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 the Forbes Meet II Conference that Craig had signed on to make four more Bond films, through to "Bond 25". Craig lent his voice and likeness as James Bond for both the Wii game "GoldenEye 007", an enhanced remake of the 1997 game for the Nintendo 64, and "", an original game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows. In addition to "Casino Royale", Craig also appeared two more films in 2006: the drama "Infamous" as murderer Perry Edward Smith and as the voice of the lead character in the English-language version of the French animated film