The first James Bond film premiered 60 years ago and has continued to keep fans captivated with every new addition to the franchise.There have been seven actors who have portrayed the iconic spy and 27 movies in the franchise.
The films are based on a 1953 novel by Ian Flemming about a British spy who works for the M16 and goes by the codename 007. Producers Albert R.
Broccoli and Harry Saltzman bought the film rights to the novel in 1961 and created EON Productions, the production company which produced all but two of the Bond movies.
Two Bond films were produced by different production companies and, due to this, have been debated by Bond fans.The 1967 "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again" were produced by Columbia Pictures and Jack Schwartzman's Taliafilm.
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