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Goldeneye, in Jamaica, where Fleming wrote all the Bond novels.[14]Whilst serving in the Naval Intelligence Division, Fleming had planned to become an author[15] and had told a friend, \"I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories.\"[5] On 17 February 1952, he began writing his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica,[16] where he wrote all his Bond novels, during the months of January and February each year.[17] He started the story shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, in order to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials.[18]After completing the manuscript for Casino Royale, Fleming showed the manuscript to his friend (and later editor) William Plomer to read. Plomer liked it and submitted it to the publishers, Jonathan Cape, who did not like it as much. Cape finally published it in 1953 on the recommendation of Fleming\'s older brother Peter, an established travel writer.[17] Between 1953 and 1966, two years after his death, twelve novels and two short-story collections were published, with the last two books – The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights – published posthumously.[19] All the books were published in the UK through Jonathan Cape.1953 Casino Royale[20]1954 Live and Let Die[21]1955 Moonraker[22]1956 Diamonds Are Forever[23]1957 From Russia, with Love[24]1958 Dr. No[25]1959 Goldfinger[26]1960 For Your Eyes Only[27] (short stories)1961 Thunderball[28]1962 The Spy Who Loved Me[29]1963 On Her Majesty\'s Secret Service[30]1964 You Only Live Twice[31]1965 The Man with the Golden Gun[32]1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights[33] (short stories)Post-Fleming novelsAfter Fleming\'s death a continuation novel, Colonel Sun, was written by Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham) and published in 1968.[34] Amis had already written a literary study of Fleming\'s Bond novels in his 1965 work The James Bond Dossier.[35] Although novelizations of two of the Eon Productions Bond films appeared in print, James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me and James Bond and Moonraker, both written by screenwriter Christopher Wood,[36] the series of novels did not continue until the 1980s. In 1981, thriller writer John Gardner picked up the series with Licence Renewed.[37] Gardner went on to write sixteen Bond books in total; two of the books he wrote – Licence to Kill and GoldenEye – were novelizations of Eon Productions films of the same name. Gardner moved the Bond series into the 1980s, although he retained the ages of the characters as they were when Fleming had left them.[38] In 1996, Gardner retired from writing James Bond books due to ill health.[39]1981 Licence Renewed[40]1982 For Special Services[41]1983 Icebreaker[42]1984 Role of Honour[43]1986 Nobody Lives for Ever[44]1987 No Deals, Mr. Bond[45]1988 Scorpius[46]1989 Win, Lose or Die[47]1989 Licence to Kill[36] (novelization)1990 Brokenclaw[48]1991 The Man from Barbarossa[49]1992 Death is Forever[50]1993 Never Send Flowers[51]1994 SeaFire[52]1995 GoldenEye[36] (novelization)1996 COLD[53]In 1996, American author Raymond Benson became the author of the Bond novels. Benson had previously been the author of The James Bond Bedside Companion, first published in 1984.[54] By the time he moved on to other, non-Bond related projects in 2002, Benson had written six Bond novels, three novelizations and three short stories.[55]1997 \"Blast From the Past\"[56] (short story)1997 Zero Minus Ten[57]1997 Tomorrow Never Dies[36] (novelization)1998 The Facts of Death[58]1999 \"Midsummer Night\'s Doom\"[59] (short story)1999 \"Live at Five\"[60] (short story)1999 The World Is Not Enough[36] (novelization)1999 High Time to Kill[61]2000 DoubleShot[62]2001 Never Dream of Dying[63]2002 The Man with the Red Tattoo[64]2002 Die Another Day[36] (novelization)After a gap of six years, Sebastian Faulks was commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to write a new Bond novel, which was released on 28 May 2008, the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming\'s birth.[65] The book—titled Devil May Care—was published in the UK by Penguin Books and by Doubleday in the US.[66] American writer Jeffery Deaver was then commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to produce Carte Blanche, which was published on 26 May 2011.[67] The book updated Bond into a post 9/11 agency, independent of MI5 or MI6.[68]Young BondMain article: Young BondThe Young Bond series of novels was started by Charlie Higson[69] and, between 2005 and 2009, five novels and one short story were published.[70] The first Young Bond novel, SilverFin was also adapted and released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books.[71]2005 SilverFin[72]2006 Blood Fever[73]2007 Double or Die[74]2007 Hurricane Gold[75]2008 By Royal Command[76] & SilverFin[77] (graphic novel)2009 \"A Hard Man to Kill\"[78] (short story)The Moneypenny DiariesThe Moneypenny Diaries are a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M\'s personal secretary. The novels are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book\'s \"editor\".[79] The first instalment of the trilogy, subtitled Guardian Angel, was released on 10 October 2005 in the UK.[80] A second volume, subtitled Secret Servant was released on 2 November 2006 in the UK, published by John Murray.[81] A third volume, subtitled Final Fling was released on 1 May 2008.[82]2005 The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel[83]2006 Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries[84]2008 The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling[85]AdaptationsTelevisionIn 1954 CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($8,654 in 2012 dollars[86]) to adapt his novel Casino Royale into a one-hour television adventure as part of its Climax! series.[87] The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as \"Card Sense\" James \'Jimmy\' Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre.[88] The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for \"Combined Intelligence\", while the character Felix Leiter—American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed \"Clarence Leiter\".[89]In 1973 a BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond). The documentary included James Bond in dramatised scenes from Goldfinger—notably featuring 007 being threatened with the novel\'s circular saw, rather than the film\'s laser beam—and Diamonds Are Forever.[90] In 1991 a TV cartoon series James Bond Jr. was produced with Corey Burton in the role of Bond\'s nephew, also called James Bond.[91]RadioIn 1956, the novel Moonraker was adapted for broadcast on South African radio, with Bob Holness providing the voice of Bond.[92] According to The Independent, \"listeners across the Union thrilled to Bob\'s cultured tones as he defeated evil master criminals in search of world domination\".[93]The BBC have adapted four of the Fleming novels for broadcast: in 1990, You Only Live Twice was adapted into a 90 minute radio play for BBC Radio 4 with Michael Jayston playing James Bond. The production was repeated a number of times between 2008 and 2011.[94] On 24 May 2008, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an adaptation of Dr. No. Actor Toby Stephens, who played Bond villain Gustav Graves in the Eon Productions version of Die Another Day, played James Bond, while Dr. No was played by David Suchet.[95] Following the success of Dr. No, a second Bond story was adapted and on 3 April 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Goldfinger with Toby Stephens again playing Bond.[96] Sir Ian McKellen was Goldfinger and Stephens\' Die Another Day co-star Rosamund Pike played Pussy Galore. The play was adapted from Fleming\'s novel by Archie Scottney and was directed by Martin Jarvis.[97] In 2012, the novel From Russia, with Love was dramatized for Radio 4; it featured a full cast starring Toby Stephens as James Bond.[98]Comics mediumMain articles: James Bond (comic strip) and James Bond comic books
John McLusky\'s rendition of James Bond.In 1957, the Daily Express approached Ian Fleming to adapt his stories into comic strips, offering him £1,500 per novel and a share of takings from syndication.[99] After initial reluctance, Fleming, who felt the strips would lack the quality of his writing, agreed.[100] To aid the Daily Express in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of how he believed James Bond looked. The illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming\'s 007 looked too \"outdated\" and \"pre-war\" and changed Bond to give him a more masculine look.[101] The first strip, Casino Royale was published from 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958[102] and was written by Anthony Hern and illustrated by John McLusky.[103]Most of the Bond novels and short stories have since been adapted for illustration, as well as Kingsley Amis\'s Colonel Sun; the works were written by Henry Gammidge or Jim Lawrence with Yaroslav Horak replacing McClusky as artist in 1966.[102] After the Fleming and Amis material had been adapted, original stories were produced, continuing in the Daily Express and Sunday Express until May 1977.[101]Several comic book adaptations of the James Bond films have been published through the years: at the time of Dr. No\'s release in October 1962, a comic book adaptation of the screenplay, written by Norman J. Nodel, was published in Britain as part of the Classics Illustrated anthology series.[104] It was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its Showcase anthology series, in January 1963. This was the first American comic book appearance of James Bond and is noteworthy for being a relatively rare example of a British comic being reprinted in a fairly high-profile American comic. It was also one of the earliest comics to be censored on racial grounds (some skin tones and dialogue were changed for the American market).[105][104]With the release of the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only, Marvel Comics published a two-issue comic book adaptation of the film.[106][107] When Octopussy was released in the cinemas in 1983, Marvel published an accompanying comic;[104] Eclipse also produced a one-off comic for Licence to Kill, although Timothy Dalton refused to allow his likeness to be used.[108] New Bond stories were also drawn up and published from 1989 onwards through Marvel, Eclipse Comics and Dark Horse Comics.[104][107]FilmsMain article: James Bond in filmThe Eon Productions filmsIn 1962 Eon Productions, the company of Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert R. \"Cubby\" Broccoli released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, Dr. No, featuring Sean Connery as 007.[109] Connery starred in a further four films before leaving the role after You Only Live Twice,[110] which was taken up by George Lazenby for On Her Majesty\'s Secret Service.[111] Lazenby left the role after just one appearance and Connery was tempted back for his last Eon-produced film Diamonds Are Forever.[112]In 1973, Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for Live and Let Die and played Bond a further six times over twelve years before being replaced by Timothy Dalton for two films. After a six year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon\'s productions of the Bond films,[113] Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in GoldenEye, released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for Casino Royale, which rebooted the franchise.[114] The twenty-third Eon produced film, Skyfall, was released on 26 October 2012.[115] The Eon Productions series has grossed $4,910,000,000 (over $12,360,000,000 when adjusted for inflation) worldwide, making it the second highest grossing film series, behind Harry Potter.[116]Title Year Actor DirectorDr. No 1962 Sean Connery Terence YoungFrom Russia with Love 1963Goldfinger 1964 Guy HamiltonThunderball 1965 Terence YoungYou Only Live Twice 1967 Lewis GilbertOn Her Majesty\'s Secret Service 1969 George Lazenby Peter R. HuntDiamonds Are Forever 1971 Sean Connery Guy HamiltonLive and Let Die 1973 Roger MooreThe Man with the Golden Gun 1974The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Lewis GilbertMoonraker 1979For Your Eyes Only 1981 John GlenOctopussy 1983A View to a Kill 1985The Living Daylights 1987 Timothy DaltonLicence to Kill 1989GoldenEye 1995 Pierce Brosnan Martin CampbellTomorrow Never Dies 1997 Roger SpottiswoodeThe World Is Not Enough 1999 Michael AptedDie Another Day 2002 Lee TamahoriCasino Royale 2006 Daniel Craig Martin CampbellQuantum of Solace 2008 Marc ForsterSkyfall 2012 Sam MendesNon-Eon filmsIn 1967, Casino Royale was adapted into a parody Bond film starring David Niven as Sir James Bond and Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd. David Niven had been Ian Fleming\'s preference for the part of James Bond.[117] The result of a court case in the High Court in London in 1963 allowed Kevin McClory to produce a remake of Thunderball titled Never Say Never Again in 1983.[118] The film, starring Sean Connery as Bond, was not part of the Eon series of Bond films. In 1997 the Sony Corporation acquired all or some of McClory\'s rights in an undisclosed deal,[118] which were then subsequently acquired by MGM, whilst on 4 December 1997, MGM announced that the company had purchased the rights to Never Say Never Again from Schwartzman\'s company Taliafilm.[119] Eon now currently (as of 2012) holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming\'s Bond novels.[118][120]Title Year Actor DirectorCasino Royale 1967 David Niven Ken HughesJohn HustonJoseph McGrathRobert ParrishVal GuestRichard TalmadgeNever Say Never Again 1983 Sean Connery Irvin KershnerMusicMain article: James Bond music“ ... cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable. ”—David Arnold, on the \"James Bond Theme\"[121]The \"James Bond Theme\" was written by Monty Norman and was first orchestrated by the John Barry Orchestra for 1962\'s Dr. No, although the actual authorship of the music has been a matter of controversy for many years.[122] In 2001, Norman won £30,000 in libel damages from the The Sunday Times newspaper, which suggested that Barry was entirely responsible for the composition.[123] The theme, as written by Norman and arranged by Barry, 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 ... 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.\"[121] Barry composed the scores for eleven Bond films[124] and had an uncredited contribution to Dr. No with his arrangement of the Bond Theme.[121]A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their title sequences sung by well-known popular singers.[125] Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song, including Paul McCartney\'s \"Live and Let Die\",[126] Carly Simon\'s \"Nobody Does It Better\"[127] and Sheena Easton\'s \"For Your Eyes Only\".[128] For the non-Eon produced Casino Royale, Burt Bacharach\'s score included \"The Look of Love\", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.[129]Video gamesMain article: James Bond (games)In 1983, the first Bond video game, developed and published by Parker Brothers, was released for the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200, the Atari 800, the Commodore 64 and the ColecoVision.[130] Since then, there have been numerous video games either based on the films or using original storylines. In 1997, the first-person shooter video game GoldenEye 007 was developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64, based on the 1995 Pierce Brosnan film GoldenEye.[131] The game received very positive reviews,[132] won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for UK Developer of the Year in 1998[133] and sold over eight million copies worldwide,[134][135] grossing $250 million.[136]In 1999, Electronic Arts acquired the licence and released Tomorrow Never Dies on 16 December 1999.[137] In October 2000, they released The World Is Not Enough[138] for the Nintendo 64[139] followed by007 Racing for the PlayStation on 21 November 2000.[140] In 2003, the company released Everything or Nothing,[141] which included the likenesses and voices of Pierce Brosnan, Willem Dafoe, Heidi Klum, Judi Dench and John Cleese, amongst others.[142] In November 2005, Electronic Arts released a video game adaptation of From Russia with Love,[143] which involved Sean Connery\'s image and voice-over for Bond.[143]In 2006 Electronic Arts announced a game based on then-upcoming film Casino Royale: the game was cancelled because it would not be ready by the film\'s release in November of that year. With MGM losing revenue from lost licensing fees, the franchise was removed from EA to Activision.[144] Activision subsequently released the 007: Quantum of Solace game on 31 October 2008, based on the film of the same name.Ian Fleming novels
Goldeneye, in Jamaica, where Fleming wrote all the Bond novels.[14]Whilst serving in the Naval Intelligence Division, Fleming had planned to become an author[15] and had told a friend, \"I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories.\"[5] On 17 February 1952, he began writing his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica,[16] where he wrote all his Bond novels, during the months of January and February each year.[17] He started the story shortly before his wedding to his pregnant girlfriend, Ann Charteris, in order to distract himself from his forthcoming nuptials.[18]After completing the manuscript for Casino Royale, Fleming showed the manuscript to his friend (and later editor) William Plomer to read. Plomer liked it and submitted it to the publishers, Jonathan Cape, who did not like it as much. Cape finally published it in 1953 on the recommendation of Fleming\'s older brother Peter, an established travel writer.[17] Between 1953 and 1966, two years after his death, twelve novels and two short-story collections were published, with the last two books – The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights – published posthumously.[19] All the books were published in the UK through Jonathan Cape.1953 Casino Royale[20]1954 Live and Let Die[21]1955 Moonraker[22]1956 Diamonds Are Forever[23]1957 From Russia, with Love[24]1958 Dr. No[25]1959 Goldfinger[26]1960 For Your Eyes Only[27] (short stories)1961 Thunderball[28]1962 The Spy Who Loved Me[29]1963 On Her Majesty\'s Secret Service[30]1964 You Only Live Twice[31]1965 The Man with the Golden Gun[32]1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights[33] (short stories)Post-Fleming novelsAfter Fleming\'s death a continuation novel, Colonel Sun, was written by Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham) and published in 1968.[34] Amis had already written a literary study of Fleming\'s Bond novels in his 1965 work The James Bond Dossier.[35] Although novelizations of two of the Eon Productions Bond films appeared in print, James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me and James Bond and Moonraker, both written by screenwriter Christopher Wood,[36] the series of novels did not continue until the 1980s. In 1981, thriller writer John Gardner picked up the series with Licence Renewed.[37] Gardner went on to write sixteen Bond books in total; two of the books he wrote – Licence to Kill and GoldenEye – were novelizations of Eon Productions films of the same name. Gardner moved the Bond series into the 1980s, although he retained the ages of the characters as they were when Fleming had left them.[38] In 1996, Gardner retired from writing James Bond books due to ill health.[39]1981 Licence Renewed[40]1982 For Special Services[41]1983 Icebreaker[42]1984 Role of Honour[43]1986 Nobody Lives for Ever[44]1987 No Deals, Mr. Bond[45]1988 Scorpius[46]1989 Win, Lose or Die[47]1989 Licence to Kill[36] (novelization)1990 Brokenclaw[48]1991 The Man from Barbarossa[49]1992 Death is Forever[50]1993 Never Send Flowers[51]1994 SeaFire[52]1995 GoldenEye[36] (novelization)1996 COLD[53]In 1996, American author Raymond Benson became the author of the Bond novels. Benson had previously been the author of The James Bond Bedside Companion, first published in 1984.[54] By the time he moved on to other, non-Bond related projects in 2002, Benson had written six Bond novels, three novelizations and three short stories.[55]1997 \"Blast From the Past\"[56] (short story)1997 Zero Minus Ten[57]1997 Tomorrow Never Dies[36] (novelization)1998 The Facts of Death[58]1999 \"Midsummer Night\'s Doom\"[59] (short story)1999 \"Live at Five\"[60] (short story)1999 The World Is Not Enough[36] (novelization)1999 High Time to Kill[61]2000 DoubleShot[62]2001 Never Dream of Dying[63]2002 The Man with the Red Tattoo[64]2002 Die Another Day[36] (novelization)After a gap of six years, Sebastian Faulks was commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to write a new Bond novel, which was released on 28 May 2008, the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming\'s birth.[65] The book—titled Devil May Care—was published in the UK by Penguin Books and by Doubleday in the US.[66] American writer Jeffery Deaver was then commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to produce Carte Blanche, which was published on 26 May 2011.[67] The book updated Bond into a post 9/11 agency, independent of MI5 or MI6.[68]Young BondMain article: Young BondThe Young Bond series of novels was started by Charlie Higson[69] and, between 2005 and 2009, five novels and one short story were published.[70] The first Young Bond novel, SilverFin was also adapted and released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books.[71]2005 SilverFin[72]2006 Blood Fever[73]2007 Double or Die[74]2007 Hurricane Gold[75]2008 By Royal Command[76] & SilverFin[77] (graphic novel)2009 \"A Hard Man to Kill\"[78] (short story)The Moneypenny DiariesThe Moneypenny Diaries are a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M\'s personal secretary. The novels are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book\'s \"editor\".[79] The first instalment of the trilogy, subtitled Guardian Angel, was released on 10 October 2005 in the UK.[80] A second volume, subtitled Secret Servant was released on 2 November 2006 in the UK, published by John Murray.[81] A third volume, subtitled Final Fling was released on 1 May 2008.[82]2005 The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel[83]2006 Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries[84]2008 The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling[85]AdaptationsTelevisionIn 1954 CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($8,654 in 2012 dollars[86]) to adapt his novel Casino Royale into a one-hour television adventure as part of its Climax! series.[87] The episode aired live on 21 October 1954 and starred Barry Nelson as \"Card Sense\" James \'Jimmy\' Bond and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre.[88] The novel was adapted for American audiences to show Bond as an American agent working for \"Combined Intelligence\", while the character Felix Leiter—American in the novel—became British onscreen and was renamed \"Clarence Leiter\".[89]In 1973 a BBC documentary Omnibus: The British Hero featured Christopher Cazenove playing a number of such title characters (e.g. Richard Hannay and Bulldog Drummond). The documentary included James Bond in dramatised scenes from Goldfinger—notably featuring 007 being threatened with the novel\'s circular saw, rather than the film\'s laser beam—and Diamonds Are Forever.[90] In 1991 a TV cartoon series James Bond Jr. was produced with Corey Burton in the role of Bond\'s nephew, also called James Bond.[91]RadioIn 1956, the novel Moonraker was adapted for broadcast on South African radio, with Bob Holness providing the voice of Bond.[92] According to The Independent, \"listeners across the Union thrilled to Bob\'s cultured tones as he defeated evil master criminals in search of world domination\".[93]The BBC have adapted four of the Fleming novels for broadcast: in 1990, You Only Live Twice was adapted into a 90 minute radio play for BBC Radio 4 with Michael Jayston playing James Bond. The production was repeated a number of times between 2008 and 2011.[94] On 24 May 2008, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an adaptation of Dr. No. Actor Toby Stephens, who played Bond villain Gustav Graves in the Eon Productions version of Die Another Day, played James Bond, while Dr. No was played by David Suchet.[95] Following the success of Dr. No, a second Bond story was adapted and on 3 April 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Goldfinger with Toby Stephens again playing Bond.[96] Sir Ian McKellen was Goldfinger and Stephens\' Die Another Day co-star Rosamund Pike played Pussy Galore. The play was adapted from Fleming\'s novel by Archie Scottney and was directed by Martin Jarvis.[97] In 2012, the novel From Russia, with Love was dramatized for Radio 4; it featured a full cast starring Toby Stephens as James Bond.[98]Comics mediumMain articles: James Bond (comic strip) and James Bond comic books
John McLusky\'s rendition of James Bond.In 1957, the Daily Express approached Ian Fleming to adapt his stories into comic strips, offering him £1,500 per novel and a share of takings from syndication.[99] After initial reluctance, Fleming, who felt the strips would lack the quality of his writing, agreed.[100] To aid the Daily Express in illustrating Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to create a sketch of how he believed James Bond looked. The illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming\'s 007 looked too \"outdated\" and \"pre-war\" and changed Bond to give him a more masculine look.[101] The first strip, Casino Royale was published from 7 July 1958 to 13 December 1958[102] and was written by Anthony Hern and illustrated by John McLusky.[103]Most of the Bond novels and short stories have since been adapted for illustration, as well as Kingsley Amis\'s Colonel Sun; the works were written by Henry Gammidge or Jim Lawrence with Yaroslav Horak replacing McClusky as artist in 1966.[102] After the Fleming and Amis material had been adapted, original stories were produced, continuing in the Daily Express and Sunday Express until May 1977.[101]Several comic book adaptations of the James Bond films have been published through the years: at the time of Dr. No\'s release in October 1962, a comic book adaptation of the screenplay, written by Norman J. Nodel, was published in Britain as part of the Classics Illustrated anthology series.[104] It was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its Showcase anthology series, in January 1963. This was the first American comic book appearance of James Bond and is noteworthy for being a relatively rare example of a British comic being reprinted in a fairly high-profile American comic. It was also one of the earliest comics to be censored on racial grounds (some skin tones and dialogue were changed for the American market).[105][104]With the release of the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only, Marvel Comics published a two-issue comic book adaptation of the film.[106][107] When Octopussy was released in the cinemas in 1983, Marvel published an accompanying comic;[104] Eclipse also produced a one-off comic for Licence to Kill, although Timothy Dalton refused to allow his likeness to be used.[108] New Bond stories were also drawn up and published from 1989 onwards through Marvel, Eclipse Comics and Dark Horse Comics.[104][107]FilmsMain article: James Bond in filmThe Eon Productions filmsIn 1962 Eon Productions, the company of Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert R. \"Cubby\" Broccoli released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, Dr. No, featuring Sean Connery as 007.[109] Connery starred in a further four films before leaving the role after You Only Live Twice,[110] which was taken up by George Lazenby for On Her Majesty\'s Secret Service.[111] Lazenby left the role after just one appearance and Connery was tempted back for his last Eon-produced film Diamonds Are Forever.[112]In 1973, Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for Live and Let Die and played Bond a further six times over twelve years before being replaced by Timothy Dalton for two films. After a six year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon\'s productions of the Bond films,[113] Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in GoldenEye, released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for Casino Royale, which rebooted the franchise.[114] The twenty-third Eon produced film, Skyfall, was released on 26 October 2012.[115] The Eon Productions series has grossed $4,910,000,000 (over $12,360,000,000 when adjusted for inflation) worldwide, making it the second highest grossing film series, behind Harry Potter.[116]Title Year Actor DirectorDr. No 1962 Sean Connery Terence YoungFrom Russia with Love 1963Goldfinger 1964 Guy HamiltonThunderball 1965 Terence YoungYou Only Live Twice 1967 Lewis GilbertOn Her Majesty\'s Secret Service 1969 George Lazenby Peter R. HuntDiamonds Are Forever 1971 Sean Connery Guy HamiltonLive and Let Die 1973 Roger MooreThe Man with the Golden Gun 1974The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Lewis GilbertMoonraker 1979For Your Eyes Only 1981 John GlenOctopussy 1983A View to a Kill 1985The Living Daylights 1987 Timothy DaltonLicence to Kill 1989GoldenEye 1995 Pierce Brosnan Martin CampbellTomorrow Never Dies 1997 Roger SpottiswoodeThe World Is Not Enough 1999 Michael AptedDie Another Day 2002 Lee TamahoriCasino Royale 2006 Daniel Craig Martin CampbellQuantum of Solace 2008 Marc ForsterSkyfall 2012 Sam MendesNon-Eon filmsIn 1967, Casino Royale was adapted into a parody Bond film starring David Niven as Sir James Bond and Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd. David Niven had been Ian Fleming\'s preference for the part of James Bond.[117] The result of a court case in the High Court in London in 1963 allowed Kevin McClory to produce a remake of Thunderball titled Never Say Never Again in 1983.[118] The film, starring Sean Connery as Bond, was not part of the Eon series of Bond films. In 1997 the Sony Corporation acquired all or some of McClory\'s rights in an undisclosed deal,[118] which were then subsequently acquired by MGM, whilst on 4 December 1997, MGM announced that the company had purchased the rights to Never Say Never Again from Schwartzman\'s company Taliafilm.[119] Eon now currently (as of 2012) holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming\'s Bond novels.[118][120]Title Year Actor DirectorCasino Royale 1967 David Niven Ken HughesJohn HustonJoseph McGrathRobert ParrishVal GuestRichard TalmadgeNever Say Never Again 1983 Sean Connery Irvin KershnerMusicMain article: James Bond music“ ... cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable. ”—David Arnold, on the \"James Bond Theme\"[121]The \"James Bond Theme\" was written by Monty Norman and was first orchestrated by the John Barry Orchestra for 1962\'s Dr. No, although the actual authorship of the music has been a matter of controversy for many years.[122] In 2001, Norman won £30,000 in libel damages from the The Sunday Times newspaper, which suggested that Barry was entirely responsible for the composition.[123] The theme, as written by Norman and arranged by Barry, 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 ... 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.\"[121] Barry composed the scores for eleven Bond films[124] and had an uncredited contribution to Dr. No with his arrangement of the Bond Theme.[121]A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their title sequences sung by well-known popular singers.[125] Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song, including Paul McCartney\'s \"Live and Let Die\",[126] Carly Simon\'s \"Nobody Does It Better\"[127] and Sheena Easton\'s \"For Your Eyes Only\".[128] For the non-Eon produced Casino Royale, Burt Bacharach\'s score included \"The Look of Love\", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.[129]Video gamesMain article: James Bond (games)In 1983, the first Bond video game, developed and published by Parker Brothers, was released for the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200, the Atari 800, the Commodore 64 and the ColecoVision.[130] Since then, there have been numerous video games either based on the films or using original storylines. In 1997, the first-person shooter video game GoldenEye 007 was developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64, based on the 1995 Pierce Brosnan film GoldenEye.[131] The game received very positive reviews,[132] won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for UK Developer of the Year in 1998[133] and sold over eight million copies worldwide,[134][135] grossing $250 million.[136]In 1999, Electronic Arts acquired the licence and released Tomorrow Never Dies on 16 December 1999.[137] In October 2000, they released The World Is Not Enough[138] for the Nintendo 64[139] followed by007 Racing for the PlayStation on 21 November 2000.[140] In 2003, the company released Everything or Nothing,[141] which included the likenesses and voices of Pierce Brosnan, Willem Dafoe, Heidi Klum, Judi Dench and John Cleese, amongst others.[142] In November 2005, Electronic Arts released a video game adaptation of From Russia with Love,[143] which involved Sean Connery\'s image and voice-over for Bond.[143]In 2006 Electronic Arts announced a game based on then-upcoming film Casino Royale: the game was cancelled because it would not be ready by the film\'s release in November of that year. With MGM losing revenue from lost licensing fees, the franchise was removed from EA to Activision.[144] Activision subsequently released the 007: Quantum of Solace game on 31 October 2008, based on the film of the same name.Skyfall is the twenty-third spy film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, produced for MGM, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment.[2] It features Daniel Craig\'s third performance as James Bond, and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the film\'s villain. The film was directed by Sam Mendes and written by John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.Mendes was approached to direct the film following the release of Quantum of Solace in 2008. However, production was suspended when MGM encountered financial troubles, and would not resume until December 2010. During this time, Mendes remained attached to the project as a \"consultant\", though original screenwriter Peter Morgan left the project during the suspension. Once production resumed, Logan, Purvis and Wade continued writing what would be the final version of the script, incorporating Morgan\'s ideas in it. Filming began in November 2011, and primarily took place in the United Kingdom, China and Turkey.Skyfall premiered on 23 October 2012,[3] and was released in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2012;[4] it is also the first James Bond film to be released in IMAX venues.[5][6] The film\'s release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, which began with Dr. No in 1962.Directed by Sam MendesProduced by Michael G. WilsonBarbara BroccoliWritten by John LoganNeal PurvisRobert WadeBased on James Bond byIan FlemingStarring Daniel CraigJavier BardemRalph FiennesNaomie HarrisBérénice MarloheAlbert FinneyJudi DenchMusic by Thomas Newman\"Skyfall\" performedby AdeleCinematography Roger DeakinsEditing by Stuart BairdStudio Eon ProductionsDanjaq LLCDistributed by Metro-Goldwyn-MayerColumbia PicturesRelease date(s)23 October 2012 (London, premiere)26 October 2012 (United Kingdom)Running time 143 minutes[1]Country United KingdomLanguage EnglishBudget $150 millionThis coin is silver plated
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