They agreed that McClory would write a film script, based on their conversations and they formed a partnership, Xanadu Productions, to develop the project and sell it to a studio.
Bryce introduced Fleming to McClory and they discussed ideas about a plane full of celebrities that disappears and a female lead character, called Fatima Blush.
Bryce and another friend Ernest Cueno, had invested money in a failed picture, called The Boy and the Bridge, written and directed by Irish screenwriter, Kevin McClory. In 1958, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels (which sold well, but were not bestsellers, in the US), and friend Ivar Bryce (they met in childhood, attended Eton together and Bryce worked for Wllliam Stephenson, aka Intrepid, during WW2, while Fleming worked for Adm John Godfrey, head of Naval Intelligence) were talking about a potential Bond movie. Given that, this entry is going to get a bit complex but, bear with me, as you need some context for this entry. Nothing in the world of spies is ever as it seems and nothing is simple and straightforward.
