Fleming

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A drama based on the life of James Bond creator Ian Fleming has been given the green light by Sky Atlantic. It will star Mamma Mia and My Week With Marilyn's Dominic Cooper. The four part series, titled Fleming, promises to delve deep into the author's life, which was almost as exciting and eventful as 007's.

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Sky Atlantic has released a teaser trailer for their upcoming mini-series Fleming, which is a co-production with BBC America.
Written by John Brownlow, Fleming will follow the infamous James Bond author from the outbreak of the second world war when a young Fleming was an unsuccessful stockbroker who already had a failed army career behind him and was living off his rich family whilst indulging his passions of alcohol, erotic literature and sexual conquests. But having been forced into Naval Intelligence through family connections, Fleming found a calling. Utilising his vivid imagination, charm and mischievous sense of humour he was responsible for some of the most outrageous counter intelligence missions against the Nazis, full of danger and intrigue, the experience of which would form the basis of the Bond books. The mini-series is being produced by Ecosse Films and stars Dominic Cooper as Ian Fleming, Lara Pulver as Ann O’Neill, a wealthy London socialite; Annabelle Wallis as Muriel; a love interest for Fleming who would be the inspiration for the first Bond girl; Lesley Manville as Eve Fleming, Ian’s mother; Rupert Evans as Peter Fleming, Ian’s brother; Samuel West as Admiral John Godfrey; the Director of Naval Intelligence; and Anna Chancellor as Lieutenant Monday, Admiral Godfrey’s secretary, who Fleming would use as the inspiration for Moneypenny.


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