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Commander James Bond also known as 007 is a fictional British secret service agent created by novelist Ian Fleming for the debut novel Casino Royale in 1953. He is the protagonist in twelve Fleming novels and two short story collections, the last being published in 1966. Following Ian Fleming's death in 1964, many continuation novels by Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson were published with the latest release, Blood Fever being released in 2006.
Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman's EON Productions started the official cinematic run of Bond in 1962, with the release of Dr. No. Since then the Bond film franchise has become one of the most successful and lucrative franchises in the film industry spanning 20 official films, 2 unofficial films, and one television episode. Officially, a total of five actors have portrayed agent 007; Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. Actor Daniel Craig will star in the first official adaptation of Fleming's novel Casino Royale to be released on November 17, 2006.
In addition to novels and films, Bond is a prominent character in many computer and video games, comic strips and comic books and has been the subject of many parodies. Read More...
Robert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. By 1967, Glidrose, the publishers of the James Bond novel series created by Ian Fleming, had exhausted all available material written by Fleming before his death in 1964. Desiring to continue the high-selling James Bond novel franchise, Glidrose decided to commission a series of new novels, which would be written by different authors, but all credited to "Robert Markham." The first, and to date, only, author commissioned however was Kingsley Amis, who was a close friend of Fleming's and had written a number of Bond-related books, including the popular James Bond Dossier. Colonel Sun, Amis' novel, was published in 1968.
- 2006
- January 6 - Blood Fever was released in the UK.
- January 30 - first day of filming for Casino Royale.
- July 17 - All James Bond films were be re-mastered and re-released in HD using the latest in digital transfer technology.
- July - Casino Royale completes production, enters post-production.
- Future
- November 2, 2006 - Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries will be released in the UK.
- November 17, 2006 - Casino Royale released in theatres.
- 2007 - Young Bond Book 3 will be released.
- 2008 - Young Bond Book 4 will be released.
- November 7, 2008 - Bond 22 released in theatres.
- May 2008 - The SilverFin graphic novel will be released.
- May 2008 - An announced one-off adult James Bond book will be released written by a well-known author.
- 2009 - Young Bond Book 5 will be released.
Subcategories of James Bond:
Bond actors - Bond girls - Books - Bond characters - Bond villains - Bond henchmen - Bond games - Computer and video games - Bond films - Bond music
- … Casino Royale by Ian Fleming has been adapted 3 times for the screen? The first was a 1954 television episode on Climax!, the second was a 1967 spoof, and the third is the 21st film in the official film series that will be released worldwide on 17th November.
- … Ian Fleming liked Sean Connery's portrayal so much that he eventually added background of the character in the novels so that his father was Scottish?
- … Since Dr. No, every official James Bond film begins with what is known as the "James Bond gun barrel sequence," which introduces agent 007?
- … Everything or Nothing is the first Bond game to use the voice of the then current James Bond, Pierce Brosnan? It was also his final performance as Bond before stepping aside in 2004.
- … The Ian Fleming titles "The Property of a Lady," "Quantum of Solace," "Risico," "The Hildebrand Rarity," and "007 in New York" have never been used as a title for a Bond film?
- … 9007 James Bond is an asteroid named after James Bond?
