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The [[List of James Bond films|{{em|James Bond}} film series]] is a British series of [[spy film]]s based on the fictional character of [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent [[James Bond filmography|James Bond]], "007", who originally appeared in a [[List of James Bond novels and short stories|series of books]] by [[Ian Fleming]]. It is one of the longest continually running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 to the present (with a six-year hiatus between 1989 and 1995). In that time, [[Eon Productions]] has produced 25 films as of 2021, most of them at [[Pinewood Studios]]. With a combined gross of over $7 billion, the films produced by Eon constitute the [[List of highest-grossing film series|fifth-highest-grossing film series]].{{efn|Adjusted for inflation, the Eon ''James Bond'' series up to and including ''Quantum of Solace'' had amassed over $12 billion at 2011 prices. ''Skyfall'' subsequently added a further $1.100 billion in 2012 to take the adjusted total to over $13 billion. Estimates by ''[[The New York Times]]'' put the adjusted gross at $17.735 billion prior to the release of ''Spectre'', which added $0.880 billion in 2015, taking the adjusted total over $18.8 billion. }}<ref name="Numbers: Franchises" /><ref name="Economist: Potter" /><ref name="bom-skyfall" /><ref name="NYT 2015 adjusted">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/05/business/media/james-bond-films-most-popular-box-office.html |title=How 'Spectre' May Stack Up With 'Thunderball' as a James Bond Blockbuster |date=6 November 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="BOM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bond24.htm |title=Spectre (2015) |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419085109/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bond24.htm |archive-date=19 April 2016 |access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref> Six actors have portrayed 007 in the Eon series, the latest being [[Daniel Craig]].

[[Albert R. Broccoli]] and [[Harry Saltzman]] co-produced most of the Eon films until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. The single exception during this period was ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', on which Broccoli and Saltzman became executive producers while [[Kevin McClory]] produced. From 1984 Broccoli was joined by his stepson [[Michael G. Wilson]] as producer and in 1995 Broccoli stepped aside from Eon and was replaced by his daughter [[Barbara Broccoli|Barbara]], who has co-produced with Wilson since. Broccoli's (and until 1975, Saltzman's) family company, [[Danjaq]], has held ownership of the series through Eon, and maintained co-ownership with [[United Artists]] since the mid-1970s. The Eon series has seen continuity both in the main actors and in the production crews, with directors, writers, composers, production designers, and others employed through a number of films.

From the release of ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' (1962) to ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981), the films were distributed solely by United Artists. When [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] absorbed United Artists in 1981, MGM/UA Entertainment Co. was formed and distributed the films until 1995. MGM solely distributed three films from 1997 to 2002 after United Artists was retired as a mainstream studio. From 2006 to 2015, MGM and [[Columbia Pictures]] co-distributed the film series, following the 2004 acquisition of MGM by a consortium led by Columbia's parent company, [[Sony Pictures]]. In November 2010, MGM filed for bankruptcy. Following its emergence from insolvency, Columbia became co-production partner of the series with Eon. Sony's distribution rights to the franchise expired in late 2015 with the release of ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''.<ref name="deadline.com">{{Cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/daniel-craig-james-bond-sony-warner-bros-mgm-daniel-craig-1201528241/ |title=The Stakes Behind The James Bond Rights Auction As Warner Bros And Others Try To Win 007's Loyalties From Sony |date=7 May 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> In 2017, MGM and Eon offered a one-film contract to co-finance and distribute the 25th film worldwide,<ref name="NYTimes" /> which was reported in May 2018 to have been won by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bond-25-universal-will-distribute-daniel-craig-film-internationally-1114810 |title=Universal Wins James Bond International Distribution|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=24 May 2018}}</ref> The 25th film, ''[[No Time to Die]]'', was the first and only in the franchise to be distributed by [[United Artists Releasing]], a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Annapurna Pictures, prior to its folding in 2023.

Independently of the Eon series, there have been three additional productions featuring Bond: an American television adaptation, ''[[Casino Royale (1954 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1954), produced by [[CBS]]; a spoof, also titled ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967), produced by [[Charles K. Feldman]]; and a remake of ''Thunderball'' titled ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' (1983), produced by [[Jack Schwartzman]], who had obtained the rights from McClory.

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==First screen adaptation==
In 1954 the American [[CBS]] television network paid [[Ian Fleming]] $1,000{{sfn|Black|2005|p=14}} (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1000|1954}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars{{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}}) for the rights to turn his first novel, ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'', into a one-hour television adventure{{sfn|Lindner|2009|p=14}} as part of the dramatic anthology series ''[[Climax!|Climax Mystery Theater]]'', which ran between October 1954 and June 1958.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=264}} It was adapted for the screen by Anthony Ellis and [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]]; Bennett was well known for his collaborations with [[Alfred Hitchcock]], including ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' and ''[[Sabotage (1936 film)|Sabotage]]''.<ref name="EFC" /> Due to the restriction of a one-hour play, the adapted version lost many of the details found in the book, although it retained its violence, particularly in Act III.<ref name="EFC" /> The hour-long "[[Casino Royale (1954 film)|Casino Royale]]" episode, which starred American actor [[Barry Nelson (actor)|Barry Nelson]] as Bond and [[Peter Lorre]] as the villain [[Le Chiffre]], aired on 21 October 1954 as a live production.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=11}}

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===Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1962–1964)===
In 1959 producer [[Albert R. Broccoli|Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli]] at [[Warwick Films]] expressed interest in adapting the Bond novels, but his colleague [[Irving Allen]] was unenthusiastic.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=40}} In June 1961 Fleming sold a six-month option on the film rights to his published and future James Bond novels and short stories to [[Harry Saltzman]], with the exception of ''Casino Royale'', which he had previously sold.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=21}}{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=5}} Towards the end of Saltzman's option period, screenwriter [[Wolf Mankowitz]] introduced him to Broccoli,{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=99}} and Saltzman and Broccoli formed [[Eon Productions]] with the intention of making the first Bond film.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=22}} A number of Hollywood studios did not want to fund the films, finding them "too British" or "too blatantly sexual".{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=13}} Eventually the two signed a deal with [[United Artists]] for 100% financial backing and distribution of seven films,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=8}} with financing of $1&nbsp;million for the first feature.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=270}} Saltzman and Broccoli also created the company [[Danjaq]], which was to hold the rights to the films which Eon Productions was to produce.<ref name="dr no documentary" />

Eon had originally intended to film Fleming's novel ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' first, but [[Kevin McClory]] took Fleming to the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in London for [[Thunderball (novel)#Writing and copyright|breach of copyright over the book]],{{sfn|Macintyre|2008|p=199}} and so Eon decided to film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' first.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=270}}

From the outset, the order in which Eon produced its Bond films differed considerably from the [[List of James Bond novels and short stories#Books, by publication sequence|publication sequence of Fleming's Bond novels]], and therefore also from the [[List of James Bond novels and short stories#Fictional chronologies|fictional chronology of Bond's life and work]] which the novels establish.

====''Dr. No'' (1962)====
Eon asked several directors—[[Bryan Forbes]], [[Guy Green (filmmaker)|Guy Green]], [[Val Guest]] and [[Guy Hamilton]]—to helm the film, but all declined, before [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]] agreed.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=10}} <!--- actually Guy Hamilton agreed, but had to drop out for personal reasons. Will find the cite. ---> Eon had originally hired Wolf Mankowitz and [[Richard Maibaum]] to write ''Dr. No''{{'}}s screenplay, partly because of Mankowitz's help in brokering the deal between Broccoli and Saltzman.{{sfn|Broccoli|1998|p=158}} An initial draft of the screenplay was rejected because the scriptwriters had made the villain, Dr. No, a monkey, and Mankowitz left the film.{{sfn|Broccoli|1998|p=159}}{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=19}} Maibaum then undertook a second version, more closely in line with the novel; Johanna Harwood and [[Berkely Mather]] then worked on Maibaum's script,{{sfn| McGilligan |1986|p=286}} with Harwood in particular being described as a [[script doctor]] credited with improving the British characterisations.<ref name="Dr. No: John Cork" /> <!--- Johanna Harwood was actually Saltzman's secretary. Will find the cite. --->

To play the lead role of Bond, [[Sean Connery]] was not Broccoli or Fleming's first choice, but he was selected after [[Patrick McGoohan]] had turned down the role,<ref name="McGoohan Obit" /> and Eon had rejected [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]].<ref name="Johnson decline" />{{sfn|Mayer|2003|p=92}} After Connery was chosen, Terence Young took the actor to his tailor and hairdresser<ref name="gayson" /> and introduced him to the high life, restaurants, casinos and women of London. In the words of Bond writer [[Raymond Benson]], Young educated the actor "in the ways of being dapper, witty, and above all, cool".{{sfn|Yeffeth|2006|p=7}}

Filming took place on location in Jamaica between 16 January{{sfn|Cockburn|1988|p=49}} and 21 February 1962; five days later filming began at [[Pinewood Studios]] in England with sets [[production designer|designed]] by [[Ken Adam]],<ref name="dr no documentary" /> who had previously worked with Broccoli on the 1960 film ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=16}} [[Maurice Binder]] created the title sequence and introduced the [[Gun barrel sequence|gun barrel motif]] that appears in all the Eon Bond films.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=63}} [[Monty Norman]] wrote the accompanying soundtrack, which included the "[[James Bond Theme]]", heard in the gun barrel sequence and in a calypso medley over the title credits; the theme was described by another Bond film composer, [[David Arnold]], as "bebop-swing vibe coupled with that vicious, dark, distorted electric guitar, definitely an instrument of rock 'n' roll&nbsp;... it represented everything about the character you would want: It was cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable. And he did it in two minutes".<ref name="variety: Burlingame" /> The theme was arranged by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], who was uncredited for the arrangement{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=17}} but credited for his performance.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=270}}

====''From Russia with Love'' (1963)====
After the financial success of ''Dr. No'', United Artists doubled the budget offered to Eon Productions to $2 million for the company's next film, ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''.{{sfn|Balio|1987|p=22}} The film was shot in Europe, which had turned out to be the more profitable market for ''Dr. No''.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=22}} Most of the crew from the first film returned, with major exceptions being production designer Ken Adam—who went to work on ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' and was replaced by ''Dr. No''{{'}}s art director [[Syd Cain]]—and title designer Maurice Binder, who was replaced by [[Robert Brownjohn]].<ref name="inside FRWL" />{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|pp=33–35}}

[[File:John-barry-2006.jpg|thumb|left|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] composed the scores of 11 Bond films between 1963 and 1987.]]
The original screenwriter for the film was [[Len Deighton]], but he was replaced because of his slow progress. Two of the writers from ''Dr. No'', Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, were brought in, with Maibaum being given the sole writing credit and Harwood being credited for "adaptation".{{sfn|McGilligan|1986|p=284}} ''From Russia with Love'' is the first Bond film in the series with John Barry as the primary [[From Russia with Love (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] composer,{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=297}} although [[Lionel Bart]] wrote the title song "From Russia with Love", sung by [[Matt Monro]].{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=150}} [[Principal photography]] began on 1 April 1963{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=23}} and concluded on 23 August.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=25}} Filming took place in Turkey, Pinewood Studios and Venice, with Scotland and Switzerland doubling for the [[Orient Express]] journey through [[Eastern Europe]].{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=23–25}}

====''Goldfinger'' (1964)====
While the previous two films had concentrated on the Caribbean and Europe, ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' was chosen by Eon for the third film, with the American cinema market in mind.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=48}} Because Terence Young was refused a share of the profits, he declined to direct ''Goldfinger'' and worked on ''[[The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders]]'' instead,{{sfn|Black|2005|p=117}} although he had done some pre-production work before he left.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=179}} In his place, Eon turned to Guy Hamilton to direct;{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=166}} he was keen to inject elements of humour into the series,{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=45}} have more gadgets and build bigger and more elegant sets.{{sfn|Cork|Scivally|2002|p=63}}

Eon again turned to Richard Maibaum for the script, although [[Paul Dehn]] was later introduced for rewrites.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=48}} After missing ''From Russia with Love'', Ken Adam returned as production designer.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=279}} Adam's imagination provided the idea of gold stacked upon gold behind iron bars for the scenes in the [[United States Bullion Depository]]. Saltzman disliked the design's resemblance to a prison, but Hamilton liked it enough that it was built.{{sfn|Bouzerau|2006|pp=62–65}}

Robert Brownjohn returned to develop the opening credit sequence, which featured clips of all three Bond films projected on actress [[Margaret Nolan]]'s body. Its design was inspired by seeing light projecting on people's bodies as they got up and left a cinema.<ref name="Osmond: Goldfinger" />
Principal photography on ''Goldfinger'' started on {{nowrap|20 January 1964}} in Miami, at the [[Fontainebleau Miami Beach|Fontainebleau Hotel]]; the crew was small, consisting only of Hamilton, Broccoli, Adam and cinematographer [[Ted Moore]].<ref name="Goldfinger commentary" /> After five days in Florida, production moved to England.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=44}} The primary location was Pinewood Studios, home to sets including a recreation of the Fontainebleau, the South American city of the pre-title sequence, and both Goldfinger's estate and factory.<ref name="Goldfinger commentary" />{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=39}} Ian Fleming visited the set of ''Goldfinger'' in {{nowrap|April 1964;}} he died in August, shortly before the film's release.<ref name="Making Goldfinger" /> The [[second unit]] filmed in Kentucky, and these shots were edited into scenes filmed at Pinewood.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=39}} Principal photography then moved to [[Switzerland]] for the car chase and additional footage for Goldfinger's factory sequence.<ref name="Making Goldfinger" /> Filming wrapped on {{nowrap|11 July}} at [[Andermatt]], after nineteen weeks of shooting.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=39}}

===Kevin McClory (1965)===
When writing his novels, Ian Fleming had always considered that they could be adapted for the cinema,{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=31}} and he approached producer Sir [[Alexander Korda]] to make a [[film adaptation]] of either ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'' or ''[[Moonraker (novel)|Moonraker]]''. Although Korda was initially interested, he later withdrew.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=255}} On 1 October 1959, it was announced that Fleming would write an original film script featuring Bond for producer Kevin McClory. [[Jack Whittingham]] also worked on the script, culminating in a screenplay entitled ''James Bond, Secret Agent''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} However, Alfred Hitchcock and [[Richard Burton]] turned down roles as director and star, respectively.<ref name="TF: Lost Bond" />{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=117}} McClory was unable to secure the financing for the film, and the deal fell through. Fleming subsequently used the story for his novel ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' (1961),{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=42}} and McClory failed to have its publication stopped.<ref name="Times Law (1961)" /> On 19 November 1963 he took the matter to the [[Chancery Division]] of the High Court in the case of McClory v Fleming, but settled on 9 December 1963,<ref name="Sellers (2007)" /> after nine days in court.{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=113}} McClory gained the literary and film rights for the screenplay, while Fleming was given the rights to the novel, although it had to be recognised as being "based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and the Author".{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=432}}

====''Thunderball'' (1965)====
After ''From Russia with Love'', Eon had considered undertaking an adaptation of either [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'']] or ''Casino Royale''.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=182}}{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=96}} They entered into negotiations with Charles K. Feldman, who held the rights to the latter, but a deal proved too difficult to achieve.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=276}} Instead, Eon turned to the ''Thunderball'' novel. Although Eon had wanted to adapt the book in 1962, it had not been possible until the legal obstacles had been cleared.<ref name="Poliakoff (2000)" /> As a result of the settlement of the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Kevin McClory, Eon negotiated with McClory to make ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''. McClory received the sole producer credit on the film, while Broccoli and Saltzman took the title Executive Producer, although "in reality all three men would essentially act as producers".{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=124}} Broccoli later said of the three-way partnership that "We didn't want anyone else to make ''Thunderball''&nbsp;... We had the feeling that if anyone else came in and made their own Bond film, it would have been bad for our series".{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=124}}

Guy Hamilton was asked to direct again, but declined feeling that he was "drained of ideas&nbsp;... I had nothing to contribute until I'd recharged batteries";{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=43}} Terence Young returned to direct after the hiatus of ''Goldfinger''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=39}} Richard Maibaum's original script from 1961 was used as the basis of the script, which he then re-drafted, with further revisions by [[John Hopkins (screenwriter)|John Hopkins]].{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=124}} Principal filming began in Paris on 16 February 1965,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=138}} and moved to [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] on 22 March,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=47}} before concluding at Pinewood Studios in May.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=49}}

With worldwide box office earnings of $141.2 million ''Thunderball'' became the highest-grossing instalment and retained the record until it was surpassed by ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' twelve years later;{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|pp=428–429}} adjusted for inflation it remained the most successful entry until ''Skyfall'' was released in 2012.{{sfn|Guinness World Records|2014|p=203}} As part of the contract with Eon, McClory received 20% of the film's profits and undertook not to produce any other films based on the ''Thunderball'' story for a period of ten years following the release of the Eon-produced version in 1965.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=258}}{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=184}}

===Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (1967–1975)===
[[File:Albert Cubby Broccoli 1976 crop.JPG|thumb|Bond film producer Albert R. Broccoli]]

====''You Only Live Twice'' (1967)====
After the interruption of McClory as producer, Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman returned to production once again.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=278}} The first four Bond films had been popular in Japan,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=74}} and Eon decided to take advantage of the market by producing [[You Only Live Twice (film)|''You Only Live Twice'']].{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=187}} The film included progressive elements of Japanese culture as part of the background.{{sfn|Lipp|2006|p=140}}

[[Lewis Gilbert]] was appointed director and Ken Adam returned as production designer. Adam built a volcano hideaway set for the main antagonist, [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], at Pinewood for $1&nbsp;million{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=279}} (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1.0|1967|r=1}}}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars);{{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} at the time it was the biggest film set in Europe. Gilbert, Broccoli, Saltzman, Ken Adam and director of photography [[Freddie Young]] then went to Japan, spending three weeks searching for locations. While in Tokyo, the crew crossed paths with [[Peter R. Hunt]], who was on holiday. Hunt had edited the first four Bond films, and he was invited to direct the second unit.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=278}} The total budget for the film was $10.3&nbsp;million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10.3|1967|r=1}}}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars).{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|pp=428–429}}

Initially the screenwriter was to be [[Harold Jack Bloom]],{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=71}} although he was later replaced by [[Roald Dahl]], who had little previous screenwriting experience.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=72}} ''You Only Live Twice'' was the first Bond film to jettison the plot premise of the Fleming source material, although the film retains the title, the Japanese setting, the use of Blofeld as the main villain and a Bond girl named Kissy Suzuki from the novel.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=278}}

Filming commenced at Pinewood on 4 July 1966{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=74}} before moving out to Japan on 27 July for six weeks' filming.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=75}} Local Japanese interest in the filming was high, and the crew had to contend with large crowds throughout the process.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=191}} Connery, however, was somewhat resigned to the project, lacking the enthusiasm he sported for ''Thunderball''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=82}} A press conference on his arrival had been tense, "soured by aggressive questioning of Connery's crumpled, jet-lagged appearance".{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=75}} Primary and secondary photography finished in December; the special effects filming for the space scenes were undertaken between January and March 1967, prior to the film's release on 12 June.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=76}}

The cinema posters for the film stated "Sean Connery IS James Bond", to distance the Eon-produced picture from the independent ''Casino Royale'', which had been released two months earlier.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=108}} However, during the production, Connery announced that it would be his last film as Bond, leaving Broccoli to tell [[Alan Whicker]], "it won't be the last Bond under any circumstances—with all due respect to Sean, who I think has been certainly the best man to play this part. We will, in our own way, try to continue the Bond series for the audience because it's too important".{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=75}}

====''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969)====
[[George Lazenby]] was signed on to play Bond for ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. Between Sean Connery giving his notice at the beginning of filming ''You Only Live Twice'' and the release, Saltzman had planned to adapt [[The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)|''The Man with the Golden Gun'']] in Cambodia and use [[Roger Moore]] as the next Bond, but political instability meant the location was ruled out and Moore signed up for another series of [[The Saint (TV series)|''The Saint'']].{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=82}} After ''You Only Live Twice'' was released in 1967, the producers once again picked the often delayed ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'', which had previously been considered to follow both ''Goldfinger'' and then ''Thunderball.'' {{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=280}}{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=96}}

[[Peter R. Hunt|Peter Hunt]], who had worked on the five preceding films, had impressed Broccoli and Saltzman enough to earn his directorial debut as they believed his quick cutting had set the style for the series;{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=41}} it was also the result of a long-standing promise from Broccoli and Saltzman for the opportunity to direct.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=83}} Hunt also asked for the position during the production of ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', and he brought along with him many crew members, including cinematographer [[Michael Reed (cinematographer)|Michael Reed]].<ref name="OHMSS documentary" /> Hunt was focused on putting his mark, saying, "I wanted it to be different than any other Bond film would be. It was my film, not anyone else's".<ref name="Andere Tijden" /> ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' was the last film on which Hunt worked in the series.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=99}}

Screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who worked on the first four Bond films, returned as script writer.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=67}} Saltzman and Broccoli decided to drop the science fiction gadgets from the earlier films and focus more on plot as in ''From Russia With Love''.{{sfn|Dimare|2011|p=53}} Peter Hunt asked [[Simon Raven]] to write some of the dialogue between [[Tracy Bond|Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo]] and Blofeld in [[Piz Gloria]], which was to be "sharper, better and more intellectual";{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=84}} Raven's additions included rewriting the proposal scene and having Tracy quote [[James Elroy Flecker]].<ref name="OHMSS documentary" /> <!--- Nine words only. The rest is Simon Raven's own work. http://www.converj.com/sites/converjed/2003/10/thy_dawn_oh_master_of_the_worl.html ---> Syd Cain took over from Ken Adam as production designer as Eon decided not to have Adam's larger sets to reduce the film's budget to $7&nbsp;million, from the $10.3&nbsp;million it took to make ''You Only Live Twice''.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=85}}{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}

Principal photography began in the [[Canton of Bern]], Switzerland, on 21 October 1968, with the first scene shot being an aerial view of Bond climbing the stairs of Blofeld's mountain retreat.<ref name="OHMSS documentary" /> The scenes were shot atop the now-famous [[revolving restaurant]] [[Piz Gloria]], located atop the [[Schilthorn]] near the village of [[Mürren]]. The location was found by production manager Hubert Fröhlich after three weeks of [[location scouting]] in France and Switzerland.<ref name="Andere Tijden" /> The Swiss filming ended up running 56 days over schedule.<ref name="Andere Tijden" /> In March 1969 production moved to England, with London's Pinewood Studios being used for interior shooting, and M's house being shot in [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]]. In April the filmmakers went to Portugal, where principal photography wrapped in May.<ref name="OHMSS documentary" />{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=89}} Filming finished on 23 June, two months later than planned, which was largely due to the warm Swiss winter, which had hampered shooting.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=90}}

Midway through production, acting on advice from his agent [[Ronan O'Rahilly]], [[George Lazenby]] announced that he was not going to continue as Bond in future films, and he left the role before the December 1969 release of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''.<ref name="OHMSS documentary" />

====''Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971)====
[[File:Sean Connery as James Bond (1971).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Sean Connery]] in [[Amsterdam]] in July 1971, filming for the seventh Bond film ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds are Forever]]'']]
Although Eon secured the services of [[John Gavin]] to play the role of Bond, United Artists' chief David Picker was unhappy with this decision and instructed associate producer Stanley Sopel to broker a deal with Connery which saw the actor being paid $1.25 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1.2|1962}}}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars){{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} and 12.5% of the gross. {{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=99}} Connery's salary took a significant part of the $7.2&nbsp;million budget. {{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|pp=428–429}}

The producers had originally intended to have [[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|''Diamonds Are Forever'']] re-create commercially successful aspects of ''Goldfinger'', so they hired director Guy Hamilton as a result.<ref name="inside DAF" /> Richard Maibaum also returned to write the script; the first draft envisaged the return of [[Auric Goldfinger]] portrayer [[Gert Fröbe]], this time in the role of Goldfinger's twin brother. <!--- Maibaum's first tried sneaking this idea into OHMSS. Source: Helfenstein book. Maibaum's OHMSS script also featured a laser battle, chimpanzee sidekick, car that drives under water, etc. ---> Maibaum also wrote a climax to the film that consisted of the new Goldfinger being chased across [[Lake Mead]] by the people of Las Vegas, all being co-ordinated by Bond.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=95}} In the autumn of 1970 [[Tom Mankiewicz]] was hired to undertake re-writes, which included removing Goldfinger's brother and the Lake Mead finale. {{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=96}}

Filming began on 5 April 1971 with the desert near Las Vegas doubling for the South African scenes,<ref name="inside DAF" /> followed by filming in the [[Great Basin Desert]], Nevada in May for scenes in which Bond drives a moon buggy.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=99}} On 7 June production moved to Pinewood Studios for filming at sets of the returning Ken Adam; his sets spread through four of Pinewood's stages.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=100}} Filming also took place in London, Dover, Southampton, Amsterdam and the south of France;{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=100}} principal photography finished 13 August 1971.<ref name="inside DAF" />

====''Live and Let Die'' (1973)====
While filming ''Diamonds Are Forever'', ''Live and Let Die'' was chosen as the next Ian Fleming novel to be adapted because screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz thought it would be daring to use black villains, as the [[Black Panther Party|Black Panthers]] and other racial movements were active at that time.<ref name="inside LALD" /> The new Bond actor selected by Eon was [[Roger Moore]], and he tried not to imitate either his predecessor Sean Connery or his own performance as [[Simon Templar]] in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''; Mankiewicz adapted the screenplay to emphasise Moore's persona by giving him more comedy scenes and creating a light-hearted feel to Bond.<ref name="inside LALD" /> Guy Hamilton was again chosen to direct, and Mankiewicz suggested they film in New Orleans, as he knew Hamilton was a jazz fan. Hamilton didn't want to use [[Mardi Gras]], as ''Thunderball'' featured [[Junkanoo]], a similar festival, so after more discussions with the writer and further scouting, he decided to use two well-known features of the city, the [[jazz funeral]]s and the canals.<ref name="inside LALD" /> While searching for locations in Jamaica, the crew discovered a crocodile farm owned by Ross Kananga, after passing a sign warning that "trespassers will be eaten". The farm was put into the script and also inspired Mankiewicz to name the film's villain after Kananga.<ref name="inside LALD" /> With the rise of the popularity of [[blaxploitation]] films in the early 1970s, it was decided to borrow elements of the genre for [[Live and Let Die (film)|''Live and Let Die'']].<ref name="Cinema: Blaxploitation" />

Syd Cain returned as art director and was involved searching for locations with Guy Hamilton in March 1972.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=107}} Principal photography began on 13 October 1972 in the [[Irish Bayou]] in Louisiana for a boat chase scene.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=284}} On 29 November production moved to [[Jamaica]], which doubled for the fictional island San Monique, the home of antagonist Kananga. In December, production was divided between interiors in Pinewood Studios, while a separate unit also shot in Harlem.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=108}}

John Barry, who had worked on the previous five films, was unavailable during production. Broccoli and Saltzman instead asked [[Paul McCartney]] to write the theme song. Since McCartney's salary of $15,000 (plus royalties) was high and another composer of Barry's stature could not be hired with the remainder of the music budget, [[George Martin]], who had little experience of film scoring, was hired.{{sfn|Lindner|2009|p=148}}

====''The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974)====
''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' saw a change in location from the novel of the same name to put Bond in the [[Far East]] for the second time.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=136}} After considering [[Beirut]], where part of the film is set;{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=286}} Iran, where the location scouting was done but eventually discarded because of the [[Yom Kippur War]];<ref name="Commentary TMWTGG" /> and the [[Hạ Long Bay]] in Vietnam, the production team chose Thailand as a primary location, following a suggestion of production designer [[Peter Murton]] after he saw pictures of the [[Phuket Province|Phuket]] bay in a magazine.<ref name="Inside TMWTGG" /> Saltzman was happy with the choice of the Far East for the setting as he had always wanted to go on location in Thailand and Hong Kong.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=211}} During the reconnaissance of locations in Hong Kong, Broccoli saw the partially submerged wreckage of the former {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}} and came up with the idea of using it as the base for MI6's Far East operations. {{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=286}}

Tom Mankiewicz wrote a first draft for the script in 1973, delivering a script that was a battle of wills between Bond and the primary villain [[Francisco Scaramanga]], whom he saw as Bond's alter ego, "a [[Supervillain|super-villain]] of the stature of Bond himself".{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=215}} Tensions between Mankiewicz and Guy Hamilton led to Richard Maibaum taking over scripting duties.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=137}} Maibaum, who had worked on six Bond films previously, delivered his own draft based on Mankiewicz's work.<ref name="Inside TMWTGG" /> Broccoli's stepson [[Michael G. Wilson]] researched solar power to create the [[MacGuffin]] of the "Solex Agitator".<ref name="Inside TMWTGG" /> While ''Live and Let Die'' had borrowed heavily from the blaxploitation genre,<ref name="Cinema: Blaxploitation" /> ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' borrowed from the [[Martial arts film|martial arts genre]] that was popular in the 1970s.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=140}}

On 6 November 1973 filming commenced at the exterior location shots of [[RMS Queen Elizabeth#Final years|RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'']], which acted as a top-secret MI6 base grounded in [[Victoria Harbour]] in Hong Kong.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=114}} The major part of principal photography started in April 1974 in Thailand.<ref name="Inside TMWTGG" /> Thai locations included [[Bangkok]], [[Thonburi]], Phuket and the nearby [[Phang Nga Province]], on the islands of [[Khao Phing Kan|Ko Khao Phing Kan]] ({{langx|th|เกาะเขาพิงกัน}}) and [[Ko Tapu]] ({{langx|th|เกาะตะปู}}).{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=286}}{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=102}} In late April production returned to Hong Kong and also shot in [[Macau]].<ref name="Inside TMWTGG" /> Production had to move to studio work in Pinewood Studios—which included sets such as Scaramanga's solar energy plant and island interior.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=135}}

John Barry returned to compose the score, but had only three weeks to complete the work,{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=287}} and the theme tune and score are generally considered by critics to be among the weakest of Barry's contributions to the series—an opinion shared by Barry himself: "It's the one I hate most&nbsp;... it just never happened for me".<ref name="UKC4TV" />

===Albert R. Broccoli (1975–1984)===
Following ''The Man with the Golden Gun'', producer Harry Saltzman sold his 50% stake in Eon Productions' parent company, Danjaq, to United Artists to alleviate his financial problems,{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=141-2}} brought about by financial constraints following a downturn in the fortunes of [[Technicolor]], in which he had invested heavily.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=361}} The resulting legalities over the Bond property delayed production of the next Bond film, ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''.<ref name="Inside TSWLM" />

====''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977)====
Guy Hamilton was initially scheduled to follow on from ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' with ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', but instead turned down Eon Productions during pre-production after being offered the opportunity to direct the 1978 film ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'', although he was ultimately passed up for [[Richard Donner]].{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|pp=134–135}}{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=288}} <!--- Actually Hamilton quit because the film would no longer be shot in Italy, but instead in England where he was now a tax exile. Source: Superman DVD commentary. ---> Eon then turned <!--- Peter Hunt, who was then in pre-production on a film to star Sophia Loren, which did not go into production, will find cite ---> to Lewis Gilbert, who had directed the earlier Bond film ''You Only Live Twice''.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=392}} Broccoli commissioned a number of writers to work on the script, including [[Stirling Silliphant]], [[John Landis]], [[Ronald Hardy]], [[Anthony Burgess]] and [[Derek Marlowe]],{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=120}} but Richard Maibaum drew up the first draft script, with some inclusions from the previous writers.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=120}} When [[Lewis Gilbert]] was hired to direct, he brought with him [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]] to revise Maibaum's draft. The draft Wood prepared was challenged in court by Kevin McClory, who alleged infringement based on the use of what he claimed were his rights in SPECTRE and the Blofeld character. Eon disputed McClory's claim but had Wood remove the organisation and character from the script.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=392}}

Ken Adam returned as production designer. As no studio stages were big enough for the interior of the villain [[Karl Stromberg]]'s supertanker, in March 1976 construction began of a new sound stage at Pinewood, the [[007 Stage]], which cost $1.8 million and became the largest stage in the world.{{sfn|Frayling|2005|p=179}} In contrast to the volcano crater set Adam had built for ''You Only Live Twice'' in 1966—which Adam had called "a workable but ultimately wasteful set"—the 007 Stage would be a permanent structure that could be rented out to other productions.{{sfn|Frayling|2005|p=179}} Secondary filming began in July 1976 at [[Baffin Island]], where the ski jump for the opening credits was filmed. Principal filming commenced in Sardinia in August 1976, moving on to Egypt shortly afterwards. Further filming took place in Sardinia, Malta, Japan, Switzerland and the [[HMNB Clyde|Faslane]] submarine base.<ref name="Locations: TSWLM" /> On 5 December 1976, with principal photography finished, the 007 Stage was formally opened by the former Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]].<ref name="Locations: TSWLM" />

John Barry could not work in the United Kingdom due to tax problems{{sfn|Fiegel|1998|p=238}}{{efn|The [[Inland Revenue]] had frozen all Barry's royalties in 1977 in a dispute over unpaid tax, leading to him not being able to undertake work for the British-registered Eon Productions.{{sfn|Fiegel|1998|p=238}} }} and suggested [[Marvin Hamlisch]] to score the film.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=289}} Hamlisch composed "[[Nobody Does It Better]]" as the theme song; the score and the song were both nominated for [[Academy Award|Academy]]<ref name="AA: SWLM" /> and [[Golden Globe Award]]s.<ref name="GG: SWLM" />

====''Moonraker'' (1979)====
[[File:Shirley Bassey Wembley 2006 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Shirley Bassey]] performed the theme song for three Bond films: ''Goldfinger'' (1964), ''Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971) and ''Moonraker'' (1979)]]
Eon Productions had originally planned to follow ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' with an adaptation of ''[[For Your Eyes Only (short story collection)|For Your Eyes Only]]'', <!--- Broccoli announced in a 1976 ''Variety'' article that "Moonraker" would follow "The Spy Who Loved Me". Because of delays in the space shuttle, he changed his mind and picked "Eyes Only". Will find cite. Here is another cite that also verifies the 1976 "Moonraker" before "Eyes Only" intentions http://www.for-your-eyes-only.com/Site/Bond_fyeo18.html ---> although this plan changed within weeks of the 1977 release, following the box office success of the 1977 space-themed film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.{{sfn|Black|2005|p=138}}{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=290}} With a budget of $34&nbsp;million ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' cost more than double any of the previous Bond films, although both Broccoli and United Artists agreed to the costs because of the profits from ''The Spy Who Loved Me''.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=290}}{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=428}}

Lewis Gilbert was again appointed as director, and a number of the crew from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' also joined the production.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=127}} Gilbert and Tom Mankiewicz wrote the initial story, <!--- Mankiewicz's story has little in common with the finished film, source: HMSS.com interview ---> but Christopher Wood turned this into the final screenplay.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=137}} Many of the script ideas came about as a result of location scouting, with [[Iguazu Falls]] being identified as a filming location while Broccoli was in Brazil for the release of ''The Spy Who Loved Me''.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=290}}

Unlike previous Bond films, the production of ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' was not based at Pinewood, as Broccoli moved it to Paris for financial reasons,{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=290}} although the scenes for the cable car interiors and space battle exteriors were filmed at Pinewood,{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=291}} with the special effects team of [[Derek Meddings]] active in the UK throughout production.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=129}} Principal photography began on 11 August 1978 in Paris. The sets designed by returning production designer Ken Adam were the largest ever constructed in France and required more than 222,000 man-hours to construct (approximately 1,000 hours by each of the crew on average).<ref name="Inside Moonraker" /> Much of the film was shot in the cities of London, Paris, Venice, [[Palmdale, California]], [[Port St. Lucie, Florida]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name="Inside Moonraker" /> Principal filming finished back in Paris on 27 February 1979, a 28-week schedule that had allowed Roger Moore only three days off.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=130}} John Barry was again asked to score an Eon film.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=290}}

====''For Your Eyes Only'' (1981)====
''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' marked a change in the production crew: [[John Glen (director)|John Glen]] was promoted from his duties as a [[film editor]] to director, a position he would occupy for the next four films.<ref name="inside FYEO" /> Since Ken Adam was busy with the film ''[[Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)|Pennies from Heaven]]'', [[Peter Lamont]], who had worked in the art department since ''Goldfinger'', was promoted to production designer.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=218}} Following a suggestion from Glen, Lamont created realistic sets, instead of the elaborate scenery for which the series had been known.<ref name="inside FYEO" />

Richard Maibaum was once again the scriptwriter for the story, assisted by Michael G. Wilson.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=227}} <!--- Other sources claim Wilson wrote the first draft, and Maibaum was brought in to do re-writes ---> According to Wilson, the ideas could have come from anyone as a committee that could include Broccoli, Maibaum, Wilson, Glen and [[stunt coordinator]]s worked on the outlines.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=135}} Much of the inspiration for the stories for the film came from two Fleming short stories from the collection ''For Your Eyes Only'': "[[Risico]]" and "[[For Your Eyes Only (short story)|For Your Eyes Only]]".{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=175}} Another set-piece from the novel of ''Live and Let Die''—the [[keelhauling]]—which was unused in that novel's adaptation, was inserted into the plot.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=135}}

Production of ''For Your Eyes Only'' began on 2 September 1980 in the [[North Sea]], with three days shooting exterior scenes for the scenes involving the ''St Georges'' spyboat.<ref name="inside FYEO" /> The interiors were shot later in Pinewood Studios, as well as the ship's explosion, which was done with a miniature in Pinewood's tank on the 007 Stage.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=138–139}} On 15 September principal photography started in [[Corfu]] at the Villa Sylva at Kanoni, above [[Corfu (city)|Corfu Town]], which acted as the location of the Spanish villa.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=292}}

In October filming moved to other Greek locations, including [[Meteora]] and the [[Achilleion (Corfu)|Achilleion]].<ref name="inside FYEO" /> In November the main unit moved to England, which included interior work in Pinewood, while the second unit shot underwater scenes in [[the Bahamas]]. On 1 January 1981 production moved to [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] in Italy, where filming wrapped in February.<ref name="inside FYEO" /> Many of the underwater scenes, especially involving close-ups of Bond and Melina, were shot on a [[Dry for wet|dry soundstage]]. A combination of lighting effects, slow-motion photography, wind, and bubbles added in post-production, gave the illusion of the actors being underwater.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=292}} The pre-credits sequence used a church in [[Stoke Poges]] as a cemetery, while scenes involving a helicopter were filmed at the abandoned [[Beckton Gas Works]] in London.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=138}}

The score of ''For Your Eyes Only'' was written by [[Bill Conti]], who retained a number of John Barry-influenced brass elements in the score but also added elements of dance and funk music.<ref name="allmusic" />

====''Octopussy'' (1983)====
In 1980 United Artists, which had provided much of the funding for the Bond films, fell into financial difficulties following the high production costs and subsequent commercial failure of ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'', bringing uncertainty to the future of the funding. The situation was resolved in May 1981, when [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] acquired United Artists. {{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=144}}

Following ''For Your Eyes Only'', Roger Moore had expressed a desire to stop playing James Bond. His original contract had been for three films, a requirement fulfilled with ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. Subsequent films had been negotiated on a film-by-film basis. The producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next actor to play Bond, which would be for ''[[Octopussy]]''. However, when Kevin McClory announced his re-working of ''Thunderball'' as ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', the producers re-contracted Moore in the belief that an established actor in the role would fare better against McClory's choice of Bond, Sean Connery.<ref name="Inside OP" /> Before ''For Your Eyes Only'' had been released, Albert Broccoli had asked John Glen to return and direct ''Octopussy''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=186}} [[George MacDonald Fraser]] wrote an initial treatment that was extensively revised by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=146}}

First unit filming began on 10 August 1982 at the [[Berlin Wall]] crossing point [[Checkpoint Charlie]],{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=147}} although the second unit had already been at work for a few weeks, filming scenes for a mid-air fight sequence.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=295}} The [[Monsoon Palace]] served as the exterior of villain Kamal Khan's palace, while scenes set at the palace of titular character [[Octopussy (character)|Octopussy]] were filmed at the [[Lake Palace]] and [[Jag Mandir]]. Bond's hotel was the [[Shiv Niwas Palace]]. In England [[RAF Northolt]], RAF Upper Heyford and [[RAF Oakley]] were the main locations. Scenes set at the [[Chemnitz|Karl-Marx-Stadt]] railways scenes were shot at the [[Nene Valley Railway]], while studio work was undertaken at Pinewood Studios and 007 Stage. Filming finished on 21 January 1983.<ref name="Inside OP" />{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=147–148 }} John Barry returned to score, having passed on ''For Your Eyes Only'' for tax reasons. While Barry wrote the title song, "[[All Time High]]", [[Tim Rice]] wrote the lyrics and the song was performed by [[Rita Coolidge]].{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=186}}

''Octopussy'' had its premiere on 6 June 1983, four months before the October release of ''Never Say Never Again''. From its budget of $27.5&nbsp;million, ''Octopussy'' took $183.7&nbsp;million at the box office,{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}} a figure which saw it surpass the takings of its Connery-led rival, which took $160&nbsp;million.<ref name="Numbers.com" />

===Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson (1984–1989)===
In 1984 Michael G. Wilson joined Albert R. Broccoli as co-producer at Eon. Wilson had first worked on a Bond production in February 1964 with the filming of ''Goldfinger''. 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''.{{sfn|Rubin|2003|p=456}}

====''A View to a Kill'' (1985)====
The day before the UK premiere of the non-Eon rival Bond film, ''Never Say Never Again'', Eon announced that Roger Moore would return as Bond for the seventh time.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=161}} John Glen also returned as director, while Peter Lamont and John Barry also signed up as they had for ''Octopussy''.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=296}} Michael G. Wilson co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. {{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=115}}

On 27 June 1984 the [[007 Stage]] was almost entirely destroyed by fire.<ref name="BBC: stage fire" /> It was rebuilt in time for production and reopened in January 1985, when it was renamed the "Albert Broccoli 007 Stage".{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=162}} The second unit started filming in Iceland in July 1984, while principal photography with Moore commenced on 1 August at Pinewood.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=162}} Also in August, the second unit filmed in Paris, including scenes involving a parachute jump from the [[Eiffel Tower]].{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=289}}

The [[Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre]] doubled as the exterior of villain [[Max Zorin]]'s mine, while the scenes in the complex under Zorin's stables were filmed in a Renault plant in [[Swindon]],<ref name="BBC Renault">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-24163811/ |title=Swindon's 'View To A Kill' warehouse given listed status |date=20 September 2013 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> before primary filming moved to San Francisco.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=296}} Filming finished in January 1985 at the 007 Stage, with the filming of the interior of Zorin's mine, designed by Peter Lamont.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=163}}

====''The Living Daylights'' (1987)====
With the retirement of Roger Moore following ''A View to a Kill'', the producers searched for a new Bond and eventually cast [[Timothy Dalton]] in the lead role in August 1986.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=170}} Much of the senior production crew from the previous film worked on ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', with John Glen directing, John Barry providing the score and Peter Lamont acting as production designer.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=217}} Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum again provided the script and initially proposed a [[prequel]], showing Bond's first mission,<ref name="Inside TLD" /> although this was turned down by Broccoli.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=168}} Script work continued while the producers searched for Moore's successor.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=170}}

The film was shot at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, with principal photography starting on 29 September 1986,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=170}} before moving to Vienna on 5 October, where the crew filmed for two weeks.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=171}} Meanwhile, the second unit had started work on the pre-credits sequence on Gibraltar on 17 September before moving to Morocco.<ref name="Inside TLD" /> Filming finished on 13 February 1987.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=172}}

''The Living Daylights'' was the twelfth and final Bond film to be scored by composer John Barry.{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=234}} The title song of the film, "[[The Living Daylights (song)|The Living Daylights]]", was co-written with [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]] of the Norwegian pop-music group [[A-ha]] and recorded by them. The group and Barry did not collaborate well, resulting in two versions of the theme song.<ref name="UKC4TV" />

The production costs of ''The Living Daylights'' were $40&nbsp;million, and the film posted box office results of $191.2&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}

====''Licence to Kill'' (1989)====
Shortly after the release of ''The Living Daylights'', producers Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and writer Richard Maibaum started discussing the sequel. They decided that the film would retain a realistic style, as well as showing the "darker edge" of the Bond character. For the primary location, the producers wanted a place where the series had not yet visited.<ref name="Inside LTK" /> While China was visited after an invitation by the government, the idea fell through partly because the 1987 film ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' had removed some of the novelty from filming in China.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=176}} By this stage the writers had already talked about a chase sequence along the [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]], as well as a fight scene amongst the [[Terracotta Army]].{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=300}} Wilson also wrote two plot outlines about a drug lord in the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]] before the plans fell through.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=300}} The writers eventually decided on a setting in a tropical country while Broccoli negotiated to film in Mexico,<ref name="Inside LTK" /> at the [[Estudios Churubusco]] in Mexico City.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=300}} In 1985 the Films Act was passed, removing the [[Eady Levy]], which resulted in foreign artists being taxed more heavily.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=176}} The associated rising costs to Eon Productions meant no part of ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' was filmed in the UK,{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=239}} the first Bond film not to do so.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=176}} Pinewood Studios, used in every ''Bond'' film that far, housed only the post-production and sound re-recording.<ref name="Inside LTK" />

The initial outline of what would become ''Licence to Kill'' was drawn up by Wilson and Maibaum.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=176}} Before the pair could develop the script, the [[Writers Guild of America]] (WGA) went on [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike|strike]] and Maibaum was unable to continue writing, leaving Wilson to work on the script on his own.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=234}} The script—initially called ''Licence Revoked''—was written with Dalton's characterisation of Bond in mind;{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=176}} the obsession with which Bond pursues the drug lord villain Franz Sanchez on behalf of Bond's friend, the [[CIA]] and [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] agent [[Felix Leiter]] and his dead wife is seen as being because of Bond's own "brutally cut-short marriage". {{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=225}}

John Glen returned once again to direct, teaming up once more with production designer Peter Lamont.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=300}} Principal photography ran from 18 July to 18 November 1988.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=178}} Shooting began in Mexico, which mostly doubled for the fictional Republic of Isthmus.<ref name="Inside LTK" /> Other underwater sequences were shot at the [[Isla Mujeres]] near [[Cancún]].{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=185}} In August 1988 production moved to the [[Florida Keys]], notably [[Key West]].<ref name="Inside LTK" /> [[Seven Mile Bridge]] towards [[Pigeon Key]] was used for the sequence in which the armoured truck transporting Sanchez following his arrest is driven off the edge. Other locations there included the [[Ernest Hemingway House]], [[Key West International Airport]], Mallory Square, St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church for Leiter's wedding and Stephano's House 707 South Street for his house and patio. The [[US Coast Guard]] Pier was used to film Isthmus City harbour.<ref name="Inside LTK" />

John Barry was not available to score the film because of throat surgery, so the soundtrack's score was composed and conducted by [[Michael Kamen]], who was known for scoring many action films at the time, such as ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' and ''[[Die Hard]]''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=231-2}} The film's darker and more violent plot elicited calls for cuts by the British Board of Film Classification.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=169}}

''Licence to Kill'' marked the end of the involvement for a number of long-term crew members, including John Glen, Maurice Binder, Richard Maibaum and cinematographer Alec Mills. It was also the final film which was produced by the partnership of Albert Broccoli and Michael Wilson.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=301}}

===Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (1990–present)===
The relatively disappointing box office returns for ''Licence to Kill'' led to Albert Broccoli questioning his own leadership of the series, and he put Danjaq, holders of the Bond film copyright, up for sale.{{sfn|Moore|2012|p=160}}{{efn|The asking price for Danjaq remains uncertain, with some sources quoting £200&nbsp;million{{sfn|Moore|2012|p=160}} and others quoting $200&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=180}}}} Timothy Dalton was quoted at the time as saying "My feeling is this will be the last one. I don't mean my last one, I mean the end of the whole lot. I don't speak with any real authority, but it's sort of a feeling I have".{{sfn|Moore|2012|p=161}}

In 1990 the situation was further complicated when MGM/UA was sold to [[Qintex]], which wanted to then merge with [[Pathé]]; the Bond back catalogue was leased to Pathé at a lower-than-market value, without consulting Danjaq – which sued MGM/UA Communications, which was itself the target of a failed takeover bid by Pathé. In August 1990 Albert Broccoli appointed his daughter [[Barbara Broccoli]] alongside Michael G. Wilson as producers at Eon, while he concentrated on matters at Danjaq.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=161}} The dispute between Danjaq and MGM/UA was protracted and delayed production of ''Bond 17'', but was finally settled in 1993.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=211}}

The new producers changed the policy of behind-the-scenes continuity prevalent in the series up to that point and, from the 1990s onwards, there were more changes in key production roles, including employing directors "on a 'guest director' footing".{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=260}}

====''GoldenEye'' (1995)====
[[File:Martin Campbell.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Martin Campbell]], who directed ''[[GoldenEye]]'' and ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'']]
Despite the legal action, pre-production towards the next Bond film still progressed, with some early details unveiled at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] which took place in May 1990.{{sfn|Moore|2012|p=161}} However, delays occurred because of the ongoing legal action with MGM/UA and, in an August 1993 interview, Dalton revealed that [[Michael France]] was involved in writing a script for the next Bond film, with [[Anthony Hopkins]] as a potential villain, adding that Hopkins had been in discussions with Eon for a number of weeks. Dalton also stated that the earliest production could begin would be in January or February 1994.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Dalton's six-year contract expired in 1993, and after reading France's script for what would become ''[[GoldenEye]]'', he announced on 12 April 1994 that he would not be returning to play Bond; he was replaced by [[Pierce Brosnan]].{{sfn|Moore|2012|p=161}} After Michael France delivered the original screenplay, [[Jeffrey Caine]] was brought in to rework much of the material.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=185}} [[Kevin Wade]] was also brought into the process before [[Bruce Feirstein]] gave the final polish to the script.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=249}}

With Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson as co-producers, Albert Broccoli oversaw the production of ''GoldenEye'' as consulting producer but is credited as "presenter".{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=289}} [[John Woo]] was approached to direct the film, but he turned down the opportunity, saying he was honoured by the offer.{{sfn|Heard|2000|p=138}} The producers then chose [[Martin Campbell]] to lead the film.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=289}}

Principal photography started on 16 January 1995 and continued until 6 June.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=188}} The producers were unable to use Pinewood Studios, the usual location for Bond films, because it had been reserved for ''[[First Knight]]'', so an old [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] factory at the Leavesden Aerodrome in [[Hertfordshire]] was converted into a [[Leavesden Film Studios|new studio]].{{sfn|Goldsmith|O'Regan|2005|p=144}} In February the crew moved to Monaco for scenes in a casino and a demonstration of a Tiger helicopter.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=188}}{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=171}} The pre-credits sequence involved a [[bungee jump]], which was filmed at the [[Contra Dam]] near Locarno, Switzerland.<ref name="GE bungee" /> Reference footage for a scene consisting of a tank chase was shot on location in [[Saint Petersburg]] and matched to sets built at the Leavesden studio by production designer Peter Lamont.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=171}} Scenes on a satellite dish were shot at [[Arecibo Observatory]] in [[Puerto Rico]],{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=303}} while in the UK, [[Epsom Downs Racecourse]] and the Nene Valley Railway were both used.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=188}} For the scenes of the fictional Russian location of Severnaya, and other effects, Derek Meddings built a number of miniature sets at Leavesden. Meddings had worked on the Bond films since ''Live and Let Die'' and died before the film's release; ''GoldenEye'' was dedicated to his memory.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=188}}

The soundtrack to ''GoldenEye'' was composed and performed by [[Éric Serra]]. Prolific Bond composer John Barry turned down an offer by Barbara Broccoli to score the film.<ref name="FSM: Barry" /> The theme song, "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]", was written by [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]] and was performed by [[Tina Turner]]. As Serra did not collaborate with Bono or The Edge, orchestral versions of the song did not appear throughout ''GoldenEye'', as had been the case in previous James Bond films.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=177}}

====''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997)====
Before ''GoldenEye'' had been released in November 1995, MGM/UA started their preparations for [[Tomorrow Never Dies|Bond 18]], intending for a release in early December 1997, <!--- The studio initially wanted to release the film over US Thanksgiving weekend in November 1997; when this was no longer practical, the studio sought a Christmas release. Will try to find cite. ---> leaving Eon Productions little time for pre-production.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=179}} The producers were unable to convince Martin Campbell to return; his agent said that "Martin just didn't want to do two Bond films in a row".{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=194}} Instead, [[Roger Spottiswoode]] was chosen in September 1996.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=260}} With Peter Lamont unavailable because he was committed to ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', Spottiswoode chose Allan Cameron in his place to provide sets;{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=304}} Spottiswoode and Cameron had previously worked together on ''[[Air America (film)|Air America]]''.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=260}}

The story was based on a previously discarded treatment by [[Donald E. Westlake]], which had been written before ''GoldenEye''. <!--- Other sources claim that nothing in Westlake's treatment wound up in the shooting script. Wikipedia's Westlake article claims "Westlake also wrote a treatment for the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, which was adapted later by several screenwriters. How much of Westlake's story ended up in the screenplay is unknown; he does not receive either a story or screenplay credit for the finished film, suggesting that little if any of his original work was used". I vaguely recall that Westlake's script involved gold smuggling. ---> The script was given a re-working by Bruce Feirstein, based on the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|return of Hong Kong to the Chinese]].{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=194}} Feirstein's script was then contributed to by [[Nicholas Meyer]] before being reworked by Dan Petrie Jr. and [[David C. Wilson (screenwriter)|David Campbell Wilson]] before Feirstein, who retained the sole writing credit, was brought in for a final polish. The script was finished a week before principal photography started,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=194}} although Feirstein had to re-write sequences throughout production.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=180}} The process was further hampered by poor relations between Feirstein and Spottiswoode.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=222}}

With the Leavesden studios unavailable, and Pinewood not having sufficient capacity, Eon converted an abandoned grocery warehouse in Hertfordshire into a filming location.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=179}} With the principal crew about to fly to location in Vietnam, the Vietnamese authorities revoked permission to film at the last minute, and alternative locations were quickly found in Thailand.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|pp=179–180}}

Second unit filming began on 18 January 1997 with [[Vic Armstrong]] directing; they filmed the pre-credits sequence at Peyresourde Airport in the [[French Pyrenees]],{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=304}}{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=195–196}} before moving on to [[Portsmouth]] to film the scenes where the [[Royal Navy]] prepares to engage the Chinese.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=196}}
The main unit began filming on 1 April 1997 at the new studios, before filming at other UK locations; production then moved to Thailand in May.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=196–197}} Filming completed three weeks over schedule in September 1997.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=197}} Eon initially approached John Barry to score the film, but the two sides could not come to terms; the producers then approached David Arnold, whom Barry endorsed.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=188}}

The delays in the production process and the rush to deliver the film by the MGM/UA-imposed deadline of December 1997 drove the costs upwards to $110&nbsp;million,{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=223}} although the film recouped $338.9&nbsp;million at the box office.{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}

====''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999)====
[[Joe Dante]] and then [[Peter Jackson]] were considered as directors for ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''. Barbara Broccoli enjoyed Jackson's ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'', and a screening of ''[[The Frighteners]]'' was arranged for her. She disliked the latter film, however, and showed no further interest in Jackson.{{sfn|Sibley|2010|pp=397–398}} [[Michael Apted]] was then selected to lead the film.<ref name="BFI: TWINE" /> Writers [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade]] were hired after their work in ''[[Plunkett & Macleane]]'',{{sfn|Priggé|2004|p=27}} before Michael Apted and his wife, screenwriter [[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]], undertook an uncredited rewrite.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=277}} Pierce Brosnan was unhappy with some of Stevens' changes to his character, so Michael G. Wilson—who was also uncredited as screenwriter—and Bruce Feirstein undertook further revisions.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=207}}

Production was centred at Pinewood Studios and principal photography began there on 11 January 1999 with scenes from inside the [[SIS Building|MI6 offices]], designed by Peter Lamont.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=208}} The pre-title sequence was shot in [[Bilbao]], Spain, in February, with production moving to [[Chamonix]], France, which doubled for the [[Caucasus]] scenes.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=208}} The exterior of a Kazakh nuclear facility was shot at the [[Bardenas Reales]], in [[Navarre]], Spain,<ref name="Making TWINE" /> while the exterior of an oil refinery control centre was doubled by the [[Motorola]] building in Groundwell, [[Swindon]].<ref name="TWINE: Swindon" /> The exterior of the oil pipeline was filmed in [[Cwm Dyli]], [[Snowdonia]], Wales, while the production teams shot the oil pipeline explosion in [[Hankley Common]], [[Elstead]], Surrey. The production also visited [[Istanbul]], Turkey; the scenes of villain Elektra King's [[Baku]] villa were filmed in the city, and the famous [[Maiden's Tower]] was used for the hideout of the second villain Renard. The underwater submarine scenes were filmed in the Bahamas.<ref name="Making TWINE" />

David Arnold returned to score the music for ''The World Is Not Enough''—the second Bond soundtrack he composed;<ref name="Allmusic TWINE" /> [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] sang the title song.{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=238}} For his work on the film, Arnold won an [[Ivor Novello Award]].{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=226}}

====''Die Another Day'' (2002)====
[[Lee Tamahori]] was hired to direct ''[[Die Another Day]]''; Barbara Broccoli admired his film ''[[Once Were Warriors]]'', calling it "a phenomenal piece of filmmaking".{{sfn|Priggé|2004|p=27}} Broccoli noted that she and Wilson "sensed his genuine enthusiasm for Bond. It was simply great chemistry. Lee was the right guy and we were very, very lucky to get him".{{sfn|Priggé|2004|p=27}} Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned and began work in the summer of 2000 with the producers. They used a premise from Fleming's novel ''Moonraker'' as a basis, that of an industrialist villain who had two identities.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=308}} With the planned release of the film being in the 40th anniversary year of the Bond film series, Tamahori named the Hong Kong hotel seen in the film the "Rubyeon Royale", for Eon's ruby anniversary, as well as Fleming's first novel, ''Casino Royale''.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=308}}

Second unit filming started on Christmas Day 2001{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=308}} with [[Laird Hamilton]], [[Dave Kalama]] and [[Darrick Doerner]] performing the surfing scene at the surf break known as Jaws in [[Peahi, Hawaii|Pe{{okina}}ahi, Maui]];<ref name="HonAd: surf" /> the shore shots were later taken near [[Cádiz|Cádiz, Spain]] and [[Newquay|Newquay, Cornwall]].{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=282}} Principal photography of ''Die Another Day'' began on 11 January 2002 at Pinewood studios.<ref name="D Tel: Brosnan" /> The film was shot primarily in the United Kingdom, [[Iceland]], and Cádiz. Filming in the UK took place at the [[Eden Project]],<ref name="BBC: Eden" /> the [[Reform Club]]<ref name="NS: DAD" /> and Pinewood Studios' 007 Stage, with the sets by production designer Peter Lamont, which included the ice palace.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=308}} During June seven separate units were filming, including underwater, aerial and miniature;{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=309}} principal photography finished on 9 July, in time for the premiere in London on 20 November 2002.{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=230}}{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=309}}

The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold,{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=230}} while the title song "[[Die Another Day (song)|Die Another Day]]" was written and performed by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], who also had a [[cameo appearance]] in the film as a fencing instructor.{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=309}} ''Die Another Day'' had a budget of $142&nbsp;million and earned $431.9&nbsp;million at the box office.{{sfn|Block|Autrey Wilson|2010|p=429}}

====''Casino Royale'' (2006)====
[[File:Paul Haggis by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Paul Haggis]], who co-wrote the scripts for [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|''Casino Royale'']] and ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'']]
In 1999 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer obtained the rights to the 1967 film ''Casino Royale'' from [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] for $10&nbsp;million in the out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit. The case was brought by MGM after Sony had announced a deal with Kevin McClory to produce a third version of the ''Thunderball'' novel, for which McClory held the film rights. McClory had previously acted as producer with Eon on ''Thunderball'' and had licensed his rights for the production of ''Never Say Never Again'' in 1983.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=213}}<ref name="NYT: CR" /> In 2004, following severe financial troubles, MGM was itself acquired by a consortium backed by Sony for $5 billion.<ref name="CNN: Sony & MGM" />

[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|''Casino Royale'']] [[Reboot (fiction)|reboots]] the series, establishing a new timeline and narrative framework not meant to precede or succeed any previous ''Bond'' film.<ref name="D Tel: reboot" /><ref name="IGN: reboot" /> Barbara Broccoli stated that "For years, my father wanted to make ''Casino Royale''—it's the Holy Grail&nbsp;... We wanted to make a tougher film, the way it should have been made years ago".{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=236}} Fellow producer Michael G. Wilson agreed, commenting "We felt the last film was too fantastical, so we decided to go back to the basics and update".{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=236}} Neal Purvis and Robert Wade began writing a screenplay at the end of February 2004, while Pierce Brosnan was still Bond.<ref name="Empire: CR script" /> [[Paul Haggis]] was brought in later, and his main contribution included rewriting the climax of the film. He explained that "the draft that was there was very faithful to the book and there was a confession, so in the original draft the character confessed and killed herself. She then sent Bond to chase after the villains; Bond chased the villains into the house. I don't know why but I thought that [[Vesper Lynd|Vesper [Lynd]]] had to be in the sinking house and Bond has to want to kill her and then try and save her".<ref name="Guardian: Lawson" /> In February 2005 Martin Campbell was announced as the film's director and the next Bond film was revealed to be ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'', although the identity of the new Bond was still unknown;<ref name="BBC: Campbell & CR" /> the producers had chosen not to renew Pierce Brosnan's contract, and in October Eon announced that the part of Bond would be taken by [[Daniel Craig]].<ref name="Guardian: Craig" />{{sfn|Life Magazine|2012|p=67}}

Principal photography for ''Casino Royale'' commenced on 3 January 2006. The film was primarily shot at [[Barrandov Studios]] in Prague, with additional location shooting in the Bahamas, Italy and the United Kingdom. The shoot concluded at Pinewood Studios on 20 July 2006.<ref name="JB 4 Real" /><ref name="H Rep: Craig" /> In the Bahamas filming took place at [[Paradise Island]]<ref name="Indep: Paradise" /> and Albany House, an estate owned by golfers [[Ernie Els]] and [[Tiger Woods]].<ref name="Els: Albany" /> Footage set in [[Mbale]], Uganda, was filmed at [[Black Park]], a Country Park in [[Buckinghamshire]],<ref name="D Tel: Blk Prk" /> with further UK location shooting taking place at the [[Dunsfold Aerodrome]] in Surrey and the Millbrook Vehicle Proving Ground in [[Bedfordshire]].<ref name="CR: Location" />

For many of the effects in the film, Special Effects and Miniature Effects Supervisor [[Chris Corbould]] used a more realistic style of film making and significantly reduced digital effects compared with previous Bond films. Corbould noted that, "CGI is a great tool and can be very useful, but I will fight to the tooth and nail to do something for real. It's the best way to go".<ref name="JB 4 Real" /> Corbould used the 007 stage at Pinewood for the sinking of the Venetian house at the climax of the film, which featured the largest rig ever built for a Bond film.<ref name="JB 4 Real" /> ''Casino Royale'' featured music composed by David Arnold, his fourth soundtrack for the Bond film series. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 26 July 2006 that [[Chris Cornell]] would perform the title song, entitled "[[You Know My Name]]", which he co-wrote with Arnold.<ref name="CR Song" />

====''Quantum of Solace'' (2008)====
In July 2006, as ''Casino Royale'' entered post-production, Eon Productions announced that the next film would be based on an original idea by producer Michael G. Wilson.<ref name="HR: launch" /> In June 2007 [[Marc Forster]] was confirmed as director.<ref name="HR: Forster" /> He was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond film fan through the years, and that he would not have accepted the project had he not seen ''Casino Royale'' prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing that because travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character.<ref name="NYT: Inner Bond" /> Forster found ''Casino Royale''{{'}}s 144-minute running time too long, and wanted his follow-up to be "tight and fast&nbsp;... like a bullet".<ref name=bullet />

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned as screenwriters and completed a draft of the script by April 2007;<ref name="Var: Barbarella" /> Paul Haggis also worked on the script, completing it two hours before the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]] officially began.<ref name="NYT: Inner Bond" /> Further work on the script had to be undertaken by Forster and Daniel Craig, who said later, "We had the bare bones of a script and then there was a writers' strike and there was nothing we could do. We couldn't employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, 'Never again', but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes – and a writer I am not".<ref name="TO: Craig" /> Craig also admitted that the film was not initially meant to be a sequel, but it became one because of the re-writes undertaken by him and Forster.<ref name="TO: Craig" /> Haggis located his draft's climax in the [[Swiss Alps]],<ref name="empire: QoS" /> but Forster wanted the action sequences to allude to the four [[classical element]]s of earth, water, air and fire.<ref name="variety: QoS" /> Michael G. Wilson decided on the film's title ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' only "a few days" before its announcement on 24 January 2008.<ref name=bbctitle /> Forster hired [[Dennis Gassner]] as production designer, replacing Peter Lamont.<ref name="Arch D: Gassner" />{{sfn|Cork|Stutz|2007|p=295}}

''Quantum of Solace'' was shot in six countries, including Italy (Talamone and Siena), Chile (the [[Paranal Observatory]]), Austria (Bregenz), Mexico, Panama and the UK.<ref name=artfilm /><ref name="D Tel: LA" /> In the UK interior and exterior airport scenes were filmed at [[Farnborough Airfield]] and the snowy closing scenes were filmed at the Bruneval Barracks in [[Aldershot]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Connop Price |first=Rebecca |url=http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2038353_barracks_and_airport_provide_location_for_bond_film |title=Barracks and airport provide location for Bond film |date=30 October 2008 |work=Get Hampshire |access-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913050519/http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2038353_barracks_and_airport_provide_location_for_bond_film |archive-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> as well as ten stages at Pinewood and two theatres for [[Automated Dialogue Replacement|ADR]] work.<ref name="PW: QoS" /> David Arnold, who composed the scores for the previous four Bond films, returned for ''Quantum of Solace''. He said that Forster likes to work very closely with his composers and that, in comparison to the accelerated schedule he was tied to on ''Casino Royale'', the intention was to spend a long time scoring the film to "really work it out". He also said he would be "taking a different approach" with the score.<ref name="S&S int" /> [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]] and [[Alicia Keys]] collaborated on "[[Another Way to Die]]", the first Bond music duet.<ref name="Billboard: White & Keys" />

====''Skyfall'' (2012)====
The production of ''[[Skyfall]]'' was suspended throughout 2010 because of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer#Attempted sale and bankruptcy protection|MGM's financial troubles]].<ref name="BBC: MGM" /> Eon resumed pre-production following MGM's exit from bankruptcy on 21 December 2010, and in January 2011 the film was given official approval, with production scheduled to start in late 2011.<ref name="BBC: Approval" /> The film's budget is estimated to be between $150&nbsp;million<ref name="harlow1" /> and $200&nbsp;million,<ref name="BOM:Skyfall" /> compared to the $200&nbsp;million spent on ''[[Quantum of Solace]]''.<ref name="200m-Quantum" />

''Skyfall'' was directed by [[Sam Mendes]], who first signed on to the project shortly after ''Quantum of Solace'' was released and remained on board as a consultant during the period of uncertainty surrounding MGM's financial situation. Speculation in the media suggested that Mendes had commissioned rewrites of the script to "[remove] action scenes in favour of 'characterful performances'", with the intention of bidding for an Academy Award.<ref name="TF: Oscar" /> Mendes denied the reports, stating that the film's planned action scenes were an important part of the overall film.<ref name="Conference recording" />

The script was written by Bond screenwriting regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, as well as [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]].<ref name="BBC: Skyfall announce" /> [[Roger Deakins]] signed on as cinematographer, while Dennis Gassner returned as production designer.<ref name="Time: Skyfall" /> [[Thomas Newman]], who worked with Sam Mendes as composer for ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'', ''[[Road to Perdition]]'', ''[[Jarhead (film)|Jarhead]]'' and ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'', replaced David Arnold as composer;<ref name="Empire:SF sound" /> British singer-songwriter [[Adele]] co-wrote and recorded [[Skyfall (Adele song)|the film's theme song]] with her regular songwriter, [[Paul Epworth]].<ref name="Adele theme" />

Principal photography was scheduled to take 133 days<ref name="Hollywood:Skyfall" /> and began on 7 November 2011 in and around London.<ref name="Conference recording" /> Production moved to Turkey in April 2012,<ref name="April 2012" /> with parts of Istanbul—including the [[Spice Bazaar, Istanbul|Spice Bazaar]], [[New Mosque (Istanbul)|Yeni Camii]], the [[Istanbul Main Post Office|Main Post Office]], [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Sultanahmet Square]] and the [[Grand Bazaar, Istanbul|Grand Bazaar]]—closed for filming in April.<ref name="April 2012" /> Filming also took place in Shanghai.<ref name="Conference recording" /> Although set in Scotland, Bond's family home of Skyfall was constructed on Hankley Common in Surrey<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lefley |first=Jack |title=Blown Skyfall High |date=26 March 2012 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |location=London |page=11}}</ref> using plywood and plaster to build a full-scale model of the building,<ref name="Herald: Skyfall" /> with some exterior scenes shot in [[Glen Etive]] and [[Glencoe, Scotland|Glencoe]].<ref name="BBC: Etive" />

====''Spectre'' (2015)====
[[File:Daniel Craig, producer Barbara Broccoli, actress Naomie Harris and actor Christoph Waltz - Film Premiere "Spectre" 007 (22547549736).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Daniel Craig (James Bond), producer Barbara Broccoli, actress Naomie Harris (Moneypenny) and actor Christoph Waltz (Blofeld) at the premiere for ''Spectre''.]]

In September 2012 it was announced that Craig had signed to the role of Bond for the following two films, the first of which was ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'', funded by MGM and Sony.<ref name="Bond 24" /> In March 2013 Mendes announced he would not return to direct the next film in the series,<ref name="noMendes">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21687612 |title=Sam Mendes "won't direct" next Bond |date=6 March 2013 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=6 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="EmpireMendes">{{Cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36712 |title=Sam Mendes Won't Direct Bond 24 |last=de Semlyen |first=Phil |date=6 March 2013 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=6 March 2013}}</ref> although he later decided to return.<ref name="MendesLogan to return">{{Cite web |url=http://www.007.com/bond-24-news-2/ |title=Sam Mendes Returns to Direct |date=11 July 2013 |publisher=[[Eon Productions]] |access-date=11 July 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502091055/http://www.007.com/bond-24-news-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In July 2013 it was revealed that [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] would also return as writer, while in October 2014 it was announced that [[Léa Seydoux]] would play a [[Bond girl]] in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/move-over-rihanna-actress-la-seydoux-is-the-new-bond-girl-30657305.html |title=Move over Rihanna, actress Léa Seydoux is the new Bond girl |date=12 October 2014 |website=The Independent |access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="bond">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/news/culture-club/2014/10/lea-seydoux-is-the-new-bond-girl/ |title=Léa Seydoux is the new Bond girl |date=13 October 2014 |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]] Australia |access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> Filming started in December 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-24-report-20140913-start-date-confirmed |title=Start Date Confirmed |date=15 September 2014 |publisher=MI6 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> and the film was released into cinemas on 26 October 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.007.com/bond24-announcement/ |title=Bond 24 Announcement |date=3 December 2014 |publisher=Eon Productions |access-date=15 December 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208164742/http://www.007.com/bond24-announcement/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===={{anchor|No Time to Die}} ''No Time to Die'' (2021)====
''[[No Time to Die]]'', the twenty-fifth film in the Eon series, entered development in early 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/bond-25-updates/ |title=Director Sam Mendes Won't Be Back For Bond 25 |date=9 November 2015 |publisher=Slashfilm.com |access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref> Sony Pictures' contract to co-produce the series with MGM and Eon expired with the release of ''Spectre'' and the distribution rights to theatrically release the upcoming film were up for negotiation,<ref name="deadline.com" /><ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |last=Brooks Barnes |url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/business/media/james-bond-sony-mgm-eon-productions.html |title=Five Studios' Mission: Winning the Distribution Rights to James Bond |date=20 April 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> until MGM announced a new international distribution agreement with Universal Pictures in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perry |first=Spencer |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/948455-eon-and-mgm-partner-with-universal-for-bond-25-release |title=EON and MGM Partner with Universal for Bond 25 Release |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=25 May 2018 |publisher=ComingSoon.Net}}</ref> As part of the agreement, Universal handled the international and home video distribution for the film, while MGM retains the theatrical, digital, and television rights in the United States. The film was theatrically distributed by [[United Artists Releasing]], the former joint venture between MGM and [[Annapurna Pictures]].

In March 2017 Purvis and Wade were hired as co-screenwriters; that August, Craig was announced to be reprising his role as Bond.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/16/media/daniel-craig-james-bond-stephen-colbert/index.html |title=Daniel Craig confirms return as James Bond |last=Pallota |first=Frank |date=16 August 2017 |website=CNN Money |access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref> In March 2018 [[Danny Boyle]] signed on as director, for an original story co-written with [[John Hodge (screenwriter)|John Hodge]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/james-bond-danny-boyle-john-hodge-daniel-craig-bond-25-queen-elizabeth-ii-mgm-trainspotting-1202298157/ |title=How A Danny Boyle-Directed James Bond Film Could Happen: Think 'Trainspotting' Reunion |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=21 February 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/danny-boyle-james-bond-25-film-directing-writing-next-movie-daniel-craig-a8257456.html |title=The writer and director of the latest Bond movie has been revealed |date=2018-03-15 |work=The Independent |access-date=2018-03-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref> That August, Boyle stepped down as director and co-writer because of creative differences;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Couch |first=Aaron |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jame-bond-25-loses-director-danny-boyle-1136378 |title=Danny Boyle Exits Next James Bond Film as Director |date=21 August 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> Hodge later left the project for similar reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1007348/James-Bond-25-screenwriter-John-Hodge-Daniel-Craig-Danny-Boyle |title=''Bond 25'' Screenwriter John Hodge QUITS After Danny Boyle: Will Daniel Craig Walk Too? |last=Simpson |first=George |date=23 August 2018 |website=Daily Express |access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> By November, [[Paul Haggis]] had completed a rewrite of Purvis and Wade's draft of the script.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thegww.com/exclusive-paul-haggis-has-contributed-to-the-bond-25-script/ |title=Exclusive: Paul Haggis Has Contributed To The ''Bond 25'' Script |last=Polito |first=Thomas |date=1 January 2019 |website=OmegaUnderground |publisher=GWW |access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> In February 2019, it was confirmed that [[Scott Z. Burns]] was hired to rewrite an overhaul of the script.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/exclusive-scott-z-burns-bond-25-20190216/|title = Scott Z. Burns Hired to Rewrite 'Bond 25' for Director Cary Fukunaga &#91;Exclusive&#93;}}</ref>

In the search for a new director, the studio was reportedly considering [[Christopher McQuarrie]], [[Jean-Marc Vallée]], [[Edgar Wright]], [[David Mackenzie (director)|David Mackenzie]], [[S. J. Clarkson]], [[Bart Layton]], and [[Yann Demange]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bond-25-director-danny-boyle-replacement-1202927240/ |title=''Bond 25'': Inside the Search for Danny Boyle's Replacement (EXCLUSIVE) |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=5 September 2018 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media]] |access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bond-25-release-date-danny-boyle-1202915388/ |title=''Bond 25'': With Danny Boyle's Exit, the Latest 007 Could Miss Its Release Date |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |last2=Kroll |first2=Justin |date=23 August 2018 |website=Variety |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/bond-25-2019-release-date-jean-marc-vallee-david-mackenzie-yann-demange-daniel-craig-1202451415/ |title=''Bond 25'' Hasn't Moved Off 2019 Release Date ... Yet |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=23 August 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> But in September 2018, [[Cary Joji Fukunaga]] was announced as the film's director, the first American director of the Eon series.

Production was initially scheduled to begin on 3 December 2018<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/james-bond-25-universal-pictures-international-mgm-annapurna-daniel-craig-danny-boyle-john-hodge-1202397905 |title=James Bond 25 Sets Distribution: Universal Wins International, MGM Releases Domestic Through Annapurna Joint Venture |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=25 May 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> with a 25 October 2019 release date.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.007.com/bond-25-announcement-2/ |title=Bond 25 Announcement: Director, writer, distributor and production start date revealed |date=25 May 2018 |website=Eon |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525152450/http://www.007.com/bond-25-announcement-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, production finally began in late March 2019 in [[Nittedal]], Norway<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-25-filming-norway1?id=04466 |title=Norway Filming |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=13 April 2019 |website=MI6HQ}}</ref> with its release date set for November 2019. It was originally set to release on 8 April 2020,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/james-bond-25-director-cary-joji-fukunaga-daniel-craig-007-1202467247/ |title='Bond 25' Gets Cary Joji Fukunaga As New Director For 007 Daniel Craig |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bond-25-moved-back-april-2020-1203141557/ |title=Bond 25 Moved Back Two Months to April 2020 |date=15 February 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/bond-25-to-shoot-on-location-in-jamaica-190330 |title=Bond 25 to shoot on location in Jamaica |date=30 March 2019 |access-date=13 April 2019 |website=MI6HQ}}</ref> but was eventually pushed back to 30 September 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Sam |date=24 February 2021 |title=No Time to Die confirms earlier release date in the UK |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35610606/no-time-to-die-release-date-uk-2021-james-bond/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185527/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a35610606/no-time-to-die-release-date-uk-2021-james-bond/ |archive-date=26 May 2021 |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

A report on the launch of the film on 25 April 2019 stated that [[Rami Malek]] had joined the cast as the villain. By that time, Daniel Craig had made it clear that this would be his final role as Bond. This film will begin with Bond no longer on active service and living in Jamaica, until Leiter requests his assistance in rescuing a kidnapped scientist. The final script was written by Purvis and Wade with the involvement of Scott Z. Burns and [[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]]. Parts of the film were to be undertaken in Jamaica, where much of the cast was present for the official announcement for Bond 25; other planned shooting locations included [[Matera]], Italy, Norway and London, with interiors to be shot at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/dates-for-shooting-in-italy-confirmed-by-local-press-190407 |title=Dates for shooting in Italy confirmed by local press |date=7 April 2019 |access-date=13 April 2019 |website=MI6HQ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.apnews.com/eb5f7252a1a246dfa941e0c5e3d4a974 |title=Bond 25 launches in Jamaica |date=25 April 2019 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 April 2019 |quote=Returning cast members include Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris. Production will begin Sunday.}}</ref>

====Future====
As of 2023, casting for a new actor to portray James Bond is underway.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a37924660/next-james-bond-007-actors/ |title=Who Will Be the Next James Bond? |date=3 January 2023 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref>

===Core crew===
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|+ Core crew on the Eon Productions film series<!--Do ''not'' add the 1967 Casino Royale or Never Say Never Again to this list. They are non-Eon films and are listed in the non-Eon films list below!-->
|-
! scope="col" | [[Number|{{black|1={{abbr|No.|Number}}}}]]
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Producer(s)
! scope="col" | Writer(s)
! scope="col" | Composer
! scope="col" | Produc{{shy}}tion or art designer
! scope="col" | Editor or super{{shy}}vising editor
! scope="col" | Cinema{{shy}}to{{shy}}gra{{shy}}pher(s)
! scope="col" | Title designer
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
|''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]], [[Johanna Harwood]] & [[Berkely Mather]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Monty Norman]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
|''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]] & [[Johanna Harwood]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Syd Cain]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Robert Brownjohn]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''3'''
|''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Guy Hamilton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]] & [[Paul Dehn]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Robert Brownjohn]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
|''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Kevin McClory]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]] & [[John Hopkins (screenwriter)|John Hopkins]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
|''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lewis Gilbert]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Roald Dahl]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Freddie Young]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''6'''
|''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Syd Cain]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael Reed (cinematographer)|Michael Reed]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''7'''
|''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Guy Hamilton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]] & [[Tom Mankiewicz]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Bert Bates]] & [[John W. Holmes (film editor)|John W. Holmes]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''8'''
|''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Guy Hamilton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Tom Mankiewicz]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[George Martin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Syd Cain]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Bert Bates]], John Shirley & [[Raymond Poulton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''9'''
|''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Guy Hamilton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Harry Saltzman]] & [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Richard Maibaum]] & [[Tom Mankiewicz]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Murton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|John Shirley & [[Raymond Poulton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ted Moore]]<br /> & [[Oswald Morris]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lewis Gilbert]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Marvin Hamlisch]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Claude Renoir]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
|''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lewis Gilbert]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christopher Wood]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Ken Adam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jean Tournier]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
|''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Bill Conti]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|John Grover
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Alan Hume]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
|''[[Octopussy]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[George MacDonald Fraser]], [[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|John Grover (sup.), Peter Davies, Henry Richardson
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Alan Hume]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''14'''
|''[[A View to a Kill]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]] & [[Michael G. Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Peter Davies
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Alan Hume]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''15'''
|''[[The Living Daylights]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]] & [[Michael G. Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|John Grover & Peter Davies
| style="text-align:center;"|Alec Mills
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''16'''
|''[[Licence to Kill]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Albert R. Broccoli]] & [[Michael G. Wilson]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Richard Maibaum]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael Kamen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|John Grover
| style="text-align:center;"|Alec Mills
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Maurice Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''17'''
|''[[GoldenEye]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Martin Campbell]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael France]], [[Jeffrey Caine]], [[Kevin Wade]] & [[Bruce Feirstein]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Éric Serra]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Terry Rawlings]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Phil Méheux]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''18'''
|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Roger Spottiswoode]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Bruce Feirstein]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Arnold]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Allan Cameron
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michel Arcand]] & [[Dominique Fortin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Robert Elswit]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''19'''
|''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael Apted]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]] & [[Bruce Feirstein]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Arnold]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Adrian Biddle]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''20'''
|''[[Die Another Day]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lee Tamahori]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Arnold]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Christian Wagner]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Tattersall]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''21'''
|''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Martin Campbell]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]] & [[Paul Haggis]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Arnold]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter Lamont]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Stuart Baird]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Phil Méheux]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''22'''
|''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Marc Forster]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Paul Haggis]] and [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[David Arnold]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Dennis Gassner]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Matt Chessé]] & [[Richard Pearson (film editor)|Rick Pearson]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Roberto Schaefer]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[MK12]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''23'''
|''[[Skyfall]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Sam Mendes]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]] & [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Thomas Newman]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Dennis Gassner]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Stuart Baird]] & Kate Baird
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Roger Deakins]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''24'''
|''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Sam Mendes]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] & [[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]] & [[Jez Butterworth]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Thomas Newman]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Dennis Gassner]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Hoyte van Hoytema]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|'''25'''
|''[[No Time to Die]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Cary Joji Fukunaga]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael G. Wilson]] & [[Barbara Broccoli]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Neal Purvis and Robert Wade|Neal Purvis, Robert Wade]], Cary Joji Fukunaga & [[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Hans Zimmer]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Mark Tildesley
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Elliot Graham]] & [[Tom Cross (film editor)|Tom Cross]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Linus Sandgren]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/bond-25-cary-fukunaga-recruits-damien-chazelles-oscar-winning-cinematographer-1202025999/ |title=Bond 25: Cary Fukunaga Recruits Damien Chazelle's Oscar-Winning Cinematographer |last=Sharf |first=Zack |website=IndieWire |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Kleinman]]
|}</div>

==Non-Eon films==
===Charles K. Feldman (1967)===
In March 1955 Ian Fleming sold the film rights of his novel ''Casino Royale'' to producer [[Gregory Ratoff]] for $6,000{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=11}} (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|6000|1955}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars).{{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} In 1956 Ratoff set up a production company with [[Michael Garrison (producer)|Michael Garrison]] to produce ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''; Ratoff died in December 1960.<ref name="D Tel: Lost script" /> After Ratoff's death, producer [[Charles K. Feldman]] represented Ratoff's widow and obtained the rights to film.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=56}}

====''Casino Royale'' (1967)====
[[File:Burt Bacharach 1972.JPG|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Burt Bacharach]], who scored the 1967 film ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'']]
Production on [[Casino Royale (1967 film)|''Casino Royale'']] was troubled and chaotic,{{sfn|Walker|1981|p=146}} with five different directors being credited for helming different segments of the film: [[Ken Hughes]], [[John Huston]], [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]], [[Robert Parrish]] and [[Val Guest]]. In addition, stunt director [[Richard Talmadge]] was uncredited as co-director of the final sequence.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=63–64}} [[Ben Hecht]] was originally commissioned by Feldman as writer, and he provided a serious interpretation of Fleming's source novel, before it was decided to turn the film into a comedy.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=56}} Three main screenwriters then worked on the project—Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, and [[Michael Sayers]]—and a further nine people provided uncredited additional material.<ref name="BFI: CR67" /> Problems arose on set between [[Peter Sellers]] and director Joseph McGrath{{sfn|Lewis|1995|p=690}} and between Sellers and [[Orson Welles]]. Sellers eventually demanded that he and Welles should not share the same set.{{sfn|Walker|1981|p=148}} Sellers left the film before his part was complete. A further agent's part was then written for [[Terence Cooper]], to cover Sellers' departure,{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=252}}{{efn|Various theories have been given about the animosity between the two actors, including Sellers trying to get Welles to laugh and Welles not responding; Sellers hearing a young woman comment that Welles was sexy; Sellers' comments about Welles' weight being objected to; and Sellers' jealousy at Welles' friendship with [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]], who was also a friend of Sellers.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=31}} Sellers' biographer Peter Evans declared that, "the real reason for this&nbsp;... hostility is still uncertain",{{sfn|Evans|1980|p=130}} while another biographer, [[Ed Sikov]] commented that others were as much to blame for problems with the film.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=252}}}} while re-writes, additional filming and post-production cutting compensated for the missing actor.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|pp=60–61}} Principal photography started on 11 January 1966 and was scheduled to take up to 26 weeks.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=58}} Because of the delays and chaotic nature of the filming process, it finally finished ten months later in November.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=64}}

Feldman asked [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]] to provide the music for the film; David worked for a few months completing his part, while Bacharach took nearly two years.{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=61}} The pair produced the song "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]", which was sung by [[Dusty Springfield]].{{sfn|Burlingame|2012|p=64}} [[Columbia Pictures]] approved a production budget of $6&nbsp;million for the film,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=58}} although this rose to $12&nbsp;million at the end of production.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=64}} The film performed well, with box office returns of $41.7&nbsp;million.<ref name="Numbers: CR67" />

===Jack Schwartzman (1983)===
''Never Say Never Again'' had its origins in the early 1960s following the controversy over the 1961 ''Thunderball'' novel, which led to Kevin McClory becoming producer of the Eon Productions film of [[#Kevin McClory (1965)|the same name]].{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=213}} Part of the agreement between McClory and Eon was that McClory would not make any further version of the novel for a period of ten years following the release of the 1965 ''Thunderball''.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=184}}

In the mid-1970s McClory again started working on a project to bring a ''Thunderball'' adaptation to production and, with the working title ''Warhead'' (a.k.a. ''James Bond of the Secret Service''){{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=184}} he brought writer [[Len Deighton]] together with Sean Connery to work on a script.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=152}} The script ran into difficulties after accusations from Eon Productions that the project had gone beyond copyright restrictions, which confined McClory to a film based on the ''Thunderball'' novel only, and once again the project was deferred.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=184}} Towards the end of the 1970s developments were reported on the project under the name ''James Bond of the Secret Service'',{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=184}} but then producer [[Jack Schwartzman]] became involved and cleared a number of the legal issues that still surrounded the project and licensed the rights from McClory.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|Worrall|1998|p=213}}{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=153}}

====''Never Say Never Again'' (1983)====
With Connery still committed to the project,{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=154}} producer Jack Schwartzman asked him to play Bond: Connery accepted, asking for and receiving a fee of $3 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3|1983}}}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars),{{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} a percentage of the profits, as well as casting, script and director approval.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=154}} Schwartzman then brought on board scriptwriter [[Lorenzo Semple Jr.]]{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=240}} to work on the screenplay. Connery was unhappy with some aspects of the work and asked British television writers [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]<ref name="BFI: C&LF" /> to undertake re-writes, although they went uncredited for their efforts because of a restriction by the Writers Guild of America.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=155}}

The former Eon Productions editor and director of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', Peter Hunt, was approached to direct the film but declined due to his previous work with Eon.<ref name="retro news" /> [[Irvin Kershner]], who had achieved success in 1980 with ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', was then hired. A number of the crew from the 1981 film ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' were also appointed, including first assistant director [[David Tomblin]]; [[Cinematographer|director of photography]] [[Douglas Slocombe]] and production designers Philip Harrison and [[Stephen B. Grimes|Stephen Grimes]].{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=243}}{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=197}}
[[File:Lorenzo Semple Jr.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Lorenzo Semple Jr.]], who wrote the screenplay for ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'']]
Filming for ''Never Say Never Again'' began on 27 September 1982 on the [[French Riviera]] for two months{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=155}} before moving to Nassau, the Bahamas in mid-November{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=240}} where filming took place at Clifton Pier, which was also one of the locations used in ''Thunderball''.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=156}} The Spanish city of [[Almería]] was also used as a location.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Villain Maximillian Largo's Palmyran fortress was actually historic [[Fort Carré]] in [[Antibes]].{{sfn|Reeves|2001|p=134}} Principal photography finished at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] where interior shots were filmed.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=156}} Elstree also housed the "Tears of Allah" underwater cavern, which took three months to construct.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=156}} Most of the filming was completed in the spring of 1983, although there was some additional shooting during the summer of 1983.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=240}}

Production on the film was troubled{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=199}} with Connery taking on many of the production duties with assistant director David Tomblin.{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=156}} Director Irvin Kershner was critical of producer Jack Schwartzman, saying that whilst he was a good businessman "he didn't have the experience of a film producer".{{sfn|Barnes|Hearn|2001|p=156}} After the production ran out of money, Schwartzman had to fund further production out of his own pocket and later admitted he had underestimated the amount the film would cost to make.{{sfn|Smith|Lavington|2002|p=199}}

The music for ''Never Say Never Again'' was written by [[Michel Legrand]].<ref name="film score" /> Legrand also wrote the main theme "Never Say Never Again", which featured lyrics by [[Alan Bergman|Alan]] and [[Marilyn Bergman]]—who had also worked with Legrand in the Academy Award-winning song "[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]"<ref name="Oscar 1968" />—and was performed by [[Lani Hall]].{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=243}}

Fleming's estate, financially backed by Eon Productions and MGM,{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=199}} made a final attempt to block the film in the High Courts in London in the spring of 1983, but this was thrown out by the court and ''Never Say Never Again'' was permitted to proceed.{{sfn|Chapman|2009|p=185}} When ''Never Say Never Again'' was released, it grossed $9.72 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|9.72|1983}}}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars){{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} on its first weekend,<ref name="Hanauer (1983)" /> which was reported to be "the best opening record of any ''James Bond'' film"<ref name="Hanauer (1983)" /> up to that point and surpassing ''Octopussy''{{'}}s $8.9 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|8.9|1983}}}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars){{inflation/fn|US|df=yes}} from June that year.<ref name="BOM: Octo" /> From its budget of $36&nbsp;million, ''Never Say Never Again'' grossed $160&nbsp;million.<ref name="Numbers.com" />

==== Cancelled sequel and reboot ====
Schwartzman had the option to license the film rights for a sequel to ''Never Say Never Again'' from McClory for $5 million.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Never Say Never Again|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58025-NEVER-SAYNEVERAGAIN?sid=614d95d7-1e31-40d2-a4ce-0972a070ac9f&sr=16.189444&cp=1&pos=0|access-date=2021-06-09|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> McClory even announced the planned next film ''S.P.E.C.T.R.E'' in February 1984 with a full page advertisement in ''[[Screen International]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Acevedo2015-10-29T13:02:00+00:00|first=Violet|title=James Bond's abandoned 'SPECTRE' mission from 1984|url=https://www.screendaily.com/james-bonds-abandoned-spectre-mission-from-1984/5096117.article|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Screen|language=en}}</ref> However, Schwartzman decided against producing a second film when Sean Connery refused to work with him again as Bond.<ref name=":0" />

McClory attempted to produce another ''Thunderball'' adaptation as ''Warhead 2000 AD'' following the success of ''GoldenEye'' in 1995.<ref name="Rye (2006)" /><ref name="NYP: Warhead" /> [[Liam Neeson]] and Timothy Dalton were considered for 007,{{sfn|Sellers|2008|p=232}} while [[Roland Emmerich]] and [[Dean Devlin]] were developing the film at [[Columbia Pictures]]. MGM launched a $25 million lawsuit against Sony, and McClory claimed a portion of the $3 billion profits from the ''Bond'' series. After a prolonged lawsuit, Sony backed down, and McClory eventually exhausted all legal avenues to pursue. As part of the settlement, MGM paid $10&nbsp;million for the rights to ''Casino Royale'', which had come into Sony's possession.<ref name="lost Bond" />

===Lisa Osborne (2012)===
====''Happy and Glorious'' (2012)====
Daniel Craig played Bond in a short film, ''Happy and Glorious'', produced by Lisa Osborne for the [[BBC]] and directed by [[Danny Boyle]] as part of the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics]] in London. In the film Bond is summoned to [[Buckingham Palace]] by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]—played by herself—and escorts her by helicopter to the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]],<ref name="brown20120727">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Nic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19018666 |title=How James Bond whisked the Queen to the Olympics |date=27 July 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> where they both jump from the helicopter into the stadium with [[Union Flag]] parachutes.

For the parachute jump, Bond and the Queen were played respectively by [[BASE jumping|BASE jumpers]] and [[stunt performer|stuntmen]] [[Mark Sutton]] and [[Gary Connery]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19031022 |title=London 2012: 'Amazing' to be Queen's stunt double |date=28 July 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> After the film was shown, the Queen entered the stadium via conventional means in the same outfit and formally opened the Games.<ref name="harish20120727">{{Cite news |last=Harish |first=Alon |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/olympics/2012-london-olympics-begin-uk-history-lesson-complete/story?id=16873552 |title=2012 London Olympics: Opening Ceremony Recounts British History – Then Rocks |date=27 July 2012 |work=[[ABC World News]] |access-date=27 July 2012 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Motifs in the James Bond film series]]
* [[List of recurring actors in the James Bond film series]]
* [[List of recurring characters in the James Bond film series]]
* [[List of James Bond films]]

==Notes and references==

===Notes===
{{notes|30em}}

===References===
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<ref name="Bond 24">
{{cite magazine|last=White|first=James|title=Daniel Craig Will Return As James Bond|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=35126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116193447/http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=35126|magazine=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]|archive-date=16 November 2012|date=9 September 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Economist: Potter">
{{cite news|title=Pottering on, and on|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/07/film-franchises|access-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=11 July 2011|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="bom-skyfall">
{{cite web|title=Skyfall|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bond23.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Numbers: Franchises">
{{cite web|title=Movie Franchises|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: LA">
{{cite news|last=Richardson|first=Nigel|title=Quantum of Solace: James Bond returns to Latin America|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/3209360/Quantum-of-Solace-James-Bond-returns-to-Latin-America.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/3209360/Quantum-of-Solace-James-Bond-returns-to-Latin-America.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=17 October 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="PW: QoS">
{{cite web|title=Quantum of Solace|url=http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/production/quantum-solace|publisher=[[Pinewood Studios]]|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name = "Billboard: White & Keys">
{{cite magazine | title = Alicia Keys, Jack White Team For Bond Theme |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = 29 July 2008 | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044639/alicia-keys-jack-white-team-for-bond-theme | access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="S&S int">
{{cite video | people=Tommy Pearson, [[David Arnold]] | date=November 2007 | title=Interview with David Arnold | url=http://www.stageandscreenonline.com/_Media/DavidArnoldPart3.mp3 | format=mp3 | medium=Audio interview | work=Stage and Screen Online | access-date=21 November 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911055431/http://www.stageandscreenonline.com/_Media/DavidArnoldPart3.mp3 | archive-date=11 September 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="Arch D: Gassner">
{{cite news|last=Whitlock|first=Cathy|title=The Best Sets From James Bond Movies|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/set-design/2012/james-bond-movie-set-design-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10#slide=10|access-date=20 November 2012|newspaper=[[Architectural Digest]]}}</ref>

<ref name="empire: QoS">
{{cite news|author=Ian Nathan|title=Quantum's Leap|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=October 2008|pages=82–90}}</ref>

<ref name="variety: QoS">
{{cite news|last= Thompson|first=Anne|title='Solace' offers thinking person's 007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=23 October 2008|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994573.html?categoryid=2508&cs=1|author-link=Anne Thompson (film critic)}}</ref>

<ref name=bbctitle>
{{cite news |title=New Bond film title is confirmed |work=[[BBC News]] |date=24 January 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7206997.stm |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref>

<ref name=artfilm>
{{cite news|author=Randee Dawn|title='Quantum' is Marc Forster's 007 art film|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=11 November 2008|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd02a01aebbd96a968|access-date=13 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113031127/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd02a01aebbd96a968|archive-date=13 November 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="TO: Craig">
{{cite web|last=Calhoun|first=Dave|title=Daniel Craig exclusive interview|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2002/daniel-craig-exclusive-interview|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|access-date=20 November 2012|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="HR: launch">
{{cite news |author= Tatiana Siegel and Borys Kit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002840141 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011120117/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002840141 |archive-date=11 October 2007|title= Roger Michell in Talks for Bond 22 |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= 17 July 2006 |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="HR: Forster">
{{cite news |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/forster-back-action-bond-22-139603 |title=Forster back in action with 'Bond 22' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=20 June 2007 |access-date=19 June 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183557/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003600629 |archive-date = 30 September 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT: Inner Bond">
{{cite news |author=Terrence Rafferty |title=A License to Pursue the Inner Bond |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 December 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/movies/09raff.html?_r=2&ref=movies&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Var: Barbarella">
{{cite news|author=Michael Fleming|title='Barbarella' back in action|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=11 April 2007|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962920.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|access-date=6 August 2007}}</ref>

<ref name=bullet>{{cite news|author=Alistair Harkness|title=A Quantum leap|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=30 October 2008|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/A-Quantum-leap.4643021.jp|access-date=21 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202175346/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/A-Quantum-leap.4643021.jp|archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="CR Song">
{{cite press release|first=Steve |last=Elzer |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2006/0004404210&EDATE= |title=Chris Cornell Has Written and Will Perform the Main Title Song for Casino Royale |publisher=Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group |date=26 July 2006 |access-date=26 July 2006}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: reboot">
{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8255072/Sam-Mendes-may-have-problems-directing-new-Bond-movie.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8255072/Sam-Mendes-may-have-problems-directing-new-Bond-movie.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | first=Tim | last=Robey | title=Sam Mendes may have problems directing new James Bond movie | date=12 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="IGN: reboot">
{{cite web|last=Otto|first=Jeff|title=IGN: Interview: Campbell on Casino Royale|url= https://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/10/19/interview-campbell-on-casino-royale |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc|date=19 October 2005|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="JB 4 Real">
{{cite video|title=James Bond: For Real |medium=DVD |publisher=Special Treats Productions |year=2006}}</ref>

<ref name="CR: Location">
{{Cite news|title=Blond, James Blond |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/11/08/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm |publisher=[[CNN]] |location=Atlanta|date=6 November 2006 |access-date=20 November 2012 | first=Paul R. | last=La Monica}}</ref>

<ref name="H Rep: Craig">
{{cite news|title=Craig gets license to kill: Brit to star as Bond in 'Royale'|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 October 2005|location=Los Angeles|page=245}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Blk Prk">
{{cite news|last=Alden|first=Chris|title=From Alfie to the Carry On films, Black Park in the South East has been the location of choice|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/728282/Visit-England.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/728282/Visit-England.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=11 May 2006|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="Indep: Paradise">
{{cite news|title=A hunk in trunks: (the image that was the making of a new Bond)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/a-hunk-in-trunks-the-the-image-that-was-the-making-of-a-new-bond-424743.html|access-date=20 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=18 November 2006|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="Els: Albany">
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<ref name="Empire: CR script">
{{cite web|title=Male Bonding|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=15659|work=Empire|publisher=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=20 November 2012|date=9 March 2004}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: Campbell & CR">
{{cite news|title=Casino Royale is next Bond movie|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4236467.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=4 February 2005|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="Guardian: Craig">
{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/14/film.filmnews |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |title=Daniel Craig confirmed as 006th screen Bond |access-date=13 November 2012 | date=14 October 2005}}</ref>

<ref name="CNN: Sony & MGM">
{{cite news|title=Sony nabs MGM for $5B, source says|url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/09/13/news/fortune500/twx_mgm/?cnn=yes|access-date=20 November 2012|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=14 September 2004|location=Atlanta}}</ref>

<ref name="NYT: CR">
{{cite news|last=Sterngold|first=James|title=The Media Business: Advertising; Sony Pictures, in an accord with MGM, drops its plan to produce new James Bond movies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/30/business/media-business-advertising-sony-pictures-accord-with-mgm-drops-its-plan-produce.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 March 1999|location=New York}}</ref>

<ref name="Guardian: Lawson">
{{Cite news|first=Mark |last=Lawson |author-link= Mark Lawson |title=Paul Haggis |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=4 December 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/dec/04/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank1}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: MGM">
{{cite news|title=James Bond film suspended amid MGM uncertainty|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8631245.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=20 April 2010|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: Approval">
{{cite news|title=New James Bond film starring Daniel Craig approved|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12168421|work=[[BBC News]]|date=11 January 2011|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="BOM:Skyfall">
{{cite web|title=Skyfall|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bond23.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="200m-Quantum">
 {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd02a01aebbd96a968|title='Quantum' is Marc Forster's 007 art film|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=11 November 2008|access-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113031127/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd02a01aebbd96a968|archive-date=13 November 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="harlow1">
{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/more-than-a-word-from-007s-sponsors/story-e6frg6so-1226047962752|title=More than a word from 007's sponsors|first=John|last=Harlow|work=[[The Australian]]|date=2 May 2011|access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="TF: Oscar">
{{cite magazine | url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/bond-23-axes-the-action-targets-an-oscar | title=Bond 23 axes the action, targets an Oscar | magazine=Total Film | date=25 October 2011 | access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Conference recording">
{{cite video | url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/james-bond-premieres-informations-officielles-sur-skyfall_a90482/1 | title=James Bond : Premières informations officielles sur Skyfall | publisher=Pure People | date=1 November 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: Skyfall announce">
{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12168421|title=New James Bond film starring Daniel Craig is announced|date=11 January 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Time: Skyfall">
{{cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|title=Skyfall: Bond and Bardem Go Boom|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/09/skyfall-bond-and-bardem-go-boom/|access-date=19 November 2012|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=9 November 2012|author-link=Richard Corliss|location=New York}}</ref>

<ref name="Hollywood:Skyfall">
{{cite news|title='Skyfall': Hollywood.com Visits the Set of Bond's Latest Mission|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Skyfall_James_Bond_Daniel_Craig_Set_Visit_Opening_Action_Scene_Istanbul_Turkey/25962390|first=Matt|last=Patches|work=[[Hollywood.com]]|date=1 May 2012|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="April 2012">
{{cite news|title=James Bond film crew to close part of Istanbul|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/james-bond-film-crew-to-close-part-of-istanbul.aspx?pageID=238&nID=17903&NewsCatID=381|work=[[Hürriyet Daily News]]|publisher=[[Doğan Holding]]|date=9 April 2012|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: Etive">
{{cite news|title=Glen Etive in new James Bond Skyfall teaser|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18143800|work=[[BBC News]]|date=21 May 2012|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="Empire:SF sound">
{{cite web|last=Hewitt|first=Chris|title=Thomas Newman On The Skyfall Soundtrack|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1578|work=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Adele theme">
{{cite news|last=Cochrane|first=Greg|title=Skyfall: Adele confirms James Bond theme song|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19785659|work=[[BBC News]]|date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Herald: Skyfall">
{{cite news|title=Skyfall's secret lies in the Highlands|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=15 October 2012|location=Glasgow|page=11}}</ref>

<ref name="Hanauer (1983)">
{{cite news|last=Hanauer|first=Joan|title=Connery Champ|agency=[[United Press International]]|date=18 October 1983}}</ref>

<ref name="BOM: Octo">
{{cite web|title=Octopussy|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=octopussy.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Numbers.com">
{{cite web|title=Never Say Never Again|url=https://the-numbers.com/movies/1983/0NSNA.php|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar 1968">
{{cite web|title=Academy Awards Database|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="film score">
{{cite journal|journal=[[Film Score Monthly]]|url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2006/21_Dec---Bond_Back_In_Action_Again_Part_Two.asp|last=Bettencourt|first=Scott |title=Bond Back in Action Again|year=1998}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: C&LF">
{{cite web|title=La Frenais, Ian (1936–) and Clement, Dick (1937–)| url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462850/credits.html| work=[[Screenonline]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="retro news">
{{Cite news |title=Director Peter Hunt – "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" |publisher=Retrovision |url=http://retrovisionmag.com/jamesbond.htm |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206131445/http://www.retrovisionmag.com/jamesbond.htm |archive-date=6 December 1998}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: CR67">{{cite web|title=Credits: Casino Royale|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65541?view=credit|work=Film & TV Database|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904132044/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65541?view=credit|archive-date=4 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Lost script">
{{cite news|last=Duns|first=Jeremy|title=Casino Royale: discovering the lost script|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8345119/Casino-Royale-discovering-the-lost-script.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8345119/Casino-Royale-discovering-the-lost-script.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=2 March 2011|author-link=Jeremy Duns|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="Numbers: CR67">
{{cite web|title=Casino Royale|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0CARO.php|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="HonAd: surf">
{{cite news |title= Maui's monster surf break getting bigger by the day |author= Timothy Hurley |newspaper= [[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |date=18 November 2002 |url= http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Nov/18/ln/ln04a.html |access-date=18 November 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: Eden">
{{cite news|title=Eden's decade in the spotlight|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-12757873|work=[[BBC News]]|date=17 March 2011|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="NS: DAD">
{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Philip|title=Never say die another day|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/144316|newspaper=[[New Statesman]]|date=25 November 2002|author-link=Philip Kerr|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="lost Bond">
{{cite magazine |title= The Lost Bond |magazine= [[Total Film]] |date= 27 February 2008 |url= http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-lost-bond |access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="D Tel: Brosnan">
{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1381168/Brosnan-meets-the-two-faced-Bond-villain.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1381168/Brosnan-meets-the-two-faced-Bond-villain.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Brosnan meets the two-faced Bond villain |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=17 November 2012| location=London | first=Hugh | last=Davies | date=12 January 2002}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="TWINE: Swindon">
{{cite web| url=http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=115&ss=462&c=1175 | title=Motorola building | publisher=SwindonWeb |access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Making TWINE">
{{cite video| title=The Making of The World Is Not Enough| publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]| medium=DVD|year=1999}}</ref>

<ref name="BFI: TWINE">
{{cite web|title=The World Is Not Enough (1999)|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/596192|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116060332/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/596192|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2009|work=Film & TV Database|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=17 November 2012|location=London}}</ref>

<ref name="Allmusic TWINE">
{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r443585|pure_url=yes}}|title="The World Is Not Enough" OST review |work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="FSM: Barry">
{{cite magazine|last=Hoshowsky |first=Robert |title=John Barry The Gstaad Memorandum |magazine=[[Film Score Monthly]] |url=http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp |date=November 1996 |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017192928/http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp |archive-date=17 October 2006 }}</ref>

<ref name="GE bungee">
{{cite web|title=007's bungee jump tops best movie stunt poll|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/007s-bungee-jump-tops-best-movie-stunt-poll-77136.html|publisher=[[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] |access-date=16 November 2012|date=17 November 2002}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC: stage fire">
{{cite news | title = Fire wrecks James Bond film stage|work=[[BBC News]]|date= 30 July 2006| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5228794.stm | access-date =14 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Inside LTK">
{{cite video |year=1999 | title = Inside Licence to Kill|medium = DVD | publisher = [[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Inside OP">
{{cite video |year=2000 | title = Inside Octopussy | medium = DVD | publisher = [[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

<ref name="allmusic">
{{cite web|last=Guarisco|first=Donald|title=For Your Eyes Only (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|website=[[AllMusic]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r113190|access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="AA: SWLM">
{{cite news|title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |work=Oscar Legacy|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=27 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="GG: SWLM">
{{cite web|title=The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978) |url=http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1977 |work=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=27 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523074027/http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/browse/year/1977 |archive-date=23 May 2013 }}</ref>

<ref name="inside FYEO">
{{cite video|title=Inside For Your Eyes Only|medium=DVD|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|year=2000}}</ref>

<ref name="Inside Moonraker">
{{cite video|title=Inside Moonraker|medium=DVD|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|year=2000}}</ref>

<ref name="Locations: TSWLM">
{{cite video|title= The Spy Who Loved Me: Exotic Locations|year=2000|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |medium=DVD }}</ref>

<ref name="Inside TMWTGG">
{{cite video|title=Inside The Man with the Golden Gun|year=2000 |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |medium=DVD}}</ref>

<ref name="Commentary TMWTGG">
{{cite video|last=Mankiewicz|first=Tom |author-link=Tom Mankiewicz|title=The Man with the Golden Gun audio commentary|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |medium=DVD }}</ref>

<ref name="UKC4TV">
{{cite video | last=Barry|first=John |author-link=John Barry (composer) |year=2006 | title =James Bond's Greatest Hits | medium =Television | location =UK | publisher =[[North One Television]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Inside TSWLM">
{{cite video|title=Inside The Spy Who Loved Me|year=2000|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|medium=DVD }}</ref>

<ref name = "Cinema: Blaxploitation">
{{cite journal|last=Benshoff|first=Harry M|title=Blaxploitation Horror Films: Generic Reappropriation or Reinscription?|journal=Cinema Journal|date=Winter 2000|volume=39|issue=2|page=37|doi=10.1353/cj.2000.0001|s2cid=144087335 }}</ref>

<ref name="inside LALD">
{{cite video|title=Inside Live and Let Die|year=2000 |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |medium=DVD}}</ref>

<ref name="inside DAF">
{{cite video|title=Inside Diamonds Are Forever|year=2000|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|medium=DVD}}</ref>

<ref name="OHMSS documentary">
{{cite video| title =Inside On Her Majesty's Secret Service | medium=DVD | publisher =[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|year=2000}}</ref>

<ref name="Andere Tijden">
{{cite episode| title = De 'vergeten' 007| url = http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/andere-tijden/afleveringen/2006-2007/De-vergeten-007.html| series = [[Andere Tijden]]| network = [[VPRO]]| station = [[Nederland 2]] | airdate = 19 November 2002}}</ref>

<ref name="Rye (2006)">
{{cite news|last=Rye|first=Graham|title=Kevin McClory|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-mcclory-427368.html|access-date=5 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=7 December 2006}}</ref>

<ref name="NYP: Warhead">
{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Liz|title=Remakes on tap|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|location=New York|date=21 December 1998|page=14}}</ref>

<ref name="Making Goldfinger">
{{cite video |title=Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' |medium=DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |year=2000}}</ref>

<ref name="Times Law (1961)">
{{cite news|title=Law Report, March 24|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=25 March 1961|page=12}}</ref>

<ref name="Inside TLD">
{{cite video|title = Inside The Living Daylights |medium = DVD |year=2000|publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Sellers (2007)">
{{cite news|last=Sellers|first=Robert|title=The battle for the soul of Thunderball|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|location=London|page=10|date=30 December 2007}}</ref>

<ref name="Goldfinger commentary">
{{cite video|people=Lee Pfeiffer|title=Goldfinger audio commentary|medium=DVD |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]|year=2000}}</ref>

<ref name="Osmond: Goldfinger">
{{cite news|first1=Andrew |last1=Osmond |first2=Richard |last2=Morrison|title=Title Recall|work=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]|date=August 2008|page=84}}</ref>

<ref name="inside FRWL">
{{cite video |year=2000| title = Inside From Russia with Love | medium = DVD | publisher = [[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

<ref name="variety: Burlingame">
{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|title=Bond scores establish superspy template|access-date=29 August 2011|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995119?refcatid=3313&printerfriendly=true|date=3 November 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="Dr. No: John Cork">
{{cite video|last=Cork|first=John|author-link=John Cork|section=Audio commentary|title=Dr. No (Ultimate Edition, 2006)|year=1999|medium=DVD |publisher=[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]}}</ref>

<ref name=gayson>
{{cite video|people=[[Eunice Gayson]]|title=Audio commentary |medium=DVD|year=1999 |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]]}}</ref>

<ref name="McGoohan Obit">
{{cite news|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=Obituary: Patrick McGoohan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jan/14/television2|access-date=13 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=14 January 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="Johnson decline">
{{cite web|title=Richard Johnson Interview|url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/1524-RICHARD-JOHNSON-ON-DECLINING-THE-ROLE-OF-JAMES-BOND.html|work=[[Cinema Retro]]|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="dr no documentary">
{{Cite video |year=1999 | section = Inside Dr. No Documentary |title=Dr. No (Ultimate Edition, 2006) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]}}</ref>

<ref name="TF: Lost Bond">
{{cite magazine|title=The Lost Bond|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-lost-bond|magazine=[[Total Film]]|access-date=5 November 2012|date=27 February 2008}}</ref>

<ref name="Poliakoff (2000)">
{{cite journal|last=Poliakoff |first=Keith |title=License to Copyright – The Ongoing Dispute Over the Ownership of James Bond |journal=Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal |year=2000 |volume=18 |pages=387–436 |url=http://www.cardozoaelj.net/issues/00/Poliakoff.pdf |access-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161856/http://www.cardozoaelj.net/issues/00/Poliakoff.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="EFC">
{{cite web|url=http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2920|title=Now Pay Attention, 007: Introduction and Casino Royale '54|publisher=Efilmcritic.com|access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>

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{{cite news|title=A Rival 007 – It Looks Like Burton|newspaper=[[Daily Express]]|date=21 February 1964|page=13}}</ref> -->

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* {{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Peter |title=The Mask Behind the Mask |publisher=Severn House Publishers |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-7278-0688-8 |location=London }}
* {{Cite book |last=Fiegel |first=Eddi |title=John Barry: a sixties theme: from James Bond to Midnight Cowboy |publisher=[[Constable & Robinson]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-09-478530-4 |location=London }}
* {{Cite book |last=Frayling |first=Christopher |url=https://archive.org/details/kenadamartofprod00fray |title=Ken Adam and the Art of Production Design |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-571-22057-1 |location=London |author-link=Christopher Frayling |url-access=registration}}
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* {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_r3e7 |title=Guinness World Records 2014 |publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd. |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-908843-15-9 |ref={{harvid|Guinness World Records|2014}} |url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite book |last=Heard |first=Christopher |url=https://archive.org/details/tenthousandbulle00hear |title=Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John Woo |publisher=Lone Eagle Publishing |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-58065-021-2 |location=Los Angeles }}
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* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1r2ztgAACAAJ |title=LIFE: 50 Years of James Bond |publisher=[[Time Inc]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-61893-031-6 |location=Des Moines |ref={{harvid|Life Magazine|2012}}}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lindner |first=Christoph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9-1QY5boUsC&pg=PP1 |title=The James Bond Phenomenon: a Critical Reader |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7190-6541-5 |location=Manchester }}
* {{Cite book |last=Lipp |first=Deborah |title=The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book |publisher=Sterling & Ross Publishers |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-9766372-8-8 |location=New York }}
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* {{Cite book |last=Rubin |first=Steven Jay |title=The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill|Contemporary Books]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-07-141246-9 |location=New York }}
* {{Cite book |last=Sellers |first=Robert |title=The Battle for Bond |title-link=The Battle for Bond |publisher=Tomahawk Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9557670-0-5 |location=London |author-link=Robert Sellers}}
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==External links==
* {{Wikiquote-inline|James Bond (film series)}}
* {{Commons category-inline|James Bond films}}
* {{official website|http://www.007.com/}}<!-- As of 2017~, a redirect from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios http://www.jamesbond.com/ -->
* [http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/ Pinewood Studios]
* [http://www.007stage.com/ Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930160508/http://www.007stage.com/ |date=30 September 2011 }} at Pinewood Studios

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