Spectre is a 2015 spy film and the twenty-fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. 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. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. In the film, Bond battles Spectre, an international crime organisation led by Franz Oberhauser (Waltz).
British theatrical release poster
At the age of 50, Monica Bellucci became the oldest actress to be cast as a Bond girl.
After being cancelled in 2012, the Jaguar C-X75 was recommissioned to appear in Spectre.
The Aston Martin DB10 is driven by Bond in the film.
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List.
Mendes in 2022
Mendes (right) collaborated with Javier Bardem for Skyfall, November 2012