The film begins a story arc that continues through all of Craig's Bond films, culminating in No Time to Die (2021).Ĭasting involved a widespread search for a new actor to succeed Pierce Brosnan as James Bond the choice of Craig, announced in October 2005, drew controversy. The plot has Bond on an assignment to bankrupt terrorist financier Le Chiffre ( Mads Mikkelsen) in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro Bond falls in love with Vesper Lynd ( Eva Green), a treasury employee assigned to provide the money he needs for the game. Ĭasino Royale takes place at the beginning of Bond's career as Agent 007, as he is earning his licence to kill.

Following Die Another Day, Eon Productions decided to reboot the series, allowing them to show a less experienced and more vulnerable Bond. Directed by Martin Campbell and written by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, it is the first film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and it was the first Eon-produced Bond film to be co-distributed by Columbia Pictures. Source Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. Quantum of Solace External links Official website

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