By the late 1970s, McClory’s ten-year restriction had expired. He immediately began planning a rival James Bond film. He initially titled it Warhead , collaborating with mystery writer Len Deighton and none other than Sean Connery, who was eager to stick it to his former employers at Eon, with whom he had a notoriously fractious relationship regarding pay and privacy.
, featuring the same plot involving stolen nuclear warheads and the criminal organization SPECTRE. The Return of the King Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-
: Octopussy offered Roger Moore's seasoned, slightly campy, and highly polished formula. By the late 1970s, McClory’s ten-year restriction had
The release of Never Say Never Again in October 1983 created an unprecedented scenario: . Roger Moore's official Eon Productions entry, Octopussy , had been released earlier that summer. The media dubbed this the "Battle of the Bonds," a contest between the nostalgic original and the incumbent. , featuring the same plot involving stolen nuclear