[5] The series currently encompasses twenty-four films, with the most recent, Spectre, released in October 2015. 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. Kristatos tells Bond that Locque is employed by Milos Columbo, Kristatos' former organised crime partner. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to infiltrate a sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Bond learns that his poker winnings were never repaid to the Treasury, which Lynd was supposed to have done, and Bond establishes that she was a double agent. Bond infiltrates the circus, and finds that Orlov replaced the Soviet treasures with a nuclear warhead, primed to explode at a US Air Force base in West Germany. Bond uncovers Zorin's plan is to detonate explosives beneath the lakes along the Hayward and San Andreas faults, which will cause them to flood. 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. A deranged media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) tries to destabilise the world economy by orchestrating a deadly standoff between world superpowers in an attempt to achieve high ratings for his media conglomerate. Stromberg plans to destroy Moscow and New York, triggering nuclear war; he planned to then establish a new civilisation. He also establishes that Kananga also acts as Mr. Big, a ruthless and cunning American gangster. All the films but two were made by Eon Productions. Bond discovers that Moon has also undergone the gene therapy and has assumed the identity of Graves. Trevelyan is shot, but Bond escapes from the facility as it explodes. 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. Goldfinger's private army break into Fort Knox and access the vault, where Bond fights and kills Oddjob, while American troops battle with Goldfinger's army outside. Following her death in Skyfall, M sends Bond a posthumous message that leads him to thwart a terrorist attack in Mexico City. James Bond film No Time To Die's release is 'set to be delayed AGAIN' after Daniel Craig's final outing as 007 was pushed back multiple times amid the COVID-19 crisis By Roxy Simons For Mailonline 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. They blow a hole in the ship, exposing it to radar, leading to its sinking and thus averting war between Britain and China. Bond, Kissy, Tanaka, and the surviving ninjas escape through the cave tunnel before it explodes, and are rescued by submarine. Bond soon establishes that Blofeld is brainwashing his patients to distribute bacteriological warfare agents throughout various parts of the world. 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. 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. Timothy Dalton, Maryam D’Abo, Caroline Bliss, Jeroen Krabbé, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond attacks the hotel where Greene and Medrano are finalising their plans and leaves Greene stranded in the desert with only a tin of engine oil to drink. Bond investigates the murder of 009, killed in East Berlin while dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg. Bond establishes that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah; he and Moneypenny travel there to investigate. He tracks Scaramanga to an island in Red Chinese waters, where the two men fight and Bond kills the assassin. Bond frees M, kills Elektra and then disarms the bomb on the submarine where he kills Renard. 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. After Ratoff's death, the rights were passed on to Charles K. Feldman,[9] who subsequently produced the satirical Bond spoof Casino Royale in 1967. The official James Bond 007 YouTube channel. Roger Moore portrays Agent 007 with lethal determination as Bond infiltrates the Greek underworld to secure a system capable of controlling a fleet of nuclear submarines. He and Goodhead pose as pilots on one of six space shuttles being sent by Drax to a hidden space station. 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. Koskov is subsequently abducted from the safe-house and Bond is ordered to kill Pushkin. But first, Bond must stop the evil SPECTRE organisation and the group’s powerful leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas), from launching a germ warfare plot that could kill millions. Bond breaks into the solicitors office and establishes Blofeld is corresponding with the London College of Arms. Bond and Romanova escape with the Lektor to Venice. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy (Halle Berry), a frosty agent (Rosamund Pike) and a shadowy billionaire (Toby Stephens) whose business is diamonds… but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees. 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. Bond escapes briefly to witness Goldfinger's meeting with US mafiosi, observing secretly as Goldfinger presents to the gangsters his plans to rob Fort Knox by using materials they have smuggled to him and later kills them to avoid paying his dues. After receiving a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface M relieves Bond of a mission locating a British scientist, Gibson, who has invented the "Solex agitator", a device to harness solar power, thereby solving the energy crisis. 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. But before Bond can stop the madman, he must confront Zorin’s beautiful and deadly companion, May Day (Grace Jones). 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. In 1986 Bond and Alec Trevelyan—agent 006—infiltrate an illicit Soviet chemical weapons facility and plant explosive charges. As first embodied by Sean Connery, Bond set the standard for secret agents on screen. 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. 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. Timothy Dalton brings urgency, charm and deadly determination to his portrayal of 007, who leaves the British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta after his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison) is brutally attacked by drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi). Bond established that the mastermind behind the hijacking is SPECTRE's Number One, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in conjunction with Osato, a local industrialist. Bond traces the organisation to Haiti and a connection to environmentalist Dominic Greene. The bullet signifies Bond is a target of assassin Francisco Scaramanga and Bond sets out unofficially to find him. Roger Moore brings inimitable style to 007 as he and the beautiful Soviet Agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) team up to investigate missing Allied and Russian atomic submarines, following a deadly trail that leads to billionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). After an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, Bond is missing and presumed to be dead. Billie Eilish lands number one with Bond … The James Bond film was originally set to be released in April 2020, but was one of the first films to be pushed back in the wake of the pandemic. His presence assists MI6's investigation in uncovering a lead, and Bond is sent to Shanghai and Macau in pursuit of a mercenary named Patrice. Zorin unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley which will give him a monopoly in the manufacturing of microchips. Tremble is captured, tortured and killed. Bond moves through the chain, which leads to the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte. Bond and Simonova destroy the satellite facility, killing Trevelyan and Grishenko in the process. Roger Moore lends humour, elegance and lethal charm to his final performance as James Bond in this white-knuckle, espionage thriller. Bond is tasked with investigating the disappearance of British and Soviet ballistic missile submarines and the subsequent offer to sell a submarine tracking system. He tracks down and kills a bomb-maker and takes his mobile phone. It also features Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek. As celebrated was Connery’s reign was – the late actor’s films occupy three of the top five slots on this list – the sun sets on every empire, and thus was ushered in … Bond is brought out of retirement to deal with SMERSH and is promoted to the head of MI6 on the death of M. He recruits baccarat player Evelyn Tremble to beat SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. [6] Accounting for the effects of inflation, the Bond films have amassed over $14 billion at current prices. He establishes that Zorin was previously trained and financed by the KGB, but has now gone rogue. Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. [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. Sign up for 007 news from the world of James Bond. Despite being suspended on his return, he decides to complete his mission and tracks down Zao to a gene therapy clinic, where patients can have their appearances altered through DNA restructuring. Released: 2015. Timothy Dalton is suave, cunning and lethal in his debut film as super agent James Bond. 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. Grant pretends to be another British agent and meets Bond. Bond is recaptured after hearing the details of the operation, but he subsequently seduces Pussy Galore, Goldfinger's private pilot and convinces her to inform the American authorities. MGM announced Thursday that the latest James Bond film, "No Time to Die," would move again from its April 2, 2021 release date. [45][46][47], James Bond has left active service when his friend Felix Leiter enlists his help in the search for a missing scientist. Bond confronts Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), a power-mad industrialist who has devised a plan to corner the world’s microchip market, even if he has to kill millions to do it. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions. In his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming’s immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: George Lazenby , Diana Rigg , Telly Savalas , Gabriele Ferzetti Bond is ordered to observe bullion dealer Auric Goldfinger. Published 4 December 2019. Simonova tracks computer traffic to Cuba and she and Bond travel there and locate Trevelyan, who reveals his plan to steal money from the Bank of England before erasing all of its financial records with the GoldenEye, concealing the theft and destroying Britain's economy. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Caroline Munro, Lois Maxwell, Richard Kiel, Curd Jurgens, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. It is the third time the Daniel Craig film is … Upon his arrival, Bond is contacted by Aki, assistant to the Japanese secret service leader Tiger Tanaka. These events cause M’s (Judi Dench) authority to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. On a non-stop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond (Daniel Craig) meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organisation. Suspecting Whyte, Bond tries to confront him, but instead meets Blofeld, who captures the agent and explains to him that the satellite can blow up nuclear missiles. 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. [3] They founded the production company Eon Productions and, with financial backing by United Artists, began working on Dr. No, which was directed by Terence Young and featured Connery as Bond. The global release of the James Bond movie "No Time to Die" was postponed to October from April, its producers said, another setback for movie theaters trying … They discover that Carver had used the GPS encoder to push the British ship off course and into Chinese waters to incite a war for ratings. [4] Following Dr. No's release in 1962, Broccoli and Saltzman created the holding company Danjaq to ensure future productions in the James Bond film series. Bond visits Valentin Zukovsky and is informed that Elektra's head of security, Davidov, is in league with Renard: Bond kills Davidov and follows the trail to a Russian ICBM base in Kazakhstan. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond. Bond returns to active duty under the command of the new M, Gareth Mallory. He has been portrayed on film by the actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, in twenty-seven productions. SPECTRE has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. When his mission is sabotaged, Bond finds himself captured by the enemy and abandoned by MI6. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright. Bond attacks the rig, stopping Blofeld's operation and dispersing his organisation. [11] The current distribution rights to both of those films are held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, the studio which distributes Eon's regular series. Following them to France, Bond informs Domino of her brother's death and subsequently finds his MI6 colleague killed by Fatima Blush, another SPECTRE agent: Bond kills her. With Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes. Bond and Swann escape and return to London where Bond joins forces with Mallory and Q to shut down Nine Eyes and apprehend Blofeld. Posing as a Russian nuclear scientist, Bond meets American nuclear physicist Christmas Jones. Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Bernard Lee, Jack Lord, Lois Maxwell, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson. Bond becomes trapped and is taken, with Domino, to Palmyra, Largo's base of operations in North Africa, but Bond subsequently escapes with Domino. Searching through the phone, Bond discovers a text message which he traces to Alex Dimitrios, and then on to financer Le Chiffre. Like our previous entry, this '83 effort leans on a novelty for its intrigue - in this case, the return of Sean Connery… He meets Domino Petachi, the pilot's sister, and her lover, Maximillian Largo, SPECTRE's Number One, who directly responds to Blofeld. Bond finds out that Orlov has been supplying Khan with priceless Soviet treasures, replacing them with replicas, while Khan has been smuggling the real versions into the West, via Octopussy's circus troupe. Bond escapes from the clinic after Blofeld identifies him as the British agent. Bond aids Felix Leiter in the capture of drugs lord Franz Sanchez; Sanchez escapes and maims Leiter, killing his wife. Gareth Mallory takes Bond off active duty for his illegal operation, but Bond continues his investigation off the books. 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. Features breaking news on the 25th James Bond movie — NO TIME TO DIE — including first looks at images and other exciting exclusive content. The official website of James Bond 007. James Bond is sent to investigate the murder of three British MI6 agents, all of whom have been killed within 24 hours. Janus uses the helicopter to steal the control disk for the dual GoldenEye satellite weapons, using the GoldenEye to destroy the complex with an electromagnetic pulse; there are two survivors of the attack, the programmers, Natalya Simonova and Boris Grishenko. Throughout the James Bond series of films and novels, Q Branch has given Bond a variety … Pierce Brosnan returns as 007 in this thrilling adventure. After Havelock is murdered by Gonzales, a Cuban hit-man, Bond is ordered to find out who hired Gonzales. His target: the ruthless terrorist financier known as Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). 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. Dr. Noah turns out to be Sir James's nephew Jimmy Bond, who plans to use biological warfare to make all women beautiful and kill all tall men, leaving him as the "big man" who gets all the girls. Tremble stops Le Chiffre's cheating and beats him in a game of baccarat. While investigating, Bond is captured, but Gonzales is subsequently killed by Havelock's daughter Melina, and she and Bond escape. 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. Meanwhile, Mallory comes under pressure to have British intelligence join a global intelligence-sharing network code-named "Nine Eyes". Bond is tasked with investigating a major diamond smuggling ring which begins in Africa and runs through Holland and the UK to the United States. [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). 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. Bond and Melina recover the ATAC but are captured by Kristatos. Bond meets the owner of the company, Hugo Drax and one of Drax's scientists, Dr. Holly Goodhead. This serves as a reboot of the series, with Bond gaining his 00 status in the pre-credits sequence. Bond travels to the Amazon looking for Drax's research facility, where he is captured. Bond follows her to Hong Kong, where he witnesses the murder of Gibson and the theft of the Solex agitator. Bond is captured when he reconnoitres Goldfinger's plant and is drugged unconscious; Goldfinger then transports Bond to his Kentucky stud farm where he holds Bond captive. The organisation demands a ransom for the return of the bombs. There, he establishes a connection to Raoul Silva, a former MI6 agent who was captured and tortured by Chinese agents. James Bond has left active service. When U.S. and Soviet spaceships are hijacked in Earth’s orbit, 007 must race to prevent a nuclear war between the two superpowers. Disguised as professional smuggler and murderer Peter Franks, Bond travels to Amsterdam to meet contact Tiffany Case: he is given the diamonds and travels on to the US, where he is met by Felix Leiter. When Bond’s (Daniel Craig) latest mission goes wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 is attacked. Bond again meets Goodhead and finds out that she is a CIA agent. Bond visits the island, where he meets a local shell diver, Honey Ryder. When Scaramanga seizes the priceless Solex energy converter, 007 must do everything he can to recover it. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralise Quantum before it is too late. After a British spy boat sinks, a marine archaeologist, Sir Timothy Havelock, is tasked to retrieve its Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) communication system before the Russians do. James Bond has been marked for death, and he’ll need all his lethal instincts and seductive charm to survive. The three are attacked by No's men, who kill Quarrel using a flame-throwing armoured tractor; Bond and Honey are taken prisoner. From the opening bomb blast outside a nightclub to a last-minute escape from the President’s personal jet, James Bond’s third screen adventure is an exhilarating, pulse-pounding thrill-ride. The film, which stars Daniel … 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. However, they are followed by Grant, who kills Kerim Bey and a Soviet security officer. The two witness Renard stealing the GPS locator card and a half quantity of weapons-grade plutonium from a bomb and set off an explosion, from which Bond and Jones escape. Bond encounters Chinese agent Wai Lin, who is also investigating the matter and the two agree to work together. The film is the 25th instalment in the Bond franchise, and marks Daniel Craig's final appearance as British secret service agent 007. 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. Nobody does it better than Bond, and he proves it once again in The Spy Who Loved Me whichtakes him from the Egyptian pyramids to a gravity-defying mountaintop ski chase. Columbo then explains that Locque was actually hired by Kristatos, who is working for the KGB to retrieve the ATAC. 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. Blofeld explains to Bond that his plot is to fake in front of each superpower that Bird One is an enemy spacecraft to transform the Cold War into World War III. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond. Bond works alongside Major Anya Amasova of the KGB. Blaming M for his imprisonment, he sets in motion a plan to ruin her reputation before murdering her. Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn. Published 4 March 2020. A disaster in space pushes humankind toward World War III, and only James Bond (Sean Connery) can prevent it. Bond marries Tracy, but she is murdered shortly afterwards by Irma Bunt, Blofeld's partner. 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. It is estimated that since Dr. © 2021 Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 007, James Bond and related logos are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC. Bond escapes and frees the captive Whyte and they establish that Blofeld is using an offshore oil rig as his base. While searching for Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, Bond saves Tracy di Vicenzo on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. 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. The Service itself is attacked, prompting Bond's return to London. Eon now holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels. Bond follows a lead to the Bahamas, where he meets up with his CIA counterpart and friend Felix Leiter. A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan is hijacked and Bond is ordered to investigate. Back in 2020, a Nokia executive teased a partnership between the company and the latest James Bond film to show off the latest Nokia smartphone of its time, which was 2019. When it becomes apparent that the scientist was abducted, Bond must confront a danger which the world has never seen before.[48]. [12][13], The Eon-produced films have a combined gross of nearly $7 billion, and constitute the sixth-highest-grossing film series.[6]. Strangways, the British Intelligence (SIS) Station Chief in Jamaica, is killed. 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.