Motifs in the James Bond film series Motifs in the James Bond film series The "James Bond" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with "Dr. No" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film "Spectre", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical "Casino Royale", released in 1967, and the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again". Whilst each element has not
James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 based upon) Fleming's continuity, such is not the case with Pearson's book, along with the continuation novel "Colonel Sun", by Kingsley Amis, (to which Pearson refers). As those books occur in the same time as Fleming's Bond novels, their being canonical with Fleming's books is debatable, yet Pan Books, one British publisher of Bond novels, includes Pearson's book, "James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007", as an official series entry of their first paperback edition series. James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (laterJames Bond: The Authorised Biography) by John Pearson, is a