Casino Royale

Casino Royale is the 2006 James Bond film that introduced Daniel Craig as 007 and restarted the character’s screen story at the beginning of his double-O career. Directed by Martin Campbell and adapted from Ian Fleming’s first Bond novel, it follows Bond as he disrupts a terrorist-financing network and challenges Le Chiffre in a high-stakes Texas hold’em tournament in Montenegro. Eva Green plays Treasury agent Vesper Lynd, whose partnership with Bond gives the mission its emotional center, while Mads Mikkelsen portrays Le Chiffre. The film combines espionage, practical action and a more vulnerable interpretation of Bond than the preceding continuity. This page refers specifically to Eon Productions’ 2006 theatrical feature, not the 1954 television adaptation or the unrelated 1967 comedy also titled Casino Royale. The plot also establishes personal consequences that continue through Craig’s later Bond films.

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Key facts

• Casino Royale is the 21st official Eon Productions Bond film and Daniel Craig’s first appearance as 007.
• It adapts Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, published in 1953.
• Martin Campbell directed; Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis wrote the screenplay.
• The U.S. theatrical release began November 17, 2006, and the film runs approximately 148 minutes.

Official sources: James Bond 007; AFI Catalog.