In the film's expanded first half, Bond earns his 00- status and tracks down a terrorist financier known only as Le Chiffre. However, Eon still refer to it officially as the twenty-first film in the series.
Released four years after the much-criticized Die Another Day, the movie is essentially a Continuity Reboot for the franchise, serving as an Origins Episode of how Bond acquired his licence to kill and became the Tuxedo and Martini secret agent he is today. Chris Cornell performed the Title Theme Tune, 'You Know My Name'.
It was the first Bond film distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under Columbia Pictures, and was released November 16, 2006.
Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in Eon Productions' James Bond film franchise, the third adaptation of the very first James Bond novel, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, and the second film to be directed by Martin Campbell in the series, introducing Daniel Craig as James Bond.
