The Jinx movie or the Jinx spin-off refers to a proposed EON-Produced film, that would had Halle Berry star as Jinx, the Bond girl from the 2002's Die Another Day, in the title role. The film was planned to serve as the first part in a sister series for the EON's James Bond film series.[1]
The film would have revolved around Jinx's entry into the NSA, revealing that she had been adopted by Falco after being orphaned in a bombing. She would be hired by Falco from the RAND Corporation, to do a job at the NSA, as a favor.
Production[]
Speculation arose in 2003 of a spin-off film concentrating on Jinx, which was scheduled for a November/December 2004 release. It was originally reported that MGM was keen to set up a film series that would be a "winter olympics" alternative to the main series. In the late 1990s, MGM had originally considered developing a spin-off film based on Michelle Yeoh's character, Wai Lin from the 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies.
The spinoff Jinx was announced in December 2002. Lee Tamahori initially wanted to direct, but Stephen Frears was ultimately hired. Berry and Michael Madsen were originally going to reprise their roles as Jinx and Falco, while Jinx's lover was going to be played by Javier Bardem. Bardem would later play villain Raoul Silva in Skyfall (2012).
Around June of 2003, E! Entertainment reported that a script for the film, written by Purvis and Wade, was completed.
Wade described the film as "a very atmospheric, Euro thriller, a Bourne-type movie." However, despite much speculation of an imminent movie, on 26 October 2003, Variety reported that MGM had cancelled the project. MGM instead decided to reboot the James Bond franchise with the next film, Casino Royale.
In 2020 Berry revealed that the film was cancelled over its $80 million budget, saying "Nobody was ready to sink that kind of money into a black female action star." Purvis and Wade said that this decision was influenced by the failure of several action films with female stars, including Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, in 2003.
In February 10 of 2021, a Twitter account named "007 in LA" began a series of tweets, which revealed the early parts of the plot from the first draft script, dated July 2003. The account was unable to release all the pages, before the account was presumably blocked.
References[]
- "Scripting 007: Behind the writing of the James Bond movies" by Clement Feutry - Chapter 20.5: Jinx"
- ↑ Sam Moore. What happened to Halle Berry's James Bond spin-off that never was? (en). RadioTimes. Retrieved on 2024-02-05.