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  • Monica Bellucci, Léa Seydoux to Play Bond Girls in “Spectre”

    The long wait is over for James Bond fans, and many rumors have proven true. Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today officially announced the first details about the upcoming 24th James Bond film.

    The movie will be titled Spectre and will be released on November 6, 2015. Director Sam Mendes, who helmed
    the well-received 2012 Bond movie Skyfall, will also be in charge of the new movie. Principal photography for the movie will begin next week on December 8.

    A short teaser for Spectre featuring little more than a bullet hole through glass was posted to the James Bond Facebook page.

    Post by James Bond 007.

    Actor Daniel Craig will once again portray Britain’s famous spy, making this his fourth Bond movie. Joining him are returning cast members Ralph Fiennes as M, Ben Whishaw as Q, and Naomie Harris as Moneypenny.

    Two new “Bond girls” have been announced for Spectre: Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux. Bellucci is a French actress known for movies such as Irreversible and the Matrix sequels. Seydoux is also French and garnered accolades in 2013 for her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Color.

    Other Bond newcomers to appear in Spectre include Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, and Andrew Scott.

    Story details are thin but a statement released by the movie’s producers revealed that the movie will set 007 on the trail of a “sinister organization” while M “battles political forces to keep the secret service alive.”

    James Bond fans will also know that the new movie’s title could be a bit of a spoiler. In Bond cannon, Spectre refers to an international terrorist group led by famed Bond villian Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The organization has appeared in numerous early Bond films including Dr. No, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice.

  • Next Bond Movie Coming Within Three Years, Says MGM

    James Bond fans may not have to wait long for the next installment in the storied movie franchise.

    Reuters is reporting that MGM teased Bond fans with talk of a new movie during its investor conference call on March 19. During the call, MGM CEO Gary Barber reportedly stated that MGM “hopes” a new Bond movie will be released within three years.

    Barber went on to state that the studio is developing a screenplay for the new Bond movie and that a director for the next Bond movie could be revealed “soon.”

    MGM also revealed in its 2012 fiscal results that last year’s Skyfall was the “biggest” release of a James Bond film ever. The studio reported that its theatrical revenues increased $661 million over its 2011 revenues, in part because of the success of Skyfall and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

    Bond fans have never had to wait too long for a new installment in the franchise. The longest time gap between Bond movies was between 1989’s Licence to Kill and 1995’s GoldenEye.

    The video below splices together scenes from each Bond movie into a single “movie.” It provides a look at the evolving visual style of the movies, as well as the different writing and directing choices that defined each era of Bond movies.