James Bond Musical Has No License to Sing and is Not Broadway or Las Vegas-Bound in 2017

We spied a problem with the plethora of reports that have recently hit the Interweb stating that a James Bond musical was eyeing a Broadway or Las Vegas bow in late 2017 or early 2018, executive produced by Merry Saltzman. Broadway.com contacted Eon Productions, which produces the film series, for comment. A spokesperson told us: "Danjaq LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc confirm they have not licensed any rights to Merry Saltzman or her production company to create a James Bond musical."

The statement continues: "Danjaq and MGM jointly control all live stage rights in the Bond franchise, and therefore no James Bond stage show may be produced without their permission."

The rights to Ian Fleming's iconic spy have been a notoriously complex web for decades. Merry Saltzman's Dad Harry co-produced nine early Bond films with Cubby Broccoli. The James Bond musical was supposedly to have an original storyline by Dave Clarke, with music and lyrics by Jay Henry Weisz.

The 24th Bond film Spectre, starring Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz, will hits movie theaters on November 6. Here is the first trailer of the movie, since we can't wait to have Broadway alum Craig back in our lives.