The syndicate is led by Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz), who reveals his true identity as Ernst Stavro Blofeld , Bond’s foster brother. The character had been tied up in decades of complex literary and cinematic rights litigation with the estate of Kevin McClory until a legal settlement finally allowed Eon to bring him back to the screen.
When the 24th film in the longest-running film franchise in history carries the title Spectre , expectations are not just high—they are seismic. For decades, the sinister organization SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) was the white whale of the James Bond series. After a long legal battle that kept the name out of the canon for nearly 30 years, the finally arrived in 2015, promising to tie together the threads of Daniel Craig’s grittier reboot. movie 007 spectre