Motifs in the James Bond film series that is central to the spy film genre. The gun barrel imagery sometimes carried over to the film posters used to promote Bond films, including as a familiarising element on the introduction of Timothy Dalton for "The Living Daylights". The sequence was traditionally placed at the start of each film until the 2006 instalment "Casino Royale", where it appears after the cold open and is incorporated into the plot; in the 2008 film, "Quantum of Solace", the sequence was placed at the end of the film and incorporates the film's title in its design. For Skyfall, director Sam Mendes had
Daniel Craig entitled Bond 25 is scheduled for release on St. Valentines Day, 14 February 2020. Since taking the role of Bond, Craig has continued to star in other films, including the fantasy film "The Golden Compass" (2007), World War II film "Defiance" (2008), science fiction western "Cowboys & Aliens" (2011), the English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's mystery thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), and the heist film "Logan Lucky" (2017). Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire. His mother, Carol Olivia ("née" Williams), was an art teacher, and his father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was the landlord of two pubs,