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For too long a time that “nobody” seemed to include Hollywood, though a couple of options were taken out and allowed to lapse. When I found out that Brosnan was in Serbia actually filming There Are No Spies (in which Devereaux comes out of retirement to hunt a Soviet mole), I got in touch with Granger’s agent, the Aaron Priest Literary Agency, to find out more, and this inquiry led to a couple of recent e-mails from Brosnan’s producer, Beau St. Clair.
“In 2005, after Matador, (a hit man movie we produced) Pierce and I decided to revisit the espionage genre, looking for something that was dark, smart and edgy,” St. Clair wrote. “Granger’s writing, and the character of Devereaux, became the reason to jump back in after Bond. Our screenwriters did an amazing adaptation, but the book was our foundation and I think it is important to tell that part of our story. Right now, we are just starting post production, but the movie is feeling really good.”
