Never say never again series#

In November 2013, the McClory Estate and EON Productions reached an agreement transferring all rights to Fleming's Thunderball, the organization of SPECTRE, and the character of Ernst Stavro Blofeld to EON.īeing the second adaptation of the novel Thunderball, Never Say Never Again follows a similar plotline to the earlier film, but with some differences.

Its release opposite the franchise Bond film Octopussy (starring Roger Moore) quickly led the media to dub the situation the ' Battle of the Bonds'. The film also marks the culmination of a long legal battle between United Artists and Kevin McClory. MGM acquired the distribution rights in 1997 after their acquisition of Orion Pictures.

Never say never again series#

Broccoli, despite it currently being handled by the official film series distributor, MGM. The film is not considered part of the canon of the Bond film franchise from EON Productions and United Artists and is not produced by Albert R. It was released theatrically by Warner Bros. Released in 1983, it stars Sean Connery in his seventh and final film performance as British Secret Service agent James Bond. Never Say Never Again is the second James Bond theatrical film not produced by EON Productions and the second film adaptation of the story Thunderball.