James Bond in film pursue. As part of the settlement, MGM paid $10 million for the rights to "Casino Royale", which had come into Sony's possession. Daniel Craig played Bond in a short film, "Happy and Glorious", produced by Lisa Osborne for the BBC and directed by Danny Boyle as part of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the film Bond is summoned to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II—played by herself—and escorts her by helicopter to the Olympic Stadium. Bond and Her Majesty jump from the helicopter into the stadium with Union Flag parachutes. For the parachute jump,
David Niven motorcyclists, and mountain climbers: it ran for 21 episodes. In 1975, he narrated "The Remarkable Rocket", a short animation based on a story by Oscar Wilde. His last sizeable film part was in "Better Late Than Never" (1983). In July 1982, Blake Edwards brought Niven back for cameo appearances in two final "Pink Panther" films ("Trail of the Pink Panther" and "Curse of the Pink Panther"), reprising his role as Sir Charles Lytton. By this time, Niven was having serious health problems. When the raw footage was reviewed, his voice was inaudible, and his lines had to be dubbed by