James Bond: All 3 Casino Royale Adaptations Explained
James Bond's Casino Royale has been adapted to the screen three times - here's an explanation of each version and how they compare to one another.
Casino Royale (2006)
The twenty-first film in Eon's James Bond franchise, Casino Royale, stars Daniel Craig as secret agent 007. Introducing Craig to the role with an origin story, Casino Royale shows Bond earning his MI6 codename before being tasked with infiltrating a casino in Montenegro in order to bankrupt a terrorist financier known as Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). However, Bond's assignment is more complicated than it seems, as Le Chiffre seems to have inside knowledge of the MI6 agent's plan.
Casino Royale
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- Director
- Martin Campbell
- Release Date
- November 14, 2006
- Studio(s)
- Sony
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- Cast
- Daniel Craig , Eva Green , Mads Mikkelsen , Judi Dench , Jeffrey Wright , Giancarlo Giannini
- Writers
- Neal Purvis , Robert Wade , Paul Haggis , Ian Fleming
- Runtime
- 144 minutes
- Budget
- $150 million
Summary
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
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