007 Spectre is a 2015 British-American spy film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Neal Purvis. The official trailer was released on October 26, 2015, by the film's distributor Sony Pictures, along with a first look at the film's posters in cinemas. The official poster was released on September 14, 2015. This new James Bond film picks up on what the previous Bond film, Skyfall, had set up and promises to carry it further. The storyline begins just weeks before the events of Skyfall. The film follows a middle-aged Bond, James Bond, as he attends Spectre, a mysterious organization led by the enigmatic Ernst Stavro Blofeld, which is after his organization, SPECTRE. The film stars Daniel Craig as James Bond and Christoph Waltz as Blofeld. The film is the twenty-ninth official James Bond film and the fourth to be distributed by Sony Pictures. 007 Spectre is the twenty-ninth installment of the James Bond series and the first entry of the twenty-first generation. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 23, 2015, and in the United States on November 6, 2015. 007 Spectre is the second film in the series to be produced by Eon Productions, following Eon's 2007 reboot of the franchise, Casino Royale. Unlike previous installments, which were distributed by Eon Productions' current parent, Columbia Pictures, the film is distributed by Sony Pictures. Like the previous Bond films, all of the filming was done in the United Kingdom. 007 Spectre was a box office success, grossing $96.9 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada. It made $425.3 million worldwide and received widespread critical acclaim. It is the highest-grossing film in the franchise since Quantum of Solace and has been seen by over 1 billion people around the world. 007 Spectre was a success for a number of reasons, including Daniel Craig's performance as Bond, as well as new elements such as a technologically advanced production and setting, including exploring new locations. The film's development began in 2011, after director Sam Mendes stepped down as the director of the second Bourne film, Identity Thief. The script was then written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Jez Butterworth, who co-wrote the script of the previous film, Skyfall. After the script was finished, the producers felt that Bond should be older,
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