The James Bond Franchise
The most successful film franchise in the history of cinema! The first Bond film was in 1961 and the 23rd is currently in production at Pinewood Studios. See the separate sheet for the list of films and the budget for each production.
EON Productions: A Broccoli Family Affair
EON Productions is a film production company which produces the James Bond film franchise. The company is based in London and also operates from Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Danjaq LLC the company which owns the copyright and trademarks to the Bond characters and elements on screen.
EON was started by film producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in 1961. In 1975 after nine Bond films, Harry Saltzman sold his shares of Danjaq to United Artists (the then-current Bond series distributor). Although Albert R. Broccoli died in 1996, EON Productions is still owned by the Broccoli family, specifically Albert R. Broccoli’s daughter, Barbara Broccoli, and his step-son, Michael G. Wilson, who are the current producers of the James Bond.
James Bond as a sub-genre of the Action Film
The Bond films have a specific set of generic elements: The narrative structure conforms to the model devised by Vladimir Propp which proposes 8 major characters and a series of narrative stages.
The Bond films are also designed...
