Sensing an opportunity, M (Judi Dench - the only holdover from the previous Bond films) sends Bond to compete against Le Chiffre in the high-stakes poker tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro.
After Bond thwarts a plan by Le Chiffre to short airline stock, Le Chiffre suddenly owes his clients a lot of money - or his life is forfeit.
Bond follows a lead that brings him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a banker servicing many of the world\'s terrorists. With the controversial choice of Daniel Craig (dubbed by some 'James Blonde'), much intrigue was swirling around Casino Royale, which was to be directed by GoldenEye director Martin Campbell, based on a screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Oscar-winner Paul Haggis.Ĭasino Royale follows Bond on his first real mission as a 00-status agent (with a license to kill). The decision to go back to the beginning also required getting a new actor to play the British secret agent.
After Die Another Day, the producers of the highly successful James Bond franchise decided to convert the last remaining Ian Fleming novel yet to truly be brought to the big screen, which also happened to be the very first James Bond adventure - Casino Royale.
