James Bond series character, Moneypenny. The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running film series of all time and have grossed over $7.040 billion in total, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with "Dr. No", starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2019, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There
SPECTRE he was behind Le Chiffre and the organisation known as Quantum from the 2008 Bond film, it being a subsidiary of Spectre. Blofeld was also behind Raoul Silva's rampage in "Skyfall". The film "Spectre" presents the organisation as a conspiracy of legitimate businesses and organised crime, moving to become a private intelligence agency. Due to the embargo placed on the series as a result of the copyright dispute, the rebooted series initially introduced the terrorist cell Quantum as a replacement, but was then retconned to be a subsidiary of Spectre. SPECTRE is often parodied in films, video games, and novels.