"Ian Fleming's Moonraker" is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Ian Fleming in 1954. In 1955, John Payne of Rank Films bought the "Ian Fleming's Moonraker" for 10,000 pounds. Movie shooting rights. Payne was the first person interested in bringing 007 novels to the big screen. In the spring of 1959, due to filming was blocked, Fleming bought back the copyright of 007 novels and sold it to producer Harry Salzman.
James Mason was the first person to play Hugo Drax in the film, and was later replaced by French actor Alfredde Turris . Previously, American actor Lois Chiles had refused to play Anya in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 because she decided to leave the film world for now. Director Lewis Gilbert CBE happened upon Chilis on a flight. He thought Chilis sitting next to him was an ideal candidate to play Goodhead, a CIA agent. In the film, Toshiro Suga, who played Drax's confidant Zhang, is a Japanese Aikido martial artist, and the executive producer Michael G. Wilson who recommended him to appear in the film is his apprentice.
