Watch Sam Mendes walk us through the new James Bond and M dynamics in Spectre, as well as new pictures of the cast and crew.
NewsThe fourth installment of the Daniel Craig as 007 era is upon us, and with Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returning to the helm of the series, one should have very good feelings about where this is heading.
Perhaps that is why in our first actual behind-the-scenes footage of Spectre, Eon Productions is comfortable enough to let Mendes walk us through where James Bond 24 is heading with the character. While speaking in the below video blog, Mendes explains a concept that we haven’t seen really explored since GoldenEye: Bond is now the veteran and M is the newbie with something to prove. In many ways, I am detecting that Mendes and screenwriter John Logan are in several sneaky ways pulling from Ian Fleming material in the short story For Your Eyes Only and the novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. But putting my personal speculation aside, below is the synopsis of the film, the video, as well as several new images for the upcoming 007 adventure!
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Spectre finds 007 (Craig) at odds with MI6’s new M (Ralph Fiennes) about the best way to handle the ever-changing world of espionage and terrorism. Whereas M continues to be under siege by political realities in London, Bond is forced to finish “one last mission” from the previous M and his late mentor, played by Judi Dench. Along the way, he will discover a political conspiracy that taps back into one of Ian Fleming’s most feared creations—the terrorist organization known as SPECTRE.
Spectre also stars Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Naomi Harris, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott, and Rory Kinnear. It opens November 6, 2015.
