Casino Royale
With Daniel Craig set to return for what will almost certainly be his last picture show in theJames Bondfranchise , we ’re claim a flavor back at what ( probably ) befall in thepitch meetingfor his first James Bond movie : Casino Royale . Directed by Martin Campbell and released in 2006,Casino Royalewas base on the very first novel spell by Bond author Ian Fleming , and effectively rebooted the dealership ( which had gotten fairly silly ) with a new , grittier feel .
Of course , even a gritty and serious reboot of the James Bond franchise still involves a parkour pursuit across a construction site and a scoundrel who weeps parentage .
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Untilreplacing Pierce Brosnanas the unexampled James Bond , Craig was best known for roles in more serious drama and thrillers likeRoad to Perdition , Munich , and … Lara Croft : Tomb Raider . OK , perhaps they were n’t all serious persona . When the casting was announce there was an immediate backlash to the news that a blond role player had been disgorge as the traditionally morose - hairy superintendent - spy , and that - even more scandalously - we would not be die his hair for the office . However , Craig quickly won fans over once the movie was release and everyone got to see him amount out of the sea in that tiny blue swimsuit . Let ’s take a look back at how Craig and his new take on Bond were originally pitched .
The change of actor , tone , and hair colouration proved to be a achiever , asCasino Royaleachieved the highest gross of any James Bond movie so far - an accomplishment that was soon pass by the 2012 sequelSkyfall . Cary Fukunaga , who directed the critically - acclaimed first time of year ofTrue Detective , is take over conduct responsibility forBond 25 , which will begin take soon underthe workings titleShatterhandand is place for release in April 2020 .
Now that the fuzz color barrier has been crossed and Craig is on his path out of the franchise , public lecture has turned to the possibility of the next James Bond tag an even more ultra change , likemaking the character a womanor casting a non - white actor ( specifically , Idris Elba ) . However , by the time ofBond 25 ’s release five long time will have passed sinceSpectrearrived in theater , so it ’s plausibly a bit too soon to ask any casting news program for Bond 26 . After all , Blond Bond ’s journey is n’t over just yet .
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