[12][13], The Eon-produced films have a combined gross of nearly $7 billion, and constitute the sixth-highest-grossing film series.[6]. James Bond (Roger Moore) is back in an electrifying adventure as 007 investigates the murder of a fellow agent who was found clutching a priceless Fabergé egg. The official James Bond 007 YouTube channel. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming. Bond investigates the murder of 009, killed in East Berlin while dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg. The unrelenting suspense, breathtaking action and sly wit never let up in this explosively entertaining thriller. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. This serves as a reboot of the series, with Bond gaining his 00 status in the pre-credits sequence. From the jungles of Madagascar to the beaches of the Bahamas, Bond’s pursuit of Le Chiffre leads to a showdown in a high-stakes poker game at the luxurious Casino Royale in Montenego, and to a jaw-dropping finale on the Grand Canal in Venice. After meeting Pushkin and faking his assassination by Bond, Bond investigates a scheme by Koskov and Whitaker to embezzle KGB funds and use them to purchase diamonds, which they then use to purchase drugs. Along with M, Bond interrogates Mr. White regarding his organisation, Quantum. White asks Bond to protect his daughter Madeleine Swann from Spectre and its leader, Franz Oberhauser, before committing suicide. All rights reserved. However, they are followed by Grant, who kills Kerim Bey and a Soviet security officer. We’ll keep you fully briefed on the amazing 007 events happening across the globe in 2020 and beyond. The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. On the whole fans were disappointed by the new film after the success of Casino Royale.Sequences such as the car chase in the pre-title sequence were rendered less successful than might have been expected because of extremely fast cuts and shaky camera work. Now, Bond must take on this evil mastermind in a battle to end his reign of terror and prevent World War III. In the aftermath, questions are raised over M's ability to run the Secret Service, and she becomes the subject of a government review over her handling of the situation. Bond escapes, freeing the submariners captured from the other submarines and follows Stromberg to his headquarters, where he shoots the tycoon and a torpedo destroys the base. He escapes, destroying the refinery in the process, and pursues Sanchez, killing him. Bond and Goodhead disable the radar jammer hiding the station from Earth and the US sends a platoon of Marines in a military space shuttle. James Bond has left active service. Graves unveils a mirror satellite, "Icarus", which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for crop development. Bond then receives information from Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse and Tracy's father, about Blofeld's Swiss solicitor. For the production background of the films, see, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, BAFTA Award for British Cinematography: Colour, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction: Colour, Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in Film Music, BAFTA Award for Best British Costume Direction: Colour, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, "Danjaq et al. Bond investigates millionaire industrialist Max Zorin, who is trying to corner the world market in microchips. Posing as an emissary of the college, Bond meets Blofeld, who has established a clinical allergy-research institute atop Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. Bond visits the island, where he meets a local shell diver, Honey Ryder. Connery brings his characteristic style and magnetism to 007 as he goes above the call of duty – and to the bottom of the ocean – when he travels to Nassau to track down the villainous criminal Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) who is threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust. The casino is then overrun by secret agents and a battle ensues, but the building explodes, killing all inside. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful NASA scientist Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on Earth. [52], This article is about the Bond films themselves. M's bodyguard, Mitchell, a double agent, attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond deactivates the warhead and then he returns to India, joining an assault on Khan's palace. Bond arranges a raid on the clinic using men from Draco's organisation. He subsequently finds out that Koskov is a friend of the arms dealer Brad Whitaker. Posing as a Russian nuclear scientist, Bond meets American nuclear physicist Christmas Jones. Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Caterina Murino. Bond is instructed to beat Le Chiffre and is aided by a member of HM Treasury, Vesper Lynd. Zorin unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley which will give him a monopoly in the manufacturing of microchips. Now known as Ernst Stavro Blofeld, he claims responsibility for everything Bond has suffered in his career. A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. Bond is a British secret agent working for MI6 who also answers to his codename, ”007“. The trail leads him first to Rome, where he learns of a sinister terrorist organisation known as "Spectre"; and later to Austria where he finds former adversary Mr. White, whom Spectre ordered to murder, dying of thallium poisoning. The top-grossing James Bond movie to date, with a worldwide take of more than $1.1 billion, this 2012 film is, according to critics, the best Daniel Craig 007 movie -- and that's not all. During the battle, Bond kills Drax and his station is destroyed. Bond then exposes Moon's plan: to use the Icarus as a sun gun to cut a path through the Korean Demilitarized Zone with concentrated sunlight, allowing North Korean troops to invade South Korea and reunite the countries through force. Bond travels to the Amazon looking for Drax's research facility, where he is captured. Bond is instructed to investigate the funding of terrorism. Throughout the James Bond series of films and novels, Q Branch has given Bond a variety … Bond escapes and frees the captive Whyte and they establish that Blofeld is using an offshore oil rig as his base. A fortune in stolen diamonds thrust James Bond back into action and leads him on a nerve-shattering chase through Amsterdam, Los Angeles and, eventually, glittery Las Vegas. The two agents ambush Largo while he is placing one of the bombs. Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee, Martine Beswicke, Molly Peters, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond is subsequently assigned to retrieve the agitator and assassinate Scaramanga. There Bond finds out that Drax plans to destroy all human life by launching fifty globes containing the toxin into the Earth's atmosphere. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond. His dangerous mission takes him to Japan, where he must stop the SPECTRE organisation and its diabolical leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence), hidden away in a massive headquarters in an inactive volcano. Bond beats Le Chiffre at the poker table, but Lynd is kidnapped by Le Chiffre after the game, as is Bond, who is captured while pursuing them; Lynd is ransomed for the money and Bond is tortured. Zao escapes, but the trail leads to British billionaire Gustav Graves. SPECTRE has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. Timothy Dalton, Maryam D’Abo, Caroline Bliss, Jeroen Krabbé, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a … It also features Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek. The two Bond films produced by third parties have a combined gross of over $200 million. A disaster in space pushes humankind toward World War III, and only James Bond (Sean Connery) can prevent it. Bond and Swann escape and return to London where Bond joins forces with Mallory and Q to shut down Nine Eyes and apprehend Blofeld. In response, British agent James Bond—also known as 007—is sent to Jamaica to investigate the circumstances. Tremble is captured, tortured and killed. It is the third time the Daniel Craig film is … Strangways, the British Intelligence (SIS) Station Chief in Jamaica, is killed. Bond investigates the attack and travels to Russia where he locates Simonova and learns that Trevelyan, who had faked his own death, was the head of Janus. Bond then finds Vesper Lynd's former lover and member of Quantum, Yusef Kabira. When Agent 006 (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, Bond must pursue his former ally to Cuba, Monte Carlo, Switzerland and Russia, all whilst dodging a sexy, deadly femme fatale (Famke Janssen) who will stop at nothing to put the squeeze on the intrepid spy. He establishes that Zorin was previously trained and financed by the KGB, but has now gone rogue. Bond investigates North Korean Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, who is illegally trading African conflict diamonds for weapons. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Lois Maxwell, Joanna Lumley, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. After an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, Bond is missing and presumed to be dead. Tremble stops Le Chiffre's cheating and beats him in a game of baccarat. While investigating mysterious activities in the world diamond market, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) discovers that his evil nemesis Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stock-piling the gems to use in his deadly laser satellite… and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The release of the next James Bond movie No Time to Die has been delayed yet again.. Bond is then instructed to investigate Goldfinger's gold smuggling operation and he tails the dealer to Switzerland. LOS ANGELES, Jan 21: The global release of the James Bond movie No Time to Die was postponed to October from April, its producers said on Thursday, another setback for movie … Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Bernard Lee, Jack Lord, Lois Maxwell, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson. When his mission is sabotaged, Bond finds himself captured by the enemy and abandoned by MI6. "For Your Eyes Only" – 1981. Bond meets with Hai Fat, a wealthy Thai entrepreneur suspected of arranging Gibson's murder, and is captured, but subsequently escapes. Roger Moore returns as 007 and faces off in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with world-renowned assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), whose weapon of choice is a distinctive gold pistol. Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Desmond Llewelyn, Caroline Bliss. After Ferrara is murdered—and the evidence points to Columbo—Bond is captured by men working for Columbo. Upon visiting San Monique, Bond determines that Kananga is producing two tons of heroin and is protecting the poppy fields by exploiting locals' fear of voodoo and the occult. Receive exclusive updates and content – from behind-the-scenes stories, to the latest product launches – plus film clips and trivia from the Bond archive. The 24 James Bond films produced by Eon are the longest continually running film series of all time, and including the two non Eon produced films, the 26 Bond films have grossed over $7.04 billion in total, making it the sixth-highest-grossing franchise to date. The official website of James Bond 007. Additionally, several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song, including Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die", Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" and Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only". Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond battles the forces of black magic in an adventure that hurtles him from the streets of New York City to Louisiana’s bayou country as he faces off against a voodoo-worshipping drug czar (Yaphet Kotto) who is determined to eliminate Bond and take over the world. With charm, wit and deadly assurance, Roger Moore steps in as the suave, sophisticated – and lethal – 007 in his first outing as the classic MI6 agent. Kristatos tells Bond that Locque is employed by Milos Columbo, Kristatos' former organised crime partner. The organisation demands a ransom for the return of the bombs. Spectre controls Nine Eyes, giving them access to the intelligence-sharing network. When Scaramanga seizes the priceless Solex energy converter, 007 must do everything he can to recover it. Over dinner Grant drugs Romanova, then overcomes Bond. As well as being the first direct sequel in the entire James Bond series, Quantum of Solace is also the shortest Bond film, coming in at 106 minutes, and stylistically very different. [a] The films have won five Academy Awards: for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in Goldfinger (at the 37th Awards), to John Stears for Special Visual Effects in Thunderball (at the 38th Awards), to Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for Sound Editing, to Adele and Paul Epworth for Original Song in Skyfall (at the 85th Awards) and to Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes for Original Song in Spectre (at the 88th Awards). Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. Bond and Amasova follow a suspicious tanker owned by Stromberg and establish it is responsible for the missing submarines; the submarine in which they are travelling is also captured by Stromberg. Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Gloria Hendry, Lois Maxwell, David Hedison, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. After Havelock is murdered by Gonzales, a Cuban hit-man, Bond is ordered to find out who hired Gonzales. They escape and follow Kristatos to Greece, where he is killed and the ATAC is destroyed by Bond. Bond disables the Icarus controls, kills Moon and stops the invasion. The Service itself is attacked, prompting Bond's return to London. An identical egg appears at auction and Bond establishes the buyer, exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan is working with Orlov, a renegade Soviet general, who is seeking to expand Soviet borders into Europe. MGM announced Thursday that the latest James Bond film, "No Time to Die," would move again from its April 2, 2021 release date. These events cause M’s (Judi Dench) authority to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. [5] The series currently encompasses twenty-four films, with the most recent, Spectre, released in October 2015. 007 is sent to Japan to investigate the spacecraft theft and astronaut kidnapping in orbit of American Project Gemini spacecraft Jupiter 16 by an unidentified spacecraft. There, he establishes a connection to Raoul Silva, a former MI6 agent who was captured and tortured by Chinese agents. Bond follows her to Hong Kong, where he witnesses the murder of Gibson and the theft of the Solex agitator. When Bond’s (Daniel Craig) latest mission goes wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 is attacked. What we learned from the first James Bond trailer. Bond follows the diamonds to a pick-up by Bert Saxby, Whyte's head of security, and then onto a research laboratory owned by Whyte, where he finds that a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist, Professor Dr. Metz. In his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming’s immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. The 25th James Bond film looks set to be delayed from its release in April to one later in 2021 as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit hard in the UK and US especially. The film, which stars Daniel … It is estimated that since Dr. When Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect a beautiful oil heiress (Sophie Marceau), he is catapulted into a passionate adventure that pits him against one of his most deadly adversaries: Renard (Robert Carlyle), a ruthless anarchist whose total imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy. Features breaking news on the 25th James Bond movie — NO TIME TO DIE — including first looks at images and other exciting exclusive content. Dr. No informs them he is a member of SPECTRE, the SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion, and he plans to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his atomic-powered radio beam. He tracks down and kills a bomb-maker and takes his mobile phone. The new James Bond film has been delayed a second time because of the coronavirus and will now be released almost a year behind schedule, delivering another big blow to Hollywood. Bond pursues her and is attacked by members of White's organisation: he survives, but White takes the money and Lynd sacrifices herself in exchange for Bond's life, as he later finds out from M. Bond subsequently finds and captures White. Bond tricks Grant into opening Bond's attaché case in the manner that detonates its tear gas booby trap, allowing Bond to attack and kill him. Following her death in Skyfall, M sends Bond a posthumous message that leads him to thwart a terrorist attack in Mexico City. One of the islands was Crab Key, home to the reclusive Dr. No. Bond marries Tracy, but she is murdered shortly afterwards by Irma Bunt, Blofeld's partner. Bond investigates the hijacking of an Avro Vulcan loaded with two atomic bombs, which had been taken by SPECTRE. New James Bond film put back by seven months. Bond and Octopussy share a passionate attraction, but soon 007 discovers that the elegant Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan) is working with a mad Russian officer to hurl mankind into World War III. A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan is hijacked and Bond is ordered to investigate. The Bond films have been nominated for a number of awards throughout their fifty-year history, with most films winning an award; these include successes at the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards. New York (CNN Business) " No Time to Die ," the latest film in the James Bond series and one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, has been delayed again. Bond and Honey escape from the island, killing No and blowing up his compound in the process. Yes, the film stars 53-year-old Sean Connery in the role that made him a star, and the film is an ahead-of-its-time riff on the now-fashionable “can James Bond thrive in the modern world” themes. James Bond goes undercover in the treacherous Swiss Alps in this action-packed epic. [10] A legal case ensured that the film rights to the novel Thunderball were held by Kevin McClory as he, Fleming and the scriptwriter Jack Whittingham had written a film script upon which the novel was based. [45][46][47], James Bond has left active service when his friend Felix Leiter enlists his help in the search for a missing scientist. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe. Bond aids the defection of KGB officer General Georgi Koskov, by wounding a female KGB sniper, Kara Milovy, a cellist. The explosion would trigger Europe into seeking disarmament, in the belief that the bomb was an American one that was detonated by accident, leaving the West's borders open to Soviet invasion. Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Fiona Fullerton, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell. James Bond film No Time To Die has been delayed again as Hollywood grapples with the continued disruption caused by the pandemic.. Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 will now arrive on 8 … Jealous of the attention and care that his father gave to the young James Bond, Oberhauser faked his own death while at the same time murdered his own father. [6] Accounting for the effects of inflation, the Bond films have amassed over $14 billion at current prices. Bond escapes from the clinic after Blofeld identifies him as the British agent. SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen, known as "Number Five", upon order of the organisation's Number One, devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No; ex-SMERSH operative Rosa Klebb, SPECTRE's Number Three, is in charge of the mission. MI6 believes that Renard is targeting Elektra King a second time and Bond is assigned to protect her; the pair are subsequently attacked. Blaming M for his imprisonment, he sets in motion a plan to ruin her reputation before murdering her. With MI6 now compromised, M is left with only one ally she can truly trust: Bond. During his debriefing Koskov alleges KGB's old policy of Smiert Spionam, meaning Death to Spies, has been revived by General Leonid Pushkin, the new head of the KGB. Bond breaks into the solicitors office and establishes Blofeld is corresponding with the London College of Arms. The movie’s new debut date is Oct. 8, according to an announcement on the James Bond website and Twitter feed. From the depths of the ocean to mountain peaks, Bond will fight to the death to keep the device out of the hands of the Russians in this taut, fast-paced thriller, the 12th in the iconic Bond series. The effortlessly suave and sophisticated Pierce Brosnan makes his debut as Agent 007 in this thriller featuring the most eye-popping opening sequence yet. Bond’s (Sean Connery) mission takes him to Jamaica, where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. The 007 film … Between them, they obtain the Lektor, and the three escape with the device on the Orient Express. James Bond is a fictional character created by the novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. In an effort to tone down the over-the-top action and … When it becomes apparent that the scientist was abducted, Bond must confront a danger which the world has never seen before.[48]. The James Bond film series is a series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. As he unravels the truth, Bond must fight deadly assassins and femme fatales as he searches for the headquarters of the sinister Dr. No, who is implementing an evil plan of world domination. He suspects Goldfinger of cheating at cards and foils his scheme by distracting his female accomplice, who is later killed by Goldfinger's Korean manservant and henchman Oddjob after Bond seduces her.