Casino Royale was the first film to cast Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond and provided a reboot to the James Bond series with the producers establishing a new timeline and narrative framework not meant to precede or succeed any of the previous films. It is the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel of the same name, after the 1954 CBS television adventure series Climax! and the film 1967 starring David Niven. Casino Royale stars Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Caterina Murino, Ivana Miličević and Simon Abkarian. The screenplay was co-written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis. It was directed by Martin Campbell and co-produced by Michael G.
Casino Royale released in 2006, is the 21st film in the James Bond series.
