Bond on Set: Filming 007 Casino Royale.

WILLIAMS, Greg. [Daniel Craig] [Ian Fleming].

$4,000.00

Item Number: 135774

New York: DK Publishing, 2006.

First edition of the renowned photojournalist’s work on the filming of Casino Royale, the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated with photographs. Signed on the title page by Daniel Craig (James Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Martin Campbell (the film’s director), Mads Mikkelsen (villain Le Chiffre), and Caterina Murino (Solange Dimitrios). Accompanied by a signed limited edition vinyl of the Bond theme song “Writing’s on the Wall” by Sam Smith and Johnny Napes (which made history by becoming the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart) signed by Sam Smith, a digital copy of the song, and a Casino Royale fleece pullover. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz Tonight, Extra, and the Today Show. In 2018, Zwecker married Chicago Realtor Tom Gorman, his partner of 17½ years. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

The twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name, 2006 spy thriller Casino Royale premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 14 November 2006. It received an overwhelmingly positive critical response, with reviewers highlighting Craig's reinvention of the character and the film's departure from the tropes of previous Bond films. It earned over $616 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing James Bond film until the release of Skyfall in 2012.