The secret agent. As Dracula is to vampires, Superman is to superheroes, Perry Mason is to lawyers and attorneys, and Sherlock Holmes is to detectives, so James Bond is to spies and secret agents.
James Bond (or James Bond 007) is a long-running multimedia franchise that originated with the novels of British author Ian Fleming and became a pop culture landmark, in large part thanks to a long-running series of theatrical films that started in The '60s and continues to this day. It is centered around James Bond, codename 007, a British secret service agent with a licence to kill who accomplishes missions in service of the British Crown, defeating bad guys with diabolical plans and seducing women along the way.
The franchise is the property of Danjaq, LLC, the company owned by the Broccoli family, the producers of the film series via Eon Productions.
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Literature
- James Bond, the series of novels and short stories started by Fleming in 1953 and reprised by other writers since his death in 1964.
Live-Action Films
- James Bond, the film franchise by Eon Productions based on Fleming's works. Starting in 1962, it's currently counting 25 films. Complete list
- Two theatrical James Bond films were produced outside of the Eon series by other studios:
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
Live-Action TV
- Casino Royale (1954), the first live-action adaptation of James Bond, as a one-hour episode of the Climax! TV anthology series.
- 007: Road to a Million, upcoming Prime Video Game Show hosted by Brian Cox.
Comic Books
Adaptations
- An adaptation of Dr. No was published in the UK in December 1962 by Classics Illustrated. It was later reprinted in the United States by DC Comics as part of its Showcase anthology series in January 1963.
- Marvel Comics adapted For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy in the early '80s.
- Eclipse Comics (Acme Press in U.K.) released an adaptation of Licence to Kill in 1989.
- Topps Comics began an adaptation of Goldeneye, but cancelled it before it was finished.
- SilverFin became the first novel to be adapted in 2008, followed by Dynamite Entertainment's adaptations of Casino Royale in 2018, and Live And Let Die in 2019.
Original Works
- The first James Bond comic book storyline to not be adapted from a previous work was Permission to Die - a 1991 miniseries published by Acme/Eclipse, written and drawn by Mike Grell.
- Not long after the above, the rights reverted to Dark Horse Comics (though Acme still held them in the UK), who published five miniseries (though only four of them were published in their entirety).
- James Bond by Dynamite Comics. They acquired the rights from the Fleming estate in 2015, and released their own series of inter-connected mini-series.
Pinball Games
- James Bond 007 (Gottlieb) (1980)
- GoldenEye (1996)
- James Bond 007 (Stern) (2022)
- James Bond 60th Anniversary Limited Edition (2023)
Radio Dramas
- Moonraker (Springbok Radio, South Africa, 1950s)
- You Only Live Twice (BBC Radio 4, UK, 1990)
- Jarvis and Ayres Productions' BBC Radio 4 radio dramas based on the Fleming books, with Toby Stephens as James Bond:
- Dr. No (2008)
- Goldfinger (2010)
- From Russia With Love (2012)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2014)
- Diamonds Are Forever (2015)
- Thunderball (2016)
- Moonraker (2018)
- Live and Let Die (2019)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (2020)
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Tabletop RPG
- James Bond 007, published by Victory Games (part of Avalon Hill) starting in 1983. Won many awards and was for a time the most popular espionage RPG. Arguments between Victory Games and Danjaq LLC resulted in it ceasing publication in 1987.
Theatre
- The all-women Takarazuka Revue from Japan adapted
Casino Royale into a musical in 2023. Suzuho Makaze is the first woman to ever have portrayed James Bond in an official manner.
Video Games
Early:
- James Bond 007 (1983)
- A View to a Kill: The Computer Game (1985)
- James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (Text Adventure) (1985)
- James Bond 007: Goldfinger (1986)
- James Bond 007 In The Living Daylights: The Computer Game (1987)
- James Bond 007: Live and Let Die The Computer Game (1988)
- 007: Licence to Kill (1989)
- Operation Stealth (James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair, 1990)
- Lord Bromley's Estate (1990)
- Q's Armoury (1990)
- James Bond 007: The Spy Who Loved Me (1990)
- James Bond Jr. (1991)
- James Bond Octopussy (1992)
- James Bond 007: The Duel (1992)
Nintendo era:
- GoldenEye (1997)
- James Bond 007 (1998)
Electronic Arts era:
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1999)
- The World Is Not Enough (2000)
- 007 Racing (2000)
- The World Is Not Enough (GBC) (2001)
- James Bond 007 in... Agent Under Fire (2001)
- James Bond 007: NightFire (2002)
- James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003)
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004)
- James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (2005)
Activision era:
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- GoldenEye (2010)
- James Bond 007: Blood Stone (2010)
- 007 Legends (2012)
IO Interactive era:
- Project 007 (TBA)
Western Animation
- James Bond Jr. (1991)
