James Bond

James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy introduced by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson; in addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelizations and other authors have also written various unofficial permutations of the character.

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Fictional - British - Spy - Ian Fleming - 1953 - 1964 - Kingsley Amis - John Pearson - John Gardner - Raymond Benson - Charlie Higson - Christopher Wood

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James Bond is best known from the EON Productions film series. Twenty official and two unofficial films have been made featuring this character. Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman produced most of the official films up until 1974 when Broccoli became the sole producer. His daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson, Michael G. Wilson, carried on the production duties beginning in 1995.

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EON Productions - Albert R. Broccoli - Harry Saltzman - 1974 - Barbara Broccoli - Michael G. Wilson - 1995

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To date, Bond has been portrayed in the official series by (in chronological order):

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• Sean Connery
• George Lazenby
• Roger Moore
• Timothy Dalton
• Pierce Brosnan

The 21st official film, Casino Royale, is in pre-production and is slated for a 2006 release. Brosnan has announced that he will not play Bond in this film and the announcement of a new actor is expected sometime in the autumn of 2005.

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Casino Royale - 2006

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Broccoli's family company, Danjaq, L.L.C., has co-owned the James Bond film series with United Artists Corporation since the mid-1970s, when Saltzman sold UA his share of Danjaq. Currently, the Comcast/Sony consortium distributes the series through United Artists' parent, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer company.

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Danjaq, L.L.C. - United Artists - Comcast - Sony - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Two other James Bond films were made independent from EON: the comedy Casino Royale starring David Niven (1967), and Never Say Never Again, a remake of Thunderball starring Sean Connery (1983). An American television adaptation of Fleming's first novel, Casino Royale also aired in 1954 starring Barry Nelson.

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Casino Royale - David Niven - 1967 - Never Say Never Again - Thunderball - 1983 - American - 1954 - Barry Nelson

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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.

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Computer and video games - Comic strips - Comic books - Parodies

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