The Early Books: Plot Summaries for Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, and Moonraker
Casino Royale: In this reboot of the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig in his first role as James Bond it is Set at the beginning of Bond’s career as he has just received his license to kill, Bond battles a banker named Le Chiffre in a high stakes poker tournament. It is known as being more realistic and brutal than previous Bond movies were as Daniel Craig has stated,http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id16027.
Live and Let Die:Live and Let die is the 8th overall James Bond film and the first to star classic Bond actor Roger Moore. It concerns a Harlem drug dealer named Mr Big as Bond’s primary nemesis. He also faces off against a psychic tarot card reader amongst other enemies. The villain was played by famous actor Yaphet Kotto and was influenced by many of the “blaxploitation” films of the time. It was also the first Bond film to feature an African-American ‘Bond girl’.
Moonraker: Adapted from Bond creator Ian Fleming’s third James Bond novel, Moonraker is the 11th James Bond movie produced and the fourth to star classic Bond series protagonist Roger Moore. The plot concerns James Bond as he attempts to stop Hugo Drax, an owner of a space shuttle manufacturing film. Bond travels throughout the world, and eventually into outer space to continue his goal of stopping Mr. Hugo Drax.