Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?
Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035
Amazon may have captured James Bond, paying billions to get creative control of the super spy, but a clock is now ticking that means 007 – or at least a version of him – could escape into the wider world in a decade’s time.
The character and plots of the original literary works by creator Ian Fleming become open for public use in most countries in 2035, raising the prospect of Bond starring in rival film and TV stories of espionage, comedy or even horror.
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