Bond 24 is Spectre!

In what has to be one if the strongest nods to the original films, Sam Mendes and the Bond 24 team revealed the new film's title: Spectre. Or maybe that's SPECTRE, as the name is an acronym for the worldwide criminal organization first revealed in Dr. No:

Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. Whose Number One of course was Bond nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Mendes revealed the cast will include Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty) and Christoph Waltz, as a character named Oberhauser, though widely rumored to actually be Blofeld himself. The new title certainly seems to cement that possibility.

Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Rory Kinnear will also be returning to the cast.

Mendes also unveiled Bond's new Aston Martin DB 10.

The plot sees "a cryptic message from Bond's past send him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. 
While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre."

Spectre will shoot at Pinewood Studios and on location in London, Mexico City, Rome and Tangier and Erfoud, in Morocco.

Bond will be seeing some alpine action this outing (Oberhauser supposedly the name of Bond's former ski instructor), lensing in Solden, along with other Austrian locations, Obertilliach, and Lake Altaussee.

"All of them are amazing places," said Mendes. "I'm very excited to be going to these locations over seven months, which is how long we'll be shooting."

Spectacular title choice! This cast and a return to the Bond threat of legend inspires tremendous confidence. Spectre opens on November 6th, 2015.