Spectre (2015 film)

Daniel Craig's fourth Bond film brings back Blofeld and his organisation.

Spectre is the 24th Eon Bond film, the sequel to Skyfall and Daniel Craig's fourth turn as 007. Sam Mendes returned to direct, the first director of consecutive Bond films since John Glen. Bond takes on the crime organisation Spectre and its leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), with Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci and Ralph Fiennes in the cast.

Quick Facts

Director

Sam Mendes

Screenplay

John Logan
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Jez Butterworth

Story

John Logan
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade

Based on

James Bond, Ian Fleming

Producer

Michael G. Wilson; Barbara Broccoli

Starring

Daniel Craig
Christoph Waltz
Léa Seydoux
Ben Whishaw
Naomie Harris
Dave Bautista
Monica Bellucci
Ralph Fiennes

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema

Editing

Lee Smith

Lore & Background

Spectre and its characters had been tied up for decades by the Thunderball rights dispute with Kevin McClory; this was their first Eon appearance since Diamonds Are Forever (1971). The Sony Pictures hack revealed clashes between Sony and Eon over money, stunts and locations, and the budget is estimated at $245-300 million. Shot in Austria, the UK, Italy, Morocco and Mexico, it premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 October 2015 and grossed $880 million.