Movies like Octopussy, Die Another Day, and Moonraker represent the long-running James Bond series at its most outlandish.

The book’s plot pitted Bond against Mr. Big, a black gangster and voodoo leader working for SMERSH, the Soviet counterintelligence service. The British secret service has discovered that Mr. Big is using treasures of Bloody Morgan,

The James Bond franchise makes mega-stars out of the actors that have portrayed 007 over the years, from Sir Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan, Sir Roger Moore and Daniel Craig. All in all, six actors have had the popular spy’s licence to kill bestowed upon them,

In the three years since the last James Bond film, fans have continued to speculate who will take over the iconic role from Daniel Craig. We investigate the top contenders to play 007.