| He had worked on every production since The Spy Who Loved Me, and had been executive producer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. |
| Fleming's last two books, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights, were published posthumously. |
| Before For Your Eyes Only had been released, Albert Broccoli had asked John Glen to return and direct Octopussy. |
| Octopussy had its premiere on 6 June 1983, four months before the October release of Never Say Never Again. |
| John Glen also returned as director, while Peter Lamont and John Barry also signed up as they had for Octopussy. |
