now, thanks for the clarification.

Sir Miles

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