The film became extremely popular , and they continued to make more Bond films . In the end of the 1960s Connery did not want to do any more Bond films , and many thought that Bond was now dead . The film , featuring Sean Connery as Bond , is not part of the EON James Bond series of films because it is not part of the Bond film franchise from EON Productions and United Artists , although it is currently owned by United Artists parent MGM .