in 2006, the 21st movie, casino royale, was released. pierce brosnan, who played james bond in the previous four movies, was replaced by daniel craig, the first james bond to have blonde hair. the movie is based on the first ian fleming novel of the same name, but is set in the present day. the movie features a cameo appearance by richard branson, a british billionaire. it has a new model of aston martin db9, the car that made james bond so famous in the 1960s. many fans think that whilst this movie is different than other movies, it is much better, and movies in the future (however few there will be) will be in this new format. in 2008, craig appeared in a second bond movie, "quantum of solace" and a third, "skyfall", in 2012. his fourth appearance as bond was with "spectre" in 2016. his fifth and final appearance as bond is with "no time to die" in 2021.