Wilson used that big moment to relaunch the character, making 007 a spy for the current day. So naturally, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. At this point, the official EON Productions run of Bond films saw Sean Connery’s first five films done and dusted, creating a phenomenon that persists to this very day.īy the time Daniel Craig began his tenure as the rebooted James Bond in 2006’s adaptation of Casino Royale, all of rights to Ian Fleming’s books were in the possession of EON Productions. Feldman, paving the way for the 1967 spoof of the same name to exist. The rights would eventually find their way to movie producer Charles K. While that first adaptation of Casino Royale would cast 007 as CIA agent “Jimmy Bond,” the hour-long dramatization of Ian Fleming’s novel would lead to a rather complicated road.
