The plan is for Bond to bring down international terror financier and dedicated gambler LeChifre in a high-stakes casino card game. The theme of the 1953 novel is updated to today's world: from Cold War to War on Terror. This is not a remake of that movie.Ĭasino Royale takes Bond back to his origins, reintroducing him as a former military commando just learning the secret agent trade and earning his 'double-oh' license to kill.

In 1967, David Niven headed an all-star cast including Woody Allen, Ursula Andress and Orson Welles in a comic spoof of the spy genre. Alan Silverman has a look at Casino Royale. Now, it's the 21st 'official' Bond film adventure featuring a new 007 and a return to the original source material. A decade later Sean Connery became the first to play Bond on screen. In 1953, former British Naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming published the first in his series of novels featuring the exploits of secret agent 007 - Bond, James Bond.