Behlil, MelisBehlil, MelisPrado, Ignacio M. SanchezVerheul, Jaap2021-07-052021-07-0520211978-90-485-3211-7978-94-629-8218-5https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/4046This chapter dissects the opening sequences of Skyfall (2012) in Istanbul and Spectre (2015) in Mexico City in order to argue that Eon's predilection for runaway productions has begun began to influence the textual composition of the James Bond film series. Eon Productions often modifies the narratives and settings of its Bond features in order to exploit the increasingly global availability of funding schemes, tax incentives, and cheap labor, and to secure, on a global scale, profitable distribution deals, enhanced visibility, and greater revenues from merchandizing. In the process, the Bondian runaway production fashions a colonial imaginary of exotic non-places, which has since long been a staple of the brand of Bond.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessrunaway productionGlobal Southexoticismnon-placeMexico CityIstanbulArticle81102WOS:00059534720000510.5117/9789462982185_CH04N/AN/A