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Casino
Royale
James
Bond
Casino
Royale (2006) is the twenty-first film in the
James Bond series; it is directed by Martin Campbell
and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent
James Bond. Based on the 1953 novel of the same
name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by screenwriters
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis.
It
is the third screen adaptation of the Casino Royale
novel, which was previously produced as a 1954
television episode and a 1967 satirical film.
However, the 2006 film is the only EON Productions
adaptation of Fleming's novel. It is a reboot
of the Bond franchise, establishing a new timeline
and narrative framework not meant to precede any
previous film. This not only frees the Bond franchise
from more than forty years of continuity, but
allows the film to show a less experienced and
more vulnerable Bond.
The
film is set at the beginning of James Bond's career
as Agent 007, just as he is earning his licence
to kill. After preventing a terrorist attack at
Miami Airport, Bond falls for Vesper Lynd, the
treasury agent assigned to provide the money he
needs to foil a high-stakes poker tournament organized
by Le Chiffre. The film's story arc concludes
in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
Casino
Royale was released on November 17, 2006, the
eleventh anniversary of the seventeenth film.
The casting for the movie involved a widespread
search for a new actor to portray James Bond,
and significant controversy over Daniel Craig
when he was eventually selected. Some Pierce Brosnan
fans threatened to boycott the film in protest.
Despite this, the film, and Daniel Craig's performance
in particular, earned critical acclaim. Casino
Royale was produced by EON Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and Columbia Pictures, marking the first official
Bond film to be co-produced by the latter studio,
which had produced and originally distributed
the 1967 non-canonical film version. (Credit:
Wikipedia).
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