Great Expectations (2012 film) Great Expectations (2012 film) Great Expectations is a 2012 British film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mike Newell, with the adapted screenplay by David Nicholls, and stars Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Ralph Fiennes and Robbie Coltrane. It was distributed by Lionsgate. Nicholls adapted the screenplay after being asked to work on it by producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, with whom he had worked on "And When Did You Last See Your Father?". Helena Bonham Carter was asked to appear as Miss Havisham by Newell, and accepted
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) films altered accordingly. Even so, the character of Blofeld was present in the previous film, "You Only Live Twice", and he and Bond had met: this previous meeting was ignored for the plot of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Radio (2014) In 2014 the novel was adapted for BBC Radio 4's "Saturday Drama" strand. Toby Stephens, who played Gustav Graves in "Die Another Day", portrayed Bond. Joanna Lumley appeared in both the film and radio adaptations of the novel. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series,