Editing James Bond (section)

=== Films ===
{{Main|List of James Bond films|Portrayal of James Bond in film}}

==== Eon Productions films ====
[[File:007 logo.svg|thumb|Franchise logo, 1995–present]]

Eon Productions, the company of Canadian [[Harry Saltzman]] and American [[Albert R. Broccoli|Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli]], released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, ''Dr. No'' (1962), based on the eponymous 1958 novel and featuring Sean Connery as 007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sutton |first=Mike |title=Dr. No (1962) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/455547/ |website=[[Screenonline]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233640/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/455547/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> Connery starred in a further four films before leaving the role after [[You Only Live Twice (film)|''You Only Live Twice'']] (1967),<ref>{{cite web|title=You Only Live Twice|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/235281|website=TCM|publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc|access-date=2 August 2011|archive-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131511/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/235281%7C0/You-Only-Live-Twice.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which was taken up by [[George Lazenby]] for ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969).<ref name="screenonline">{{cite web|title=On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/550393/credits.html|website=Screenonline|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184421/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/550393/credits.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lazenby left the role after just one appearance and Connery was brought back for his last Eon-produced film [[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|''Diamonds Are Forever'']].{{sfn| Feeney Callan |2002|p=217}}

Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for ''Live and Let Die'' (1973). He 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,{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=81}} Irish actor [[Pierce Brosnan]] was cast as Bond in ''GoldenEye'' (1995); he remained in the role for a total of four films through 2002. In 2006, [[Daniel Craig]] was given the role for [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|''Casino Royale'']] (2006), which rebooted the series.<ref>{{cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|title=Sam Mendes may have problems directing new James Bond movie|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/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/8255072/Sam-Mendes-may-have-problems-directing-new-Bond-movie.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=4 November 2011|date=12 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Craig appeared for a total of five films.<ref>{{Cite news|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=Pallotta|first=Frank|work=CNNMoney|access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> The series has grossed well over $7&nbsp;billion to date, making it the [[List of highest-grossing film series|fifth-highest-grossing film series]].<ref name="Numbers: Franchises">{{cite web|title=Movie Franchises|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World|website=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216183108/https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2022, [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] purchased [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) for $8.5 billion, and the distribution rights to its library of films, including the James Bond movies. After creating the merged [[Amazon MGM Studios]], the company became involved in developing the next theatrical iteration of the character.<ref name="Merger_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/amazon-mgm-merger-1234981037/|work=Deadline|title=Amazon And MGM Close $8.5 Billion Merger|author=Goldsmith, Jill|date=March 17, 2022|accessdate=February 27, 2025}}</ref> By February 2025, the studio paid an additional $1 billion to acquire creative control of the future of the franchise from producers [[Barbara Broccoli]] and [[Michael G. Wilson]]; with the duo officially retiring from their historical oversight career for James Bond feature films. As part of the deal, the family will receive a monetary "Bond dividend" for the foreseeable future. Amazon MGM commence the search for a studio executive to oversee the property (à la [[Marvel Studios]]' [[Kevin Feige]]), while also determining the next respective director and star of the franchise.<ref name="Future_Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/james-bond-amazon-mgm-studios-deal-1236296104/|work=Deadline|title=James Bond and the Mad Dash for Franchise IP|author=Weprin, Alex & Borys Kit|date=February 26, 2025|accessdate=February 27, 2025}}</ref> In March 2025, Amazon closed deals with [[Amy Pascal]] and [[David Heyman]] to take charge of the franchise and replace Broccoli and Wilson as producers on its next instalment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amy Pascal, David Heyman Close Deals to Produce Next James Bond Movie for Amazon MGM|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=25 March 2025|access-date=25 March 2025|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-pascal-david-heyman-close-deals-james-bond-amazon-mgm-1236172332/}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:Sean Connery as James Bond at Switzerland 1964 (two thirds crop).jpg|{{center|[[Sean Connery]] <br /> (1962–67; 1971)}}
File:On Her Majesty's Secret Service (17) (Lazenby crop).jpg|{{center|[[George Lazenby]] <br /> (1969)}}
File:Sir Roger Moore 3 b.jpg|{{center|[[Roger Moore]] <br /> (1973–85)}}
File:Timothy Dalton 1987 b.jpg|{{center|[[Timothy Dalton]] <br /> (1987–89)}}
File:PierceBrosnanCannesPhoto2 b.jpg|{{center|[[Pierce Brosnan]] <br /> (1995–2002)}}
File:Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" 007 - on the Red Carpet in Berlin (22387409720) (cropped).jpg|{{center|[[Daniel Craig]] <br /> (2006–21)}} 
</gallery>

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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:240px;"|Title
!Year
! style="width:110px;"|Actor
! style="width:180px;"|Director
|-
|''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''
|1962
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[Sean Connery]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
|-
|''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''
|1963
|-
|''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
|1964
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Guy Hamilton]]
|-
|''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''
|1965
| style="text-align:center;"|Terence Young
|-
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|''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''
|1967
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lewis Gilbert]]
|-
|''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
|1969
| style="text-align:center;"|[[George Lazenby]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Peter R. Hunt]]
|-
|''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
|1971
| style="text-align:center;"|Sean Connery
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Guy Hamilton
|-
|''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
|1973
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|[[Roger Moore]]
|-
|''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
|1974
|-
|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
|1977
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Lewis Gilbert
|-
|''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
|1979
|-
|''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''
|1981
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[John Glen (director)|John Glen]]
|-
|''[[Octopussy]]''
|1983
|-
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|''[[A View to a Kill]]''
|1985
|-
|''[[The Living Daylights]]''
|1987
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Timothy Dalton]]
|-
|''[[Licence to Kill]]''
|1989
|-
|''[[GoldenEye]]''
|1995
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|[[Pierce Brosnan]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Martin Campbell]]
|-
|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|1997
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Roger Spottiswoode]]
|-
|''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''
|1999
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Michael Apted]]
|-
|''[[Die Another Day]]''
|2002
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Lee Tamahori]]
|-
|''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]''
|2006
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[Daniel Craig]]
| style="text-align:center;"|Martin Campbell
|-
|''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
|2008
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Marc Forster]]
|-
|''[[Skyfall]]''
|2012
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Sam Mendes]]
|-
|''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''
|2015
|-
| ''[[No Time to Die]]''
|2021
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Cary Joji Fukunaga]]
|}

==== Non-Eon films ====
In 1967, [[Casino Royale (1967 film)|''Casino Royale'']] was adapted into a [[parody]] Bond film starring [[David Niven]] as Sir James Bond and [[Ursula Andress]] as Vesper Lynd. Niven had been Fleming's preference for the role of Bond.{{sfn|Macintyre|2008|p=202}} The result of a court case in the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in London in 1963 allowed [[Kevin McClory]] to produce a remake of [[Thunderball (film)|''Thunderball'']] titled ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' in 1983.<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 |publisher=[[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] |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> The film, produced by [[Jack Schwartzman]]'s Taliafilm production company and starring Sean Connery as Bond, was not part of the Eon series of Bond films. In 1997, the [[Sony|Sony Corporation]] acquired all or some of McClory's rights in an undisclosed deal,<ref name="Poliakoff (2000)" /> 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 Taliafilm.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. announces acquisition of Never Say Never Again James Bond assets | publisher = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | date = 4 December 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505213137/http://mgm.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=47&printable|archive-date=5 May 2008| url = http://mgm.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=47&printable | access-date =4 November 2011}}</ref> {{as of|2015}}, Eon holds the full adaptation rights to all of [[List of James Bond novels and short stories|Fleming's Bond novels]].<ref name="Poliakoff (2000)" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Shprintz|first=Janet|title=Big Bond-holder|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/big-bond-holder-1117492814/|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|quote=Judge Rafeedie&nbsp;... found that McClory's rights in the "Thunderball" material had reverted to the estate of Fleming|date=29 March 1999|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109023433/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117492814?refCatId=13|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Title
! Year
! Actor
! Director(s)
|-
|''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''
|1967
|[[David Niven]]
|[[Ken Hughes]]<br />[[John Huston]]<br />[[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]]<br />[[Robert Parrish]]<br />[[Val Guest]]<br />[[Richard Talmadge]]
|-
|''[[Never Say Never Again]]''
|1983
|[[Sean Connery]]
|[[Irvin Kershner]]
|}

==== Music ====
{{Main|James Bond music}}
{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="&nbsp;cocky, swaggering, confident, dark, dangerous, suggestive, sexy, unstoppable."|source=—[[David Arnold]]|on the "[[James Bond Theme]]"<ref name="Burlingame" />}}
[[File:Sound007RAH041022 (42 of 69) (52406381295).jpg|thumb|[[Hans Zimmer]] (composer of the 2021 film ''No Time to Die'') with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London in 2022 during ''The Sound of 007 in Concert'' to mark 60 years of the Bond series.]]

The "[[James Bond Theme]]" was written by [[Monty Norman]] and was first orchestrated by the [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] Orchestra for 1962's ''Dr. No'', although the actual authorship of the music has been a matter of controversy for many years.{{sfn|Lindner|2009|p=122}} In 2001, Norman won £30,000 in libel damages from ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' newspaper, which suggested that Barry was entirely responsible for the composition.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1229406.stm |title= Monty Norman sues for libel |work= Bond theme writer wins damages |access-date= 4 November 2011 |date= 19 March 2001 |publisher= BBC News |archive-date= 19 July 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040719045328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1229406.stm |url-status= live }}</ref> The theme, as written by Norman and arranged by Barry, was described by another Bond film composer, [[David Arnold]], as "[[bebop]]-[[Swing music|swing]] vibe coupled with that vicious, dark, distorted electric guitar, definitely an instrument of [[Rock and roll|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="Burlingame">{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|title=Bond scores establish superspy template|access-date=4 November 2011|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/john-barry-invented-the-spy-movie-score-1117995119/|date=3 November 2008|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109012425/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995119?refcatid=3313&printerfriendly=true|url-status=live}}</ref> Barry composed the [[Film score|scores]] for eleven Bond films{{sfn|Chapman|2009|pp=97–98}} and had an uncredited contribution to ''Dr. No'' with his arrangement of the "James Bond Theme".<ref name="Burlingame" />

A Bond film staple are the theme songs heard during their [[title sequence]]s sung by well-known popular singers.{{sfn|Simpson|2002|p=224}} [[Shirley Bassey]] performed three Bond theme songs, with her 1964 song "[[Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey song)|Goldfinger]]" inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#g "Grammy Hall of Fame Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707235113/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |date=7 July 2015 }}. ''Grammy.org''. Retrieved 28 July 2022</ref> Several of the songs produced for the films have been nominated for [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Original Song]], including [[Paul McCartney]]'s "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|work=Oscar Legacy|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=27 October 2011|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003953/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Carly Simon]]'s "[[Nobody Does It Better]]",<ref>{{cite web|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|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/50th-winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sheena Easton]]'s "[[For Your Eyes Only (song)|For Your Eyes Only]]",<ref name="54th Oscars">{{cite web|title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982)|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|work=Oscar Legacy|access-date=27 October 2011|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072059/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Adele]]'s "[[Skyfall (Adele song)|Skyfall]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |title=2013 Oscars Nominees |date=January 2013 |publisher=oscars |access-date=10 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229222408/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archive-date=29 December 2012 }}</ref> [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]]'s "[[Writing's on the Wall (Sam Smith song)|Writing's on the Wall]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-complete-list-855398 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=14 January 2016 |access-date=7 May 2016 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121121016/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-complete-list-855398 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Billie Eilish]]'s "[[No Time to Die (song)|No Time to Die]]".<ref name="Eilish"/> Adele won the award at the [[85th Academy Awards]], Smith won at the [[88th Academy Awards]], and Eilish won at the [[94th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Eilish">{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022 |title=The 94th Academy Awards {{!}} 2022 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325152056/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-wins-oscar-for-his-james-bond-spectre-theme-song-writings-on-the-wall__13954/|title=Sam Smith wins Oscar for his James Bond Spectre theme song|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=29 February 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=2 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302011319/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-smith-wins-oscar-for-his-james-bond-spectre-theme-song-writings-on-the-wall__13954/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the non-Eon produced ''Casino Royale'', [[Burt Bacharach]]'s score included "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]" (sung by [[Dusty Springfield]]), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.<ref name="40th Oscars">{{cite web|title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968)|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|work=Oscar Legacy|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003842/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|url-status=live}}</ref>