Spectre is a 2015 British-American action movie. It is the twenty-fourth "James Bond" movie produced by Eon Productions. It stars Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as James Bond, and Christoph Waltz as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. It was directed by Sam Mendes as his second "James Bond" movie following "Skyfall", and was written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. It is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. With a budget between $245–300 million, it is one of the most expensive movies ever made. It was released on November 7, 2015 to mixed reviews.