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Bond, Barbara Broccoli - and Skyfall!

I cannot wait to see the latest Bond movie, Skyfall , directed by Sam Mendes , starring the perfectly cast Daniel Craig as James Bond and Javier Bardem as, reputedly, the best Bond villain we've seen, Silva. Skyfall is already - in its first weekend of release in the United States - the most successful Bond movie ever, with a worldwide gross, as of writing, of $669.2 million.  Not bad for a franchise that is 50 years old! I'm particularly pleased for producer Barbara Broccoli , who was the first person to option the film rights in my novel, The War Zone , some considerable time ago (although she wasn't involved in making the film when it was finally produced). Barbara was a wonderful person to work with, and a lot of fun - we even went down the helter skelter on Brighton Pier together, as part of a dare:) Here's to blowing things up (on screen) for fun!