This morning brought some huge announcements for the upcoming, 2015 007 film directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig as the leading character. For quite some time, the film had been known as "James Bond 24," or something to that nature, but now we have an official title for all of you "shaken, not stirred" fans out there: SPECTRE. We also have a great deal of casting updates including Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Andrew Scott, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista and more! (SPOILERS to follow)
You can watch the entire event including the title reveal, the cast introductions and Sam Mendes showing off new Aston Martin DB10 over on YouTube.
First, we must talk about the title. SPECTRE is the name of the organization that has plagued the Bond films for many years. It looks like this Nov. 6, 2015, film is going to finally jump into this storyline, with some added flair as we can see from the cast list below and this motion movie poster:
Are you happy with this title? Is it as good as Skyfall or as confusing as Quantum of Solace?
Here's the most mysterious casting news: Christoph Waltz is credited as playing a character named Oberhauser. Earlier reports suggested he was rumored to take on the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Check out the Twitter post here:
And Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser! #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/CPUXDDf0jt
— James Bond (@007) December 4, 2014
So is he not Blofeld after all? Well one secret agent from the past, Roger Moore, thinks that this is just a ruse and that Waltz is actually playing the iconic villain. Check out his Twitter response to this news:
So Blofeld is back! — Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) December 4, 2014
Check out the rest of the casting announcements from Twitter right here:
...Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/DR7DfAWkb1
— James Bond (@007) December 4, 2014
...Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra pic.twitter.com/41klBClFzN — James Bond (@007) December 4, 2014
...David Bautista as Mr Hinx pic.twitter.com/tJxGnt5tct
— James Bond (@007) December 4, 2014
And welcoming... Andrew Scott as Denbigh pic.twitter.com/UNBlMoBmXz — James Bond (@007) December 4, 2014
We also learned that Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinneear, and Ben Whishaw are also returning to the franchise.
Let us know what you think of this movie title and these casting decisions in the comments section below!
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