DetectiveCinema Presents... Ian Fleming's THUNDERBALL

DetectiveCinema Presents... Ian Fleming's THUNDERBALL

The first part in Ian Fleming's SPECTRE Trilogy, Thunderball follows 007 to the Bahamas where it's a race against time to uncover nuclear weapons stolen by an international terrorist organisation.

Editorial Opinion
By DetectiveCinema - May 31, 2018 01:05 AM EST
Filed Under: James Bond
SYNOPSIS

The international terrorist organisation SPECTRE is holding the world to ransom with two stolen nuclear weapons. Operation Thunderball is launched to stop them. In a race against time, Bond travels to the Bahamas to uncover the stolen bombs before SPECTRE can put its deadly plan into action. With less than a week to find the hidden weapons, Bond must enter a world of fine yachts and casinos to infiltrate the secret operation.

 

 
STARRING
Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, The Light Between Oceans) … James Bond / 007
Royal Navy Commander James Bond is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally.
 
Edgar Ramirez (Point Break, Gold) … Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo is the second-in-command of the criminal organization SPECTRE, the successor to Ernst Stavro Blofeld and the supreme commander of "Plan Omega”.
 
Ana De Armas (War Dogs, Blade Runner 2049) … Domino Vitali
An Italian beauty and former actress, Domino is the mistress of Emilio Largo and younger sister of Guiseppe Petacchi.
 
Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Sully) … Felix Leiter
Leiter works for the CIA, and assists Bond on various missions. He later becomes a private detective after suffering an injury.
 
Jon Bernthal (Fury, The Accountant) … Giuseppe Petacchi
Colonel Giuseppe Petacchi is an Italian pilot hired by the criminal organisation SPECTRE to hijack a British bomber and its atomic payload.
 
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Hannibal) … Miss Moneypenny
Miss Moneypenny is the secretary to M, the head of the Secret Intelligence Service.
 
with Michael Gambon (Layer Cake, The King’s Speech) … M
M is the Head of Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6.
 
and Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby, The Gift) … Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the founder and head of the criminal organisation SPECTRE and the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond.
 

 
Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road, Neon Demon) … Patricia Fearing
Patricia Fearing is a nurse who works at the Shrublands health farm who is tasked with looking after James Bond.
 
Denis Ménochet (Inglorious Basterds, Assassin’s Creed) … Count Lippe
Count Lippe is a handsome womanizer and contract killer who has worked under the employment of SPECTRE.
 
Alon Aboutboul (Body of Lies, The Dark Knight Rises) … Kotze
Kotze is a German physicist hired by the criminal organisation SPECTRE to handle two stolen atomic bombs as part of their "Plan Omega" extortion scheme.
 
 
THUNDERBALL
performed by Arctic Monkeys
written by Alex Turner
 

 
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TerryTerrapin
TerryTerrapin - 5/31/2018, 5:23 AM
I like Michael Fassbender, but I don't see him as Bond. Blofeld maybe. Ever since the Man From UNCLE I want Henry Cavill to play Bond. Other than that it's a pretty good cast, but I'm not sure about Joel Edgerton though. Actually yeah substitute Edgerton for Fassbender and I think the cast would be spot on.
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 5/31/2018, 7:14 AM
@TerryTerrapin - Henry Cavill would make a great James Bond. If I were going for younger 007 he would definitely be my choice but in this case I wanted an older, established and more experienced Bond.

Blofeld was admittedly the hardest to cast, especially because of how drastically his appearance changes throughout the novels. It’s his performances in The Gift, The Great Gatsby and Exodus that has me convinced that he would give us a fantastic Blofeld. He’s a chameleon of an actor who would just disappear into the role. He would make a fine Bond though too, but Fassbender just oozes the charm of Bond straight of the page. Not to mention he has an uncanny resemblance to Fleming’s illustration of the character.
TerryTerrapin
TerryTerrapin - 5/31/2018, 8:01 AM
@DetectiveCinema - After looking at the two pictures of Fassbender a little bit more I am starting to see it. He does have that look about him and I think he'd be more believable than Daniel Craig. The problem with Craig is that he's too rough looking, it's sort of hard to see why women would throw themselves at him. Fassbender at least looks like he could bed any woman he wants.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/31/2018, 7:28 AM
I like your cast picks. Although I would rather see them tackle one of Fleming's stories that aren't adapted yet
TerryTerrapin
TerryTerrapin - 5/31/2018, 7:53 AM
@MalseMarcel - I don't know, reading the synopsis for the non-Fleming books they don't sound that good. Death is Forever sounds good though. And I'd actually be happy if Carte Blanche was adapted since some of it is set at the University of York, my hometown.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/31/2018, 8:44 AM
@TerryTerrapin - The non Fleming books are that great no, but there are still some stories from the short story collections that aren't done yet
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 5/31/2018, 6:06 PM
@MalseMarcel - Out of the few Fleming novels that haven't been adapted, which story would you like to see?
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/1/2018, 12:32 AM
@DetectiveCinema - I havent actually read a lot of them, so I cant tell you which. On the other hand, I would love to see someone tackle John la carres George Smiley books in a franchise style like JB
BigChinese
BigChinese - 5/31/2018, 6:10 PM
Holy [frick] the casting choice is solid!
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 5/31/2018, 6:27 PM
@BigChinese - Thanks! More to come.
MrEliMac
MrEliMac - 6/6/2018, 9:34 PM
This is a pretty good cast. Though you'd basically be rebooting a movie that came out in 2006, I'd have liked for you to have casted each Fleming book starting with "Casino Royale" and ending with "Octopussy and the Living Daylights." But I'm looking forward to the next ones.
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