The 2015 arrival of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Daniel Craig's James Bond movies was controversial, and they could have done without the SPECTRE boss.

With Denis Villeneuve now officially set to direct James Bond 26, it's a good time to look back at what the filmmaker previously called his favorite 007 flick.

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig’s dramatic exit, may test that — but things are speeding up.