Editing SPECTRE (section)

===Rebooted Continuity===

The organisation returns in the rebooted [[Daniel Craig]] series of Bond films, which are set in an entirely separate universe to the earlier movies. In the 2015 film ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'', the organisation is simply referred to by that title.<ref name="econ acroym" /><ref name="EON acronym" /> In the film, [[James Bond (reboot series character)|James Bond]] is posthumously sent by [[Judi Dench]]'s [[M (James Bond)|M]] to assassinate Marco Sciarra ([[Alessandro Cremona]]), which in turn leads him on the trail of the organisation. It is revealed throughout the course of the film that SPECTRE, and in turn Ernst Stavro Blofeld ([[Christoph Waltz]]), have been the power behind the previous Craig villains; the Quantum organisation from ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006) and 2008's ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' is revealed to be a subsidiary of SPECTRE, while [[Raoul Silva]] ([[Javier Bardem]]) from ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012) is shown to be affiliated with the organisation as well. In addition to Silva, [[Le Chiffre]] ([[Mads Mikkelsen]]), Mr. White ([[Jesper Christensen]]), and Dominic Greene ([[Mathieu Amalric]]) are all revealed to have a direct connection to SPECTRE. It is also revealed that Blofeld is really Franz Oberhauser, whose father Hannes adopted Bond after the latter was orphaned at age 11, and who murdered his father and faked his own death.

Using SPECTRE, Blofeld attempts to gain control of a global surveillance program called [[Five Eyes|Nine Eyes]]. Bond, M ([[Ralph Fiennes]]), and [[Q (James Bond)|Q]] ([[Ben Whishaw]]) manage to stop them and Blofeld is captured by [[MI6]] and sent to prison for his crimes.

This iteration of SPECTRE returns in the 2021 film ''[[No Time to Die]]'', where they remain at large despite Blofeld's imprisonment and attempt to assassinate Bond in [[Matera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/7/21207736/no-time-to-die-spectre-spoilers-plot-details|title=No Time to Die plot details reveal opening sequence, Spectre connections|last=Patches|first=Matt|date=April 7, 2020|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> Five years later, the organisation kidnaps MI6 scientist Valdo Obruchev ([[David Dencik]]) and takes "Project Heracles", a [[DNA]]-targeted [[bioweapon]].

Every high- and mid-level ranking SPECTRE member meets in Cuba, and it is revealed that Blofeld is still in control of the organisation, despite being imprisoned in Britain. Bond sneaks in to the meeting and is ordered by Blofeld to be killed by the nanobots, but Obruchev secretly had the DNA changed from Bond to every SPECTRE member and anyone related to them, killing every SPECTRE member at the meeting. The main antagonist of the film, Lyutsifer Safin ([[Rami Malek]]), seeks revenge against the organisation after Blofeld ordered Mr. White to murder his entire family. As the bioweapon kills SPECTRE members and their relatives around the world, the organisation is destroyed.

With Blofeld as the last surviving member of the organisation, Safin blackmails [[Madeleine Swann]] ([[Léa Seydoux]]) into infecting Blofeld with Heracles. Swann backs out after she unintentionally infects Bond, but the mission is a success when Bond attacks Blofeld, who is infected and dies.

The remaining survivors of SPECTRE, such as operative Primo ([[Dali Benssalah]]), defect to Safin and are killed at the ending of the film, destroying SPECTRE once and for all.