The new James Bond film is to be called Spectre.
British director Sam Mendes revealed the title at a launch event at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where principal photography is due to begin on Monday.
Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, to be released in the UK on 23 October 2015. He is the seventh actor to play the British Secret Service agent. In the film he will drive the Aston Martin DB10.
Other cast members were also announced at Thursday's event, which was beamed around the world.
They include Sherlock's Andrew Scott, as an MI5 employee called Denbigh, and Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista, playing a henchman called Mr Hinx.
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and France's Lea Seydoux have been unveiled as the new Bond girls, named Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann respectively.
As expected, double Oscar winner Christoph Waltz will play a character called Oberhauser in the film.
The name of the character is the same as that of Bond's former ski instructor, though it has been rumoured Waltz will really be playing Bond's old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Spectre will be the 24th Bond film and the first since Skyfall in 2012.
The Bond film series has grossed just over US$6 billion to date, making it the second-highest-grossing film series behind fellow British series Harry Potter, and the single most successful adjusted for inflation.
Spectre to be title of next Bond film
BBC News
4 December 2014
Christoph Waltz (left) and Monica Bellucci (r) will join Craig in Spectre
Spectre will be the title of the 24th official James Bond film, its makers have announced.
British director Sam Mendes revealed the title at a launch event at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where principal photography is due to begin on Monday.
Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, to be released in the UK on 23 October 2015.
Other cast members were also announced at Thursday's event, which was beamed around the world.
Bond will be driving an Aston Martin DB10 in the 2015 release
They include Sherlock's Andrew Scott, as an MI5 employee called Denbigh, and Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista, playing a henchman called Mr Hinx.
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and France's Lea Seydoux have been unveiled as the new Bond girls, named Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann respectively.
As expected, double Oscar winner Christoph Waltz will play a character called Oberhauser in the film.
The name of the character is the same as that of Bond's former ski instructor, though it has been rumoured Waltz will really be playing Bond's old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Spectre - Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion - was the name of the international crime syndicate, whose 'Number One' was Blofeld himself.
The organisation featured in the Bond films of the 1960s and was part of a legal tussle with a rival film producer that was recently resolved after many years.
Thursday's event also saw the unveiling of the Aston Martin DB10 which Bond will be driving in his latest screen adventure.
Sam Mendes made the announcement from the 007 Stage
Bond's old nemesis, the cat-stroking Blofeld, head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE, may be making a return
Returning cast members Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw and Rory Kinnear were also presented before the world's media, alongside Craig himself.
Craig, 46, first played Ian Fleming's legendary secret agent in 2006's Casino Royale, then in 2008's Quantum of Solace and 2012's Skyfall.
According to the film studio, the plot will see "a cryptic message from Bond's past send him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation.
"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."
The full cast of Spectre pose for the world's photographers
The 007 production will be based at Pinewood Studios and on location in London, Mexico City, Rome and Tangier and Erfoud, in Morocco.
Bond will return to the snow once again, this time in Solden, along with other Austrian locations, Obertilliach, and Lake Altaussee.
Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were "excited to announce Daniel's fourth instalment in the series".
They also said they were "thrilled that Sam has taken on the challenge of following on the success of Skyfall with Spectre".
BBC News - Spectre to be title of next James Bond film
British director Sam Mendes revealed the title at a launch event at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where principal photography is due to begin on Monday.
Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, to be released in the UK on 23 October 2015. He is the seventh actor to play the British Secret Service agent. In the film he will drive the Aston Martin DB10.
Other cast members were also announced at Thursday's event, which was beamed around the world.
They include Sherlock's Andrew Scott, as an MI5 employee called Denbigh, and Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista, playing a henchman called Mr Hinx.
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and France's Lea Seydoux have been unveiled as the new Bond girls, named Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann respectively.
As expected, double Oscar winner Christoph Waltz will play a character called Oberhauser in the film.
The name of the character is the same as that of Bond's former ski instructor, though it has been rumoured Waltz will really be playing Bond's old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Spectre will be the 24th Bond film and the first since Skyfall in 2012.
The Bond film series has grossed just over US$6 billion to date, making it the second-highest-grossing film series behind fellow British series Harry Potter, and the single most successful adjusted for inflation.
Spectre to be title of next Bond film
BBC News
4 December 2014
Christoph Waltz (left) and Monica Bellucci (r) will join Craig in Spectre
Spectre will be the title of the 24th official James Bond film, its makers have announced.
British director Sam Mendes revealed the title at a launch event at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where principal photography is due to begin on Monday.
Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, to be released in the UK on 23 October 2015.
Other cast members were also announced at Thursday's event, which was beamed around the world.
Bond will be driving an Aston Martin DB10 in the 2015 release
They include Sherlock's Andrew Scott, as an MI5 employee called Denbigh, and Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista, playing a henchman called Mr Hinx.
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and France's Lea Seydoux have been unveiled as the new Bond girls, named Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann respectively.
As expected, double Oscar winner Christoph Waltz will play a character called Oberhauser in the film.
The name of the character is the same as that of Bond's former ski instructor, though it has been rumoured Waltz will really be playing Bond's old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Spectre - Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion - was the name of the international crime syndicate, whose 'Number One' was Blofeld himself.
The organisation featured in the Bond films of the 1960s and was part of a legal tussle with a rival film producer that was recently resolved after many years.
Thursday's event also saw the unveiling of the Aston Martin DB10 which Bond will be driving in his latest screen adventure.
Sam Mendes made the announcement from the 007 Stage
Bond's old nemesis, the cat-stroking Blofeld, head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE, may be making a return
Returning cast members Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw and Rory Kinnear were also presented before the world's media, alongside Craig himself.
Craig, 46, first played Ian Fleming's legendary secret agent in 2006's Casino Royale, then in 2008's Quantum of Solace and 2012's Skyfall.
According to the film studio, the plot will see "a cryptic message from Bond's past send him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation.
"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."
The full cast of Spectre pose for the world's photographers
The 007 production will be based at Pinewood Studios and on location in London, Mexico City, Rome and Tangier and Erfoud, in Morocco.
Bond will return to the snow once again, this time in Solden, along with other Austrian locations, Obertilliach, and Lake Altaussee.
Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were "excited to announce Daniel's fourth instalment in the series".
They also said they were "thrilled that Sam has taken on the challenge of following on the success of Skyfall with Spectre".
BBC News - Spectre to be title of next James Bond film
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