MUMBAI: This year‘s Cannes Film Festival will celebrate 50 years of the James Bond franchise by screening five classic 007 films.
 
The films that will be screened on the occasion are From Russia with Love, On Her Majesty‘s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever and Daniel Craig‘s debut film Casino Royale. The films, which have all been digitally enhanced, will be shown free to the public.
 
"The screenings in Cannes mark a year-long celebration, including a return to theatres worldwide of some of the classic Bond films," said MGM and Sony executives in a joint statement.
 
The superspy first made an appearance on screen in 1962‘s Dr No and went on to become a sensational hit thereafter.