JAMES BOND GIRLS The French Connection II

courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony
courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony

The tradition of French actresses becoming Bond girls continues in SPECTRE – the 24th 007 film.

Producers revealed Lea Seydoux will play Madeline Swann opposite Daniel Craig – back as Bond for the fourth time.

Berenice Marlohe played Severine in the Skyfall.

Claudine Auger was Domino with Sean Connery  in Thunderball.

Carole Bouquet was Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only starring Roger Moore

Sophie Marceau was Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough starring Pierce Brosnan.

This marks 3 French actresses for Craig: Eva Green was Vesper in Casino Royale, Marlohe in Skyfall and now Seydoux in SPECTRE. Continue reading JAMES BOND GIRLS The French Connection II

JAMES BOND in SPECTRE

courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony
courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony

James Bond will return in Spectre.

EON Productions, MGM and Sony announced the title and cast of the 24th 007 film in the iconic film series. Daniel Craig returns as Bond for fourth time with director Sam Mendes back to direct after the critical and billion dollar success of the last adventure, Skyfall.

The title is a blast from the past. SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terror Revenge and Extortion) was an evil organization led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Ian Fleming’s novels.

The first teaser poster is an homage to the symbol of the ring worn by SPECTRE operatives in the Sean Connery 007 films.

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JAMES BOND 24 Announcement

James Bond will return in ?

Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures will announce the official title and cast of the 24th 007 film in the iconic film series.

Daniel Craig will be back as Bond for fourth time. Skyfall director Sam Mendes is back to direct after the critical and billion dollar success of the last adventure.

You can watch the announcement live steaming from Pinewood Studios in London at 11:00 am London time, 6:00am Eastern Time and 3:00am Pacific Time in the U.S. Watch it here:

The next adventure starts filming on Monday.

We’ll have a wrap up of the big announcement and thoughts on the next 007 adventure later today.

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By Editor