James Bond franchise (Napoleon's World)

James Bond is the titular character of a series of novels written first by American author Cary Grant and later by Donald Rumsfeld and of a hugely successful film series. Bond is an American spy who in the novels works for the fictional Alpha Initiative of the NIC and in the films works for the fictional Omega Division, implied to be a part of the CIA. As of 2011, there are 24 James Bond films, with a 25th in production for a 2012 release date and a 25th planned for 2014. The franchise is often compared to the Martin Jones or Jake McCoy series featuring English heroes.

Baldwin Era
Following the contentious departure of Brolin from the series, Pacific Print returned to more lighthearted fare when they cast young rising star Alec Baldwin as the fourth actor to play Bond prior to the production of 1988's The Living Daylights. Baldwin decided to make the role his own and smoothly stepped into the role of a playboy spy, and his performance in that summer's blockbuster hit was universally praised.

The next film, License Revoked, featured a considerably darker tale than the previous film, in which Bond swears revenge on a South American criminal after his English Secret Service friend, Felix Leiter, is maimed, and his wife murdered. His license to kill is revoked and Bond travels to South America to seek revenge. Still, the film was an enormous success and Baldwin received further praise for his work.

He fulfilled his three-film contract with 1992's Agent Under Fire, in which Bond must identify and apprehend a mole within Omega who is secretly working for the French. While Pacific Print offered Baldwin a fourth film, Baldwin declined, especially due to an injury suffered during filming of Agent Under Fire.

List of Bond Films

 * Dr. No (1963)
 * From Paris With Love (1964)
 * Goldfinger (1965)
 * Thunderball (1966)
 * You Only Live Twice (1968)
 * On the President's Secret Service (1970)
 * Diamonds are Forever (1972)
 * Live and Let Die (1974): James Hadley's second outing as Bond finds
 * The Man with the Golden Gun (1976):
 * The Spy Who Loved Me (1978):
 * Moonraker (1980):
 * For Your Eyes Only (1982):
 * Octopussy (1984):
 * From A View to a Kill (1986):
 * The Living Daylights (1988):
 * License Revoked (1990):
 * Agent Under Fire (1992):
 * The Property of a Lady (1994):
 * GoldenEye (1996):
 * The World is Not Enough (1998):
 * Tomorrow Never Dies (2000):
 * Casino Royale (2006):
 * Quantum of Solace (2008):
 * High Time to Kill (2010):
 * Never Dream of Dying (2012):
 * Untitled James Bond Project (2014):