Thunderball (novel) "Daily Express" strip was cut short on the order of its owner, Lord Beaverbrook, after Ian Fleming signed an agreement with "The Sunday Times" to publish a short story. On screen, "Thunderball" was released in 1965 as the fourth film in the Eon Productions series, with Sean Connery as James Bond. The second adaptation, "Never Say Never Again", was released as an independent production in 1983 also starring Connery as Bond and was produced by Kevin McClory. BBC Radio 4 aired an adaptation in December 2016, directed by Martin Jarvis. It starred Toby Stephens as Bond and Tom Conti as
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love by Bruce Feirstein who previously worked on the film scripts for "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "The World Is Not Enough", in addition to the script for the video game "". Feirstein would also go on to write stories for future Bond games at Activision, including the 2010 remake of "GoldenEye 007", third-person shooter "", and 50th anniversary game "007 Legends". The game's soundtrack was composed by Christopher Lennertz. Additionally, Vic Flick, best known for playing the original guitar riff in the James Bond Theme announced that he contributed to Lennertz's score. On April 5, 2005, Sean Connery was slated