Thunderball (film) Thunderball (film) Thunderball is a 1965 British spy film and the fourth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham. It was directed by Terence Young, with its screenplay by Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins. The movie would have been the first of the Bond series if not for legal disputes over copyright issues. The film follows Bond's mission to find two NATO
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love by Bruce Feirstein who previously worked on the film scripts for "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "The World Is Not Enough", in addition to the script for the video game "". Feirstein would also go on to write stories for future Bond games at Activision, including the 2010 remake of "GoldenEye 007", third-person shooter "", and 50th anniversary game "007 Legends". The game's soundtrack was composed by Christopher Lennertz. Additionally, Vic Flick, best known for playing the original guitar riff in the James Bond Theme announced that he contributed to Lennertz's score. On April 5, 2005, Sean Connery was slated