Motifs in the James Bond film series Motifs in the James Bond film series The "James Bond" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with "Dr. No" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film "Spectre", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical "Casino Royale", released in 1967, and the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again". Whilst each element has not
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love by MGM Interactive and the last James Bond video game until the release of "" in 2008. "From Russia with Love" features a third-person multiplayer deathmatch mode. One of the changes to the plot of the video game is the absence of the villainous organisation SPECTRE, who played a vital role in the film. Due to legal issues that have plagued the James Bond film series since 1963, the organization was renamed "OCTOPUS" and appears to lack a central leader in the same vein as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The SPECTRE name was tied up in a long-running dispute over the