He directed two Zorro films: The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Campbell stated that he was offered the opportunity to direct further James Bond films after GoldenEye however, he found the plots to be limiting and only considered directing further films if working with a new Bond actor - as he subsequently did with Daniel Craig on Casino Royale. At 62 years old, Campbell was the oldest director in the series' history, beating the previous record set by Lewis Gilbert. He went on to direct two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig. He won a BAFTA for his direction of the 1985 television serial Edge of Darkness.īorn in Hastings, New Zealand, Campbell moved to London, where he began his career as a director of softcore sex comedies and action television series in the 1970s. He is known for having directed The Mask of Zorro as well as the James Bond films GoldenEye and Casino Royale. The concept art that has surfaced shows the film's final act in which James Bond attempted to save his love Vesper Lynd from drowning while a building collapses in Venice.Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand film and television director based in the United Kingdom.

Voice overs would have been provided by the actors who played their respective roles in the film. Casino Royale would eventually see partial video game adaptation in 2008 as part of the Quantum of Solace video game.Ĭasino Royale would have players play as James Bond from a third person position as they would navigate the events of the movie.

Casino Royale was rumored to have been around 15% complete before its cancellation. This prompted Activision to not pick up the Casino Royale tie-in game. The shift in the contract would not kick-in until September of 2007. Also on May 3rd, 2006, MGM and Activision had struck a deal that would allow Activision to make future James Bond games through 2014. The development of Casino Royale was very short lived as on May 3rd, 2006, an article from Variety had shown that MGM and EA has ended their contract to make James Bond games due in part to the poor sales of From Russia With Love. The James Bond fan website, had confirmed that 3D models and concept art was already done and that the game had begun development before the James Bond video game, From Russia With Love hit store shelves in 2005. On January 30th, 2006, EA confirmed that a Casino Royale video game was in development.

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