 First Eon Productions James Bond film in the Official Series to mark  a number of firsts for the series: First to have a major black and  white sequence; first to feature a scene with rain; first not to  feature the Miss Moneypenny character nor the gun barrel walk; first  to have the gun barrel sequence start after the opening sequence and  not before; and first to have a blonde haired James Bond. First to  have an animated opening sequence since _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv) and  first for any Bond film since _Casino Royale (1967)_ (qv). First EON  Productions James Bond movie not to feature the Q character since  _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv). First Bond movie to feature a Casino  Royale casino building since the unofficial  _Never Say Never Again (1983)_ (qv) and the first to have a  radically different opening gun barrel sequence 