"the Eon series, there have been three additional productions with the character of James Bond: an American television adaptation, ""Casino Royale"" (1954), produced by CBS; a spoof, ""Casino Royale"" (1967), produced by Charles K. Feldman; and a remake of ""Thunderball"" entitled ""Never Say Never Again"" (1983), produced by Jack Schwartzman, who had obtained the rights to the film from McClory. In 1954 the American CBS television network paid Ian Fleming $1,000 ($ in dollars) for the rights to turn his first novel, ""Casino Royale"", into a one-hour television adventure as part of the dramatic anthology series ""Climax Mystery Theater"", which"
"Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze. In addition to his supporting roles, Atkinson has also had success as a leading man. His television character Mr. Bean debuted on the big screen with ""Bean"" (1997) to international success. A sequel, ""Mr. Bean's Holiday"" (2007), also became an international success. He has also starred in the James Bond parody ""Johnny English"" (2003), its sequel, ""Johnny English Reborn"" (2011) and its second upcoming sequel; ""Johnny English Strikes Again"" (2018). Rowan Atkinson filmography British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson has appeared in twenty films and over thirty film series and over eight television"
"actor Rowan Atkinson famous all around the world. Later, he played in two movies based on 'Mr Bean' : ""Bean"" in 1997, and ""Mr. Bean's Holiday"" in 2007. Later, he parodied the James Bond secret agent in two British spy comedy film : ""Johnny English"", and ""Johnny English Reborn"". Some British comedies examined the role of the Asian community in British life, including ""Bhaji on the Beach"" (1993), ""East Is East"" (1999), ""Bend It Like Beckham"" (2002), ""Anita and Me"" (2003) and ""Death at a Funeral"" (2007). Some other comedies takes place in India, such as ""The Best Exotic Marigold"
"crime comedy ""Keeping Mum"" (2005), which also starred Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, and Patrick Swayze. In addition to his supporting roles, Atkinson has also had success as a leading man. His television character Mr. Bean debuted on the big screen with ""Bean"" (1997) to international success. A sequel, ""Mr. Bean's Holiday"" (2007), also became an international success. He has also starred in the James Bond parody ""Johnny English film series"" (2003–2018). Rowan Atkinson performed live on-stage skits — also appearing with members of Monty Python — in ""The Secret Policeman's Ball"" (1979) in London for Amnesty International. Atkinson undertook"
"""Star in a Reasonably Priced Car"" on ""Top Gear"", driving the Kia Cee'd around the track in 1:42.2, which at the time granted him first place on the leaderboard, with only Matt LeBlanc having set a faster time in the Cee'd. Atkinson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms ""Blackadder"" and ""Mr. Bean"". Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch"
"James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's ""Tale of the Mummy"" (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the American TV miniseries ""Attila"" (2001). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but eventually chose Butler. He was cast as Dracula in ""Dracula 2000"" (2000). He then appeared in ""Reign of Fire"" (2002) as Creedy and """" (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel ""Timeline"" (2003), Butler played an"
"1943, usually playing German villain officer, such as in ""We Dive at Dawn"" (1943). He began to have more established roles by the early 1950s, starring in ""The African Queen"" (1951), ""The Red Beret"" (1953) for Albert R. Broccoli, ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961), ""The Road to Hong Kong"" (1962), ""Lord Jim"" (1965), ""Black Sunday"" (1977), ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1978) and ""Cuba"" (1979). His first role in the James Bond film series was in 1963, when he played the henchman Morzeny in ""From Russia with Love"". From the late 1970s, he played the recurring"
"which was to give him his first crack at the title roles in ""Othello"" (his favourite), ""Macbeth"" and ""Coriolanus"". Gambon was suggested for the role of James Bond in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), although he was dismissed for being even less known than George Lazenby who was cast. His rise to fame began in 1974 when Eric Thompson cast him as the melancholy vet in Alan Ayckbourn's ""The Norman Conquests"" at Greenwich. A speedy transfer to the West End established him as a comic actor, squatting at a crowded dining table on a tiny chair and agonising over"
"Zetterling in Roald Dahl's ""The Witches"" (1990). He played the part of Dexter Hayman in ""Hot Shots! Part Deux"" (1993), a parody of ""Rambo III"", starring Charlie Sheen. Atkinson gained further recognition with his turn as a verbally bumbling vicar in ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994) and featured in Disney's ""The Lion King"" (also 1994) as the voice of Zazu the red-billed hornbill. He also sang the song ""I Just Can't Wait to Be King"" in ""The Lion King"". Atkinson continued to appear in supporting roles in comedies, including ""Rat Race"" (2001), ""Scooby-Doo"" (2002), ""Love Actually"" (2003), and the"
"his request for a piano and lessons; Watkin always contended that he would rather have been a professional musician than a cinematographer. After a brief period in the Army during World War II, Watkin started work at the Southern Railway Film Unit in 1948 as a camera assistant. After the unit was absorbed into British Transport Films in 1950, he eventually climbed the ranks up to director of photography at BTF before going off to work freelance in commercials around 1960. Before working in feature films ""as a fully fledged cinematographer"", he shot the title sequence of the James Bond"
"next film to be produced was also usually named, in the format ""James Bond will return..."" or ""James Bond will be back"", although these were sometimes incorrect: ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" promised James Bond would return in ""For Your Eyes Only"", but after the success of ""Star Wars"", the producers decided to make ""Moonraker"" instead and ""For Your Eyes Only"" followed in 1981. The first Bond film, ""Dr. No"", included the introduction of the character of James Bond. Bond was introduced in an exchange near the beginning of the film in a ""now-famous nightclub sequence featuring Sylvia Trench"", to"
"film ""The Trench"" (1999), and the drama ""Some Voices"" (2000) attracted the film industry's attention. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film """" (2001), the crime thriller ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), the crime thriller ""Layer Cake"" (2004), and the Steven Spielberg historical drama ""Munich"" (2005). Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming's British secret agent character James Bond in the film series, taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005. His debut film as Bond, ""Casino Royale"", was released internationally in November 2006 and was highly"
"praising Atkinson's characteristic flair for comedy once again, giving it a 4 star rating out of 5. In May 2017, it was announced that pre production had begun on a third film, which was released in 5 October 2018. Johnny English Reborn Johnny English Reborn is a 2011 action comedy film directed by Oliver Parker. It is the sequel to ""Johnny English"" (2003) and the second instalment in the ""Johnny English"" series. The film stars Rowan Atkinson, reprising his role as the title character. Like its predecessor, the film parodies traits from the James Bond film series and clichés of"
"Fleming commissioned a sketch to show how he saw Bond; illustrator John McLusky considered Fleming's version too ""outdated"" and ""pre-war"" and changed Bond to give him a more masculine look. In 1962 Eon Productions, the company of Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert R. ""Cubby"" Broccoli released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, ""Dr. No"", featuring Sean Connery as 007. Connery was the first of seven actors to play Bond on the cinema screen, six of whom appeared in the Eon series of films. As well as looking different, each of the actors has interpreted the role"
"the part of Dexter Hayman in ""Hot Shots! Part Deux"" (1993), a parody of ""Rambo III"", starring Charlie Sheen. Atkinson gained further recognition with his turn as a verbally bumbling vicar in ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994) and featured in Disney's ""The Lion King"" (also 1994) as the voice of Zazu the red-billed hornbill. He also sang the song ""I Just Can't Wait To Be King"" in ""The Lion King"". Atkinson continued to appear in supporting roles in comedies, including ""Rat Race"" (2001), ""Scooby-Doo"" (2002), ""Love Actually"" (2003) and the crime comedy ""Keeping Mum"" (2005), which also starred Kristin"
"previous Bond actors, to which viewers had apparently become accustomed. Although the choice of Craig was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond – Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery and Roger Moore – called his casting a good decision. George Lazenby has since voiced his approval of Craig also. Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig. The first film, ""Casino Royale"", premiered on 14 November 2006, and grossed a total of US$594,239,066 worldwide, which made it the highest-grossing Bond"
"with Elliott Gould, Streisand's ex-husband), ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979), ""Night of the Juggler"" (1980), and ""High Risk"" (1981). When Roger Moore expressed his desire to leave the role of James Bond, Brolin screen tested for the role in the next film ""Octopussy"" (1983) and was tentatively given the part. Ultimately, however, Moore decided to continue in the series. In 1985, Brolin parodied his near-hiring as James Bond in the film ""Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"". In a film within the film, he merged the characters of Bond and Pee-Wee Herman, the ""real"" version of whom was played by Paul Reubens. He is"
"""Maniac Cop"" (1988), ""Two Evil Eyes"" (1990), ""Bob Roberts"" (1992), ""Striking Distance"" (1993), and ""Drive Angry"" (2011). Atkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Dorothy E. (née Williams) and George C. Atkins. During his childhood, Atkins was a fan of horror and science fiction, one of his best loved films being the Howard Hawks classic ""The Thing from Another World"". He initially had no desire to be an actor. His father worked in a Steel Mill in Pennsylvania and Atkins assumed that he would follow in his father's footsteps. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and"
"""Medea"" (Young Vic 1985), ""A Delicate Balance"" (Haymarket, West End 1997) and ""Doubt"" (New York 2006). Atkins co-created the television dramas ""Upstairs, Downstairs"" (1971–75) and ""The House of Elliot"" (1991–93) with Jean Marsh. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film ""Mrs Dalloway"". Her film appearances include ""Equus"" (1977), ""The Dresser"" (1983), ""Let Him Have It"" (1991), ""Wolf"" (1994), ""Jack and Sarah"" (1995), ""Gosford Park"" (2001), ""Evening"" (2005), ""Last Chance Harvey"" (2008), ""Robin Hood"" (2010) and ""Magic in the Moonlight"" (2014). Atkins was born in the Mothers' Hospital in Clapton, a Salvation Army maternity hospital in East London. Her"
"Robert Pattinson Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model and musician. He started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novels by Stephenie Meyer, which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012 that combined grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. ""Twilight"" brought Pattinson worldwide fame, and established him among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of"
"Cook had previously worked with Rowan Atkinson, having appeared together in ""The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) "" and ""Peter Cook & Co"" (1980). Cook's appearance in this episode as Richard III caused him some alarm; both producer John Lloyd and co-star Brian Blessed have recalled that Cook was very nervous about playing the part. Cook was also not fond of adhering to a script and his lines contained many improvisations. In the end, parts of Cook's performance took the form of a mock-heroic parody of Laurence Olivier's portrayal of the king in the 1955 film version of Shakespeare's play. This"
"Johnny English Johnny English is a 2003 spy comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. It is a British-American venture produced by StudioCanal, Working Title Films and Universal Pictures. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller and John Malkovich, it is the first installment of the ""Johnny English"" film series and serves as a parody/homage to the spy genre, mainly the James Bond film series as well as Atkinson's character Mr. Bean. Though the character himself is based more on Atkinson's bumbling spy character from a series of UK adverts for"
"would together become major players in TV and film comedy met after answering an advert to join the Etceteras revue-writing team. They were Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson – a graduate engineering student who made his memorable Oxford debut in a Leapyear Revue at the Oxford Playhouse on 29 February 1976, directed by Etceteras president, Robert Orchard. Curtis had already taken his own first bow in another show by the same director, ""Allswellthatendsrock!"". From 1977 to 1981, Paul Twivy and Ian Hislop then took over the Etceteras, producing several shows at the Edinburgh Festival and Oxford Playhouse. ETC funded the"
"described as a ""beautiful movie star"". As such, Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of ""Casino Royale"" which also starred Andress. Rider is a Jamaican shell diver, descended from an old-established colonial family. She was orphaned at the age of five when her parents' house was burned down. She then lived with her black nanny in a cellar until she was 15, when her nanny"
"producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli combined sex with exotic locations, casual violence and self-referential humour in the phenomenally successful James Bond series with Sean Connery in the leading role. The first film ""Dr. No"" (1962) was a sleeper hit in the UK and the second, ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), a hit worldwide. By the time of the third film, ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the series had become a global phenomenon, reaching its commercial peak with ""Thunderball"" the following year. The series' success led to a spy film boom with many Bond imitations. Bond co-producer Saltzman also instigated a rival"
"released the first cinema adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, ""Dr. No"", featuring Sean Connery as 007. Connery starred in a further four films before leaving the role after ""You Only Live Twice"", which was taken up by George Lazenby for ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"". Lazenby left the role after just one appearance and Connery was brought back for his last Eon-produced film ""Diamonds Are Forever"". In 1973 Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for ""Live and Let Die"" and played Bond a further six times over twelve years before being replaced by Timothy Dalton for"
"Bond"" actors. Llewelyn's first film was the second in the Eon series, ""From Russia with Love"", after the actor who played the part in ""Dr. No"", Peter Burton, was unavailable for the filming schedule. (Burton's character was not yet called Q, but ""the Armourer"", Major Boothroyd, who instructed Bond on a new firearm, the Walther PPK.) After appearing as Q's assistant in ""The World Is Not Enough"", John Cleese appeared as Q in Pierce Brosnan's last film, ""Die Another Day"". For Daniel Craig's third film, ""Skyfall"", the character was re-introduced, with Ben Whishaw playing the part. The first Bond film,"
"fan of James Bond he chose 'Bond' and so became Bond-Owen. He went to school at Abbotsford County Secondary school in Ashford from 1980 to 1984 and then on to Spelthorne College until 1986, where he studied Photography. His first film role was as Kevin in ""Confessions from a Holiday Camp"" (1977). Other film appearances included Little Boy in ""Rhubarb Rhubarb"" (1980), Tristram Fourmile in ""George and Mildred"" (1980), and Freddie in ""Lassiter"" (1984) with Tom Selleck. His television roles included Tristram Fourmile in ""George and Mildred"" (1976–1979), ""Park Ranger"" with Richard Gibson (1979), Alan Shaw in ""Airline"" (1982), Peterkin"
"two films. After a six-year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon's productions of the Bond films, Irish actor Pierce Brosnan was cast as Bond in ""GoldenEye"", released in 1995; he remained in the role for a total of four films, before leaving in 2002. In 2006, Daniel Craig was given the role of Bond for ""Casino Royale"", which rebooted the series. Craig has appeared for a total of four films and his fifth is scheduled for release in 2020. The series has grossed almost $7 billion to date, making it the third-highest-grossing film series (behind ""Harry Potter"" and"
"benefiting from ""anti whiplash"" seats. The 159 passed the Euro NCAP car safety tests with following ratings: Two black 159s (3.2 JTS V6 TI) appeared in the opening scenes of the film from James Bond, ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008). They featured in the car chase with James Bond's Aston Martin DBS V12 around Lake Garda in Italy. Black 159s also appeared in the chase scene in ""Johnny English Reborn"", chasing Johnny English, played by Rowan Atkinson. Their use may have been a reference to ""Quantum of Solace"". A car strongly resembling a 159 can be seen in multiple episodes of"
"the thirteenth film in the series and provided the back story for the film Octopussy's family, while ""The Property of a Lady"" was more closely adapted for an auction sequence in the film. ""The Living Daylights"", released in 1987, was the fifteenth Bond film produced by Eon and starred Timothy Dalton in his first appearance as Bond. ""007 in New York"", meanwhile, provided character and plot elements for the first two films starring Daniel Craig as Bond, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"". Secret Service operative James Bond, code name 007, is assigned to apprehend a hero of the Second"
"his first car. He starred as the lead of a film series featuring a low budget imitation James Bond named Charles Vine in three films beginning with ""Licensed to Kill"" (aka ""The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World"", 1965) and the sequels ""Where the Bullets Fly"" (1966) and ""Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy"" (aka ""O.K. Yevtushenko"" 1967) that was shot in Spain. He was the second male lead in the 1966 Disney film ""The Fighting Prince of Donegal"" after he replaced Mark Eden who broke his ankle during the film's shooting and menaced Raquel Welch in ""Fathom""."
"waited six weeks. Dalton's first appearance as 007, ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) was critically successful, and grossed more than either of the previous two Bond films with Moore (""Octopussy"" (1983) and ""A View to a Kill"" (1985)), as well as contemporary box-office rivals such as ""Die Hard"" and ""Lethal Weapon"". His second film, ""Licence to Kill"" (1989), although almost as successful as its predecessor in most markets, did not perform as well at the U.S. box office, in large part due to a lacklustre marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from ""Licence Revoked"". The main"