The inclusion of Spectre and its associated characters marked the end of the Thunderball controversy, in which Kevin McClory and Fleming were embroiled in lengthy legal disputes over the film rights to the novel Spectre is the first film to feature these elements since Diamonds Are Forever (1971). In the film, Bond learns of Spectre, an international crime organisation led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Waltz).ĭespite initially stating he would not direct Spectre, Mendes confirmed his return in 2014 after Nicolas Winding Refn declined to direct Mendes became the first to direct successive James Bond films since John Glen. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Jez Butterworth from a story conceived by Logan, Purvis, and Wade, it stars Daniel Craig as Bond, alongside Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, and Ralph Fiennes.
Spectre is a 2015 spy film and the twenty-fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions.
