News > Screenwriter John Orloff set to write Ian Fleming Biopic

John Orloff has been chosen to write the screenplay for Fleming, a biopic about Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Andrew Lazar under Mad Chance flag and Appian Way will produce the film.

The son of a Parliament member, Fleming served as an intelligence officer in the British Navy and later created the Bond character.

The author penned the first Bond book, "Casino Royale," in 1953 and went on to write a total of 14 Bond novels featuring the debonair spy. Among them were "Live and Let Die," "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Goldfinger." Fleming also wrote the children's book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He died in 1964.