21-1223: Robert Wade may refer to: Robert Wade (born 1962), half of the British screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade Robert Wade (chess player) (1921–2008), New Zealand and British chess player Robert Wade (cricketer) (born 1968), English cricketer Robert Wade (scholar) (born 1944), New Zealand development scholar Robert Wade (surgeon) (1798–1872), British surgeon Robert Wade (watercolour artist) (1930–2024), Australian artist Robert E. Wade (1933–2023), Canadian politician Robert F. Wade (20th century), Knights of Columbus executive See also [ edit ] Bob Wade (artist) (1943–2019), American artist; born Robert Schrope Wade Bob Wade (basketball) (born 1944), American football player and basketball coach; born Robert Pernell Wade Bobby Wade (born 1981), professional American football wide receiver; born Robert Louis Wade, Jr. Whit Masterson (1920–2012), American author/screenwriter; born Robert Allison Wade John Wade (American football) (born 1975), American NFL football player; Robert John Wade [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
42-471: A BA in Film and Photo Arts. Wade graduated from Kent and moved to London where he was later joined by Purvis. They spent six years writing scripts together as well as ghost writing for music videos. Wade and Purvis' screenplay for Let Him Have It (1991) (based on the true story of Derek Bentley , a young man who gets caught up in street gangs in post war London and is later controversially hanged), displayed
63-619: A stage musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , based on the 1968 musical film starring Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes . Broccoli rehired the original songwriters from the film to write the new material for the stage version. The Sherman Brothers wrote five new songs for the show which debuted on April 16, 2002. The show ran at the London Palladium , and it was the longest-running and most financially successful show to have ever played there. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang later transferred to Broadway, but it received poor reviews and closed with
84-578: A teenager, Purvis was in a film club that focused on 1940s cinema. Wade was born in Penarth and lived there until he was 11. His mother was an artist, and from an early age he wanted to be a writer and began making home-made films as a teenager. They met each other while attending the University of Kent , when they were assigned as roommates. They began playing in a band together, which they continued to do for at least 20 years. Purvis left Kent and completed
105-874: Is a British-American film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson , Broccoli controls the James Bond film franchise. Broccoli was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of the James Bond producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and actress Dana Wilson Broccoli (born Dana Natol). She was raised in London and attended Lady Eden's school in Kensington . Broccoli graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she studied motion picture and television communications. In 1995, her father Cubby Broccoli handed over control of Eon Productions ,
126-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Neal Purvis and Robert Wade Neal Purvis (born 9 September 1961) and Robert Wade (born 1962) are British screenwriters who co-wrote seven James Bond films , from 1999's The World Is Not Enough to 2021's No Time to Die , as well as other works. Purvis's father was a photographer, and as
147-582: The Die Another Day character Jinx ( Halle Berry ), which was attached to director Stephen Frears , but cancelled by MGM because of budget concerns and "creative differences". Their 2003 Bond parody, Johnny English , received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, receiving a 33% "rotten" rating at the review site Rotten Tomatoes . However, the film earned $ 160.5 million in its global box office receipts. A sequel, Johnny English Reborn , based upon their characters but written by Hamish McColl ,
168-706: The David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures in 2013. In 2014, she was selected as a member of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival . Broccoli became President of the National Youth Theatre after the success of their 60th Anniversary Diamond Gala at Shaftesbury Theatre in 2016. Broccoli started working in the Bond series at the age of 17, working in
189-479: The film "has the answers to all my complaints about the forty-five-year-old James Bond series, and some I hadn't even thought of." However, their followup Quantum of Solace , which was not based on any Ian Fleming work, was criticized because while having "the right ingredients: plenty of car, plane or boat chases ... spooks, vendettas, and turncoats", it lacked the "magic, and a decent plot." Their screenplay for Skyfall , which they co-wrote with John Logan ,
210-408: The internet, interesting weapons and what's happening in technology. Then we find a journey for Bond to go through." In their Bond collaborations, Wade generally does "all the verbiage at the beginning of the script." They created a novelisation of their Bond script for The World Is Not Enough in collaboration with Raymond Benson . Wade and Purvis also wrote a script for a Bond spin-off featuring
231-405: The last days of the life of The Rolling Stones co-founder, Brian Jones , which they based on an account from a builder on the farm where Jones died, claiming that Jones's death was not accidental as recorded by the coroner. The film was criticised for "fail[ing] to convey what mattered about Jones artistically, what he contributed to music, why we should feel more than pity." When Daniel Craig
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#1733085986968252-727: The loss of a large proportion of the initial $ 15 million investment. The musical toured extensively in the United Kingdom and in Asia, with a revised version of the show touring the United States in 2008. In 2012, during the festivities surrounding the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , Broccoli co-produced Chariots of Fire , the London stage adaptation of the 1981 film of the same title . Broccoli's involvement with Chariots of Fire extended back to 1980, when she introduced her friend Dodi Fayed to
273-449: The next film. In November 2014, it was announced that the BBC has commissioned Wade and Purvis to adapt Len Deighton's 1978 novel SS-GB . It was broadcast on BBC One in five one-hour episodes from 19 February 2017 and 19 March 2017. On 10 March 2017 it was reported that they were approached to write the script for No Time to Die . In July 2017, it was initially reported they would write
294-611: The production company responsible for the James Bond series of films, to Barbara and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson ; they continue to run the company as of 2024. Broccoli was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to film, drama, philanthropy and skills. Broccoli and Wilson received
315-528: The publicity department of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Several years later, she served as an assistant director on Octopussy (1983). She eventually progressed to the role of associate producer for the film The Living Daylights (1987). Broccoli's most significant role has been as a producer of the Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan and later Daniel Craig , in addition to the post-Craig era. Following her father's death in 1996, Broccoli worked with London theatre producer Michael Rose to create
336-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Wade&oldid=1249444495 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
357-530: The script, but in May 2018, EON announced that director Danny Boyle was instead working with his regular collaborator John Hodge on a new script. In September 2018, following Boyle's departure from the project, Purvis and Wade were re-hired to write a new script. Wade and his wife live in West Sussex and have four children. Ref.: Barbara Broccoli Barbara Dana Broccoli CBE (born June 18, 1960 )
378-483: The writers' "outrage toward a system hell-bent on vengeance" and was called "first rate, no non-sense". Barbara Broccoli , producer of the James Bond films , hired Wade and Purvis to write their first Bond script because she had seen their film Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and liked that it was "dark, witty, sexy and inventive". Purvis described their approach when they joined the Bond franchise as to "come in with ideas, things we've found in science magazines, on
399-404: Was described by Frank DiGiacomo of Movieline as being "very wily" for having Bond experience a mid-life crisis . In 2012, it was announced that "after a tremendous run" with the Bond franchise, Wade and Purvis would not be involved in the 24th Bond film, which would be solo written by Logan. However, on 27 June 2014, it was announced that they were being brought on to polish the screenplay for
420-427: Was released in 2011. Purvis and Wade wrote and produced Return to Sender (also known as Convicted ), which was described as a "gripping tale" of a man "fighting to prevent a miscarriage of justice". They had originally written the script while doing research for their first film 14 years earlier. In 2005, they co-authored the bio-pic Stoned (also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones ) about
441-436: Was signed on as the new Bond, Wade described their approach to screenwriting thus: "When you have an actor you play to his strengths ... He's got this great toughness to him but not an unthinking toughness. I think that's where the films will need to go." Their first work for Craig as Bond, Casino Royale , was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and received a 4/4 review from Roger Ebert, who stated that
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