The representations that Defendants make on the James Bond sets are false, mislead consumers (and Plaintiff in particular), and constitute unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of applicable law. Maybe analogous to the recent class action against Wise for allegedly underfilling potato chip bags, Johnson says she “did not receive the product she was led to believe she purchased. Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker. In 2013, the long fight over Bond rights was settled, but not in time for the 50th anniversary DVD box set titled Bond 50, Celebrating Five Decades of Bond 007, which Johnson purchased for $106.44.Īccording to Johnson’s complaint, removed to federal court on Friday, the Bond franchise has generated close to $3 billion in sales from home entertainment, but her lawyers have identified an alleged violation of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act and a claimed breach of warranties. So as Octopussy, starring Roger Moore came out, McClory’s company was able to release Never Say Never Again, which in a twist, starred Sean Connery reprising the role that made him famous.

McClory then wanted to make his own Bond films, and in 1983, a London court allowed him to do so. McClory, a screenwriter who worked with Bond author Ian Fleming in creating Thunderball, which then became a Fleming novel, later claimed co-authorship and the creation of characters and elements. The story of Never Say Never Again is even more intricate, the result of a thorny rights dispute between MGM and Danjaq LLC on one side and the estate of Kevin McClory on the other.

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