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==Legacy== Originally, ''Never Say Never Again'' was intended to start a series of Bond films produced by Schwartzman and starring Connery as James Bond, with McClory announcing the next planned film, ''S.P.E.C.T.R.E'', in a February 1984 issue of ''[[Screen International]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aceved|first=Violet|title=James Bond's abandoned 'SPECTRE' mission from 1984|url=https://www.screendaily.com/james-bonds-abandoned-spectre-mission-from-1984/5096117.article|date=2015-10-29|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Screen|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609210527/https://www.screendaily.com/james-bonds-abandoned-spectre-mission-from-1984/5096117.article|url-status=live}}</ref> When Connery announced that he would not reprise his role as Bond in another film produced by Schwartzman three weeks before the deadline to purchase the rights to another film for $5 million, Schwartzman said that he was unlikely to make another film without a deal from MGM/UA and Danjaq.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=London|first=Michael|date=1984-01-18|title=Film Clips: 'White Dog' Will Have its Day on NBC|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In the 1990s, McClory announced plans to make another adaptation of the ''Thunderball'' story starring [[Timothy Dalton]] entitled ''Warhead 2000 AD'', but the film was eventually scrapped.<ref name="Rye (2006)">{{cite news|last=Rye|first=Graham|title=Kevin McClory|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-mcclory-427368.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-mcclory-427368.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=7 December 2006}}</ref> In 1997, [[Sony Pictures]] acquired McClory's rights for an undisclosed amount,<ref name="Poliakoff (2000)" /> and subsequently announced that it intended to make a series of Bond films, as the company also held the rights to ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Christopher|title=Never say never again when James Bond is involved|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 October 1997|page=10}}</ref> This move prompted a round of litigation from MGM, which was settled out of court, forcing Sony to give up all claims on Bond (with MGM's acquisition of the rights to ''Casino Royale'' finally allowing Eon Productions to make a serious, non-satirical film adaptation of that novel in 2006, with [[Daniel Craig]] as James Bond); McClory still claimed he would proceed with another Bond film,<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 1999 |first=Janet |last=Shprintz |title=Big Bond-holder |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/big-bond-holder-1117492814/ |newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=10 March 2021 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805115108/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/big-bond-holder-1117492814/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and continued his case against MGM and [[Danjaq]];<ref name="Cork (2002)">{{cite news |last1=Cork |first1=John |last2=Scivally |first2=Bruce |title=Reeling through the years|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=11 November 2002|author-link1=John Cork|page=A15}}</ref> on 27 August 2001, the court rejected McClory's suit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-28-fi-39177-story.html|title=U.S. Court Rejects Claim to James Bond|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=James, Meg|date=2001-08-28|access-date=2021-10-04|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005024125/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-28-fi-39177-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> McClory died in 2006.<ref name="Rye (2006)" /> In 2013 McClory's heirs sold the ''Thunderball'' rights to Eon, allowing the company to reintroduce Blofeld to the Eon series in the film ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''. On 4 December 1997, MGM announced that the company had purchased the rights to ''Never Say Never Again'' from the estate of Schwartzman's company Taliafilm.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. announces acquisition of Never Say Never Again James Bond assets | publisher = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | date = 4 December 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505213137/http://mgm.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=47&printable|archive-date=5 May 2008| url = http://mgm.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=47&printable | access-date =16 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-50355711/mgm-007-say-never-again|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133057/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-50355711/mgm-007-say-never-again|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|title=Mgm, 007 Say 'never' Again|first=Carl|last=DiOrio|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=4 December 1997|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> The company has since handled the release of both the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film.{{sfn|Pratt|2005|p=851}}<ref name=blu>{{cite web|title=Never Say Never Yet Again|url=http://bluray.ign.com/articles/946/946721p1.html|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=31 August 2011|date=21 January 2009|archive-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308151327/http://bluray.ign.com/articles/946/946721p1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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