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Spectre will be the twenty-fourth James Bond film produced by Eon Productions. It will be the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes and will feature Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James Bond and Christoph Waltz as Franz Oberhauser, the film's villain. Spectre is scheduled to be released on 6 November 2015.

Premise

A cryptic message from an unlikely source sets James Bond navigating the layers of a sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. As M continues fighting political pressures that threaten the future of MI6, Bond draws closer to uncovering a hidden truth that threatens to destroy everything he has fought to protect.

Cast

• Daniel Craig as James Bond, agent 007
• Christoph Waltz as Franz Oberhauser
• Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann
• Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra
• Andrew Scott as Denbigh, a new member of MI6 and Whitehall
• Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx, a henchman and bodyguard
• Ralph Fiennes as M, the head of MI6 and Bond's superior
• Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny, M's assistant
• Ben Whishaw as Q, the MI6 quartermaster
• Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner, the MI6 Chief of Staff
• Jesper Christensen as Mr. White, an enforcer in the Quantum organisation

Production

Copyright status

The ownership of the SPECTRE organisation and its characters had been at the centre of long-standing litigation starting in 1961 between Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory over the film rights to the novel Thunderball after Fleming incorporated elements of an undeveloped film script written by McClory into Thunderball. In 1963 Fleming settled out of court with McClory, which awarded McClory the film rights and in turn enabled him to become a producer for the 1965 film Thunderball—with Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman as executive producers—and the non-canonical film Never Say Never Again in 1983. Under the terms of the settlement, the literary rights stayed with Fleming.

In November 2013 MGM and the McClory estate formally settled the issue with Danjaq, LLC—the parent company of Eon Productions—and MGM acquiring the full copyright film rights to the concept of SPECTRE and all of the characters associated with it.

Pre-production

In November 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment was targeted by hackers who released details of confidential e-mails between Sony executives regarding several high-profile film projects. Included within these were several memos relating to the production of Spectre claiming that the film was over budget and detailing early drafts of the script written by John Logan. Eon Productions later issued a statement confirming the leak of what they called "an early version of the screenplay".

Casting

The main cast were revealed in December 2014 at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. In a separate interview with Danish website Euroman, Jesper Christensen revealed he will be reprising his role as Mr. White from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

Crew

In March 2013 Sam Mendes said he would not return to direct the next film in the series, then known as Bond 24; he later recanted and announced that he would return, as he found the script and the plans for the long-term future of the franchise appealing. In directing Skyfall and Spectre, Mendes will become the first director to oversee two consecutive Bond films since John Glen. Skyfall writer John Logan resumed his role of scriptwriter, collaborating with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who returned for their fifth Bond film. The writer Jez Butterworth also worked on the script, alongside Mendes and Craig. Dennis Gassner will also return as the film's production designer, while cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema will take over from Roger Deakins.

Filming

Director Sam Mendes revealed that production would begin on 8 December 2014 at Pinewood Studios, with filming taking seven months. Mendes also confirmed several filming locations, including London, Mexico City and Rome. Filming will also take place in and around Sölden—including the Ötztal Glacier Road, Rettenbach glacier and the adjacent ski resort and cable car station—and Obertilliach and Lake Altaussee in Austria from December 2014 to February 2015, before moving to Morocco in June, with filming scheduled to take place in Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud after preliminary work was completed by the production's second unit. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema is shooting the film on Kodak 35 mm film stock.

Music

Thomas Newman will return as Spectre's composer. At the press conference announcing the start of filming, actor Ben Whishaw said that he was aware of the identity of the artist who will perform the film's title theme, but that he was not at liberty to reveal who it was.

Marketing

In December 2014, on the stage at Pinewood Studios during the launch of Spectre, Aston Martin and Eon unveiled the new DB10 as the official Bond car for the film, the DB10 was designed in collaboration between Aston Martin and the filmmakers, with only ten being produced especially for the film as a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the company's association with the franchise.

To promote the film, production continued the trend established during Skyfall's production of releasing still images of clap boards on the franchise's official Twitter account.

It was announced on 15 December 2014 that Sony Pictures had signed a multi-million pound deal with Belvedere vodka for the film.

Release

Spectre is due to be released worldwide on 6 November 2015.

Footnotes

1. Following the settlement, Eon Productions licenced SPECTRE and its characters from McClory for ten years, allowing their subsequent appearances in You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever.
2. Purvis and Wade were credited for the screenplay of Quantum of Solace as they wrote the original draft of the film. However, the final script was written by Paul Haggis with several uncredited co-writers.

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External links

• Official website
• Spectre at IMDb

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• 2010s action films
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• Film scores by Thomas Newman
• Films directed by Sam Mendes
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• Screenplays by John Logan