The first trailer for Spectre, the next James Bond film has finally landed, providing a tense but thrilling first look at the 24th official outing for 007.
Skyfall. MI6 headquarters is still in ruins following the attacks in the previous film, while Bond finds himself confronted with damning personal items from his own secretive past.
The teaser also nicely builds the threat of the eponymous evil organisation, without ever mentioning them by name -- only showing a ring emblazoned with an icon that will send chills down the spines of long-time fans. It also suggests Spectre will be another lonely journey for Bond, with plenty of shots of desolate locations as the secret agent is drawn into another globetrotting hunt.
Spectre offers that "a cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE."
<a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/guardians-of-the-galaxy" target="_blank">Guardians of the Galaxy's</a> Dave Bautista appears as assassin Mr. Hinx and Christoph Waltz as chief villain Franz Oberhauser.
In Bond creator Ian Fleming's original novels, SPECTRE was an international criminal network with varying aims as the books and subsequent films progressed. Designed as a villainous operation that could morph with the times, rather than directly based on whichever political body was the "bad guy" at the time, it allowed Fleming freedom to pen tales without having to worry about them becoming too dated. How closely the new cinematic take is to its prose origins remains to be seen, but not for long -- Spectre opens in the UK on 6 November.