Eon Productions

Lore & Background

Eon was started by film producers Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in July 1961, at the same time they became partners and sought financing for Dr. No. The year before they formed Danjaq, which for legal reasons became Eon's holding company, from which it licenses the rights to produce the Bond films. Broccoli had been interested in the Bond novel rights for several years but was dissuaded from pursuing the project by his former partner. When they dissolved their relationship he was free to pursue the property, for which Saltzman, a novice to film production, had taken a gamble to acquire. The two were introduced by a New York writer who was acquainted with both, and formed a partnership within a week of meeting. The enterprise was and is still a family business, including both wives of the principal partners, as well as several of their progeny, the latter group now carrying on their parents' work. Albert almost immediately included Dana Broccoli's college-aged son Michael G. Wilson in the early films, doing various production jobs. In 1975, after nine films, Harry Saltzman sold his shares of Danjaq to United Artists (UA). Although Albert R. Broccoli died in 1996, Eon Productions is still owned by the Broccoli family, specifically Albert R. Broccoli's daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson and her half-brother by actress Dana Wilson Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, who are the current producers of the films. In February 2025, Amazon MGM Studios and Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced the formation of a joint venture that would manage the franchise rights to James Bond, giving Amazon MGM full creative control from the Broccoli family. Albert R. Broccoli's name has appeared in the opening "presents" credit of every Eon-produced James Bond film, and as the first name in the credits from The Spy Who Loved Me onwards. From Dr. No through The Man with the Golden Gun, the credit was "Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli present"; for some films Broccoli came first. After Saltzman left, the opening credit was "Albert R. Broccoli presents" through to GoldenEye, which was the last Bond film released before Broccoli's death, though the final film produced before his death was Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he did not live to see released. On all films since Broccoli's death, the opening credit is "Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions pre

In Their Own Story

The office on the London street is quiet at this hour. A single lamp illuminates a desk where a contract rests, its pages dense with clauses about likeness, name, and the specific shade of green that a certain eye must be rendered in. A producer signs, sets the pen down, and watches the rain streak the window. Somewhere, in a development studio, a team is about to receive the green light to build a world where a man in a tuxedo can shoot a gun out of the air. The producer sips cold tea and thinks of her father, who once did the same thing for a movie. The eon continues.

Reader's Guide

Eon Productions is a British film production company. It produced the James Bond films listed below. The company also produced eight non-Bond films and several theatre productions. The source article does not mention any involvement in television or video games.

James Bond films produced by Eon Productions: Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Live and Let Die (1973) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Moonraker (1979) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Octopussy (1983) A View to a Kill (1985) The Living Daylights (1987) Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002) Casino Royale (2006) Quantum of Solace (2008) Skyfall (2012) Spectre (2015) No Time to Die (2021)

Non-Bond films produced by Eon Productions: Call Me Bwana (1963) The Silent Storm (2014) Radiator (2014) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) Nancy (2018) The Rhythm Section (2020) Ear for Eye (2021) Till (2022) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (TBA, in development) The Fighter (TBA, in development)

Theatre productions by Eon: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002) Chariots of Fire (2012–2013) Once (2012–2016) Othello (2016–2017) The Band's Visit (2017) The Country Girls (2017) Love Letters (2017) The Kid Stays in the Picture (2017) Strangers on a Train (2018) Macbeth (2022)

Did You Know?

• Eon Productions was started by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in July 1961.
• The company's holding company is Danjaq, which licenses the rights to produce Bond films.
• GoldenEye (1995) was the last Bond film released before Albert R. Broccoli's death; the final film produced before his death was Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), though he died before its release.
• Eon has produced eight non-Bond films as of the source article.
• In February 2025, Amazon MGM Studios formed a joint venture with the Broccoli family for creative control of