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The first poster for Skyfall, Daniel Craig's third turn as Bond and Sam Mendes' first effort directing the tuxedoed agent, has hit the web, and it's an instant classic -- if only because it looks like the classic title sequence aesthetic.

Though Craig is the only one featured on the poster -- would Bond have it any other way? -- the movie is loaded with stars. Javier Bardem features as the main antagonist, Judi Dench is back as M, Ralph Fiennes plays a UK government official, Ben Whishaw is Q, while Berenice Marlohe and Noamie Harris take on dueling Bond Girls -- the former a baddie, the latter another agent.

Skyfall hits theaters in late October.