The Most Profitable Film Franchise In History- James Bond
You don’t have to look far to see the most booming English language film franchise in the past. It is the James Bond 007 films. James Bond is a unreal individual brought to being by the English novelist Ian Fleming back in 1953. James Bond was the main character in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have also been 22 films to date beginning with “Dr. No” back in 1962.
The novelist, Ian Fleming, passed away in 1964 but the character James Bond lived on. Consequent James Bond novels were written by up to five other authors, such as Kingsley Amis, under the alias Robert Markham, John Pearson, Raymond Benson, John Gardner and Sebastian Faulks. Two screenplays were novelized by Christopher Woods and a number of other authors’ also contributed and authored unendorsed versions of James Bond.
There have been 22 films to date and a 23rd is promised now in the James Bond franchise. The initial film was from the time 1962, “Dr. No” and on October 31, 2008 the most up-to-date came out, which was “Quantum of Solace”.
Sean Connery is contemplated to be the initial James Bond. He played the character in 6 movies starting with “Dr. No” in 1962, followed by “From Russia with Love” in 1963, “Goldfinger:” in 1964, “Thunderball” in 1965, “You Only Live Twice” from 1967 and “Diamonds Are Forever” from 1971.
In 1969 “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” came out with an actor named George Lazenby in the chief part. Of all the actors to depict Bond, Mr. Lazenby was the only one who simply acted in one movie. In 1971, Sean Connery returned for “Diamonds Are Forever”.
After that Roger Moore became Bond. In 1973 for “Live and Let Die”, 1974 in “The Man with the Golden Gun” and 1977, “The Spy who Loved Me”, in 1979 it was “Moonraker” and 1981 brought “For Your Eyes Only”, “Octopussy” in 1983 and the last movie starring Roger Moore was “A View to a Kill” in 1985.
Timothy Dalton followed for only the next two films “The Living Daylights” from 1987 and “License to Kill” in 1989. “Goldeneye” came out in 1995 with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. He continued for 3 added films, in 1997 “Tomorrow Never Dies” and 1999, “The World Is Not Enough” and 2002 “Die Another Day”.
The lone fair-haired actor to ever portray Bond is the existing star of the franchise. Daniel Craig was Bond in 2006 for “Casino Royale” and 2008 for “Quantum of Solace”. Another Bond movie is now in the works, set for an undetermined time and only referred to now as “James Bond 23″. Daniel Craig is set to star in the lead part.
