All 22 James Bond films are being released as a special collectible box set called Bond 50, so says MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The set is in celebration of Bond’s golden anniversary and marks the first time all the films have been together in one collection on Blu-ray. Bond 50 is also the first time nine of the films will be available on high def Blu-ray.
Quick, who are the six actors who’ve played Bond, James Bond over the years. (Scroll to the bottom of the article for the answer)
“We have a whole program of exciting activities planned for our 50th anniversary year, beginning with today’s announcement, by Fox, of the release of all 22 films on Blu-ray for the very first time,’’ stated Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli with Eon Productions. “We are also delighted that Fox has unveiled a specially designed anniversary poster which we hope the fans will love as much as we do. Our website, 007.com will be regularly updated with all the latest anniversary news and events.”
MGM and Fox also revealed that Bond 50 will include 130 hours of bonus features. However, MGM and Fox did not reveal the release date other than to say it will be this fall.
Bond directors John Glen (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylight, Licence To Kill), Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale) and Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough) joined Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Caterina Murino (Casino Royale) to make the announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show.
And the answer to the Bond question: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
