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I've thought the same thing although I wonder how that might be received in the 21st Century. Part of the original movies' appeal was the high tech (for the time) secret agent gadgets, but most teenagers today have electronic devices that surpass anything Q could have dreamed of. Trying to play up 1950's-60's era technology as something gee whiz would come across as comedic rather than dramatic.

But like you're saying, stick to the dark and gritty side of the novels and present them as Fleming wrote them. Emphasize the story over the peripherals and I think it could be a success.