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Lieutenant
James Bond has had plenty of parodies and rip-offs, but it's apparentally come close to spin-offs a few times.
When Jack Lord played Felix in Dr.No there was talk of a Felix spin-off movie even then. However I think with Lord refusing to reprise Felix in the sequels, this kind of deal fell through.
Then there was talk of spinning off the action Bond girls from the Brosnan era, Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) and Jinx (Halle Berry). This kind of didn't work out for a number of reasons. While a Wai Lin film couldn't been cool, Halle Berry's Jinx wasn't exactly a great character and Halle as a stand-alone action star wasn't probably a good idea for EON after "Catwoman" tanked.
It seems the Bond films at this point are more interested in developing Bond right now then they are in potential other franchises, as there doesn't seem to be any characters that can really support a spinoff at this point....
When Jack Lord played Felix in Dr.No there was talk of a Felix spin-off movie even then. However I think with Lord refusing to reprise Felix in the sequels, this kind of deal fell through.
Then there was talk of spinning off the action Bond girls from the Brosnan era, Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) and Jinx (Halle Berry). This kind of didn't work out for a number of reasons. While a Wai Lin film couldn't been cool, Halle Berry's Jinx wasn't exactly a great character and Halle as a stand-alone action star wasn't probably a good idea for EON after "Catwoman" tanked.
It seems the Bond films at this point are more interested in developing Bond right now then they are in potential other franchises, as there doesn't seem to be any characters that can really support a spinoff at this point....