007 The novelist thinks that the latest James Bond film by Daniel Craig made a major mistake

“No time to die” was a division film among James Bond fans, mainly because its producers made the disastrous decision to kill 007. As you can expect, the shocking end of the public “no time to die”, and a man who is certainly on the side of those who wanted that 007 Vive is the author of Modern Bond Anthony Horowitz.

The writer has written three 007 novels so far: “Trigger Mortis” of 2015, “Forever and A Day” of 2018 and “With a mind to Kill” of 2022. But as he said to the Radio Times in the United Kingdom, he was never invited to contribute to film scripts, of which he seems happy enough. “You need thick skin for this business,” he said. “I’m probably happier.” It is also very happy that he does not have to tackle the “major question” in how to go ahead as a result of Bond’s death. “The last time we saw Bond, he was poisoned and blown to Millets,” said Horowitz. “How will they pass the fact that he died with a capital of” “

The author continued by saying that he thought that killing Bond was “an error”, adding, “Bond is a legend. It belongs to everyone, it is eternal – except in this film. If I have been asked tomorrow to write the scenario, I would not be able to do it. Where would you start? You can not wake up in the shower and to say that it was a dream.” While Horowitz is almost frank in his evaluation, there is a positive side to this “major problem” (and even a half decent explanation on the reasons why Bond was offered at all).

With the request reliably for 007 adventures since “Dr. No” of 1962 launched the most sustainable franchise in cinema, it is a bit of a shame that the author of origin James Bond Ian Fleming produced only 12 official novels and two collections of short floors during his life. Of course, the publishers have found a way to get around this, several estimated authors attacking the greatest spy of England since the years that followed the death of Fleming. Anthony Horowitz is one of them, having obtained applause for his ability to resume the original style of Fleming. Like the Guardian, Alexander Larman, wrote on “with a mind to kill”, “This is a popular fiction to its most accomplished, Rouring with the elegant assurance of an Aston Martin”. All this to say that Horowitz clearly gets it and is worth listening to the inheritance of 007.

In the current state of things, we have the creator of “Peaky Blinders” Steven Knight now Bond 26, who will be led by Denis Villeneuve (probably the perfect director for work). Obviously, Horowitz does not envy Knight’s work, and it is easy to see why.

But while the decision to kill Bond was one of the most shocking in the history of the property, it has become more understandable (and took a new dark meaning) after the Bond Guardians and the long -standing producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson sold the franchise to Amazon. Suffering 007 Sky-High suddenly seemed to be a perfectly reasonable answer to Jeff Bezos and his technology friends leaving hand on intellectual property, and as such, although Horowitz was right in his evaluation, it was an undeniably effective way to wipe the slate before the next reinvention of 007. In addition, as Horowitz himself says. Even when you kill him, he lives.