Los Angeles: The action, glitterati and the thrill from the â€œJames Bondâ€ film franchise will soon have get a musical version. Merry Saltzman, the daughter of the film\'s producer, Harry Saltzman, has reportedly secured the rights to a Bond stage show.

The project has been greenlit with 007 showing off his spying skills, while hitting high notes and insiders say if it is a success the musical will also come to Londonâ€™s West End, reports mirror.co.uk.

A US production company is now hunting for a male lead to fill the most famous spy role for the show, which will launch in the US in 2017.

The working title for the production is simply â€œJames Bond: The Musicalâ€ and it will have an original storyline, producers told American website Playbill.com, and will use â€œseveral Bond villains, plus some new onesâ€.

The films are based on Ian Flemingâ€™s suave super spy James Bond which he created and wrote about over a series of 14 novels published from 1953 to 1966.

The latest Bond movie â€œSpectreâ€ with actor Daniel Craig as the spy, will be released on November 6.

\'James Bond\' gets a musical twist