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Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 18:19
Devil May Care was written by British novelist Sebastian Faulks to commemorate Bond creator Ian Fleming's centenary this year.
When the book was published in May, Faulks said it was up to film company Eon Productions whether they made a big screen version of Devil May Care - but added they liked the book.
The latest Bond adventure is set in the Cold War, revolves around the international drug trade and sees Bond in Rome, London and the Middle East.
As well as exotic locations, Devil May Care features martinis, glamorous women and arch-villains - including one with an oversized monkey's paw for a hand.
Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson told Daily Variety: "We love the book, but because it is set in the 1960s, we haven't considered making it in the near future."
If other production companies were to buy the film rights to the book, they would not be able to use the James Bond name, the 007 sign, the Bond theme or gun-barrel sequence because of Eon's control over copyrights, film trade publication Variety said.
A spokeswoman for the book said there was "no comment".
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