Fans have been given the first look at the new James Bond film Spectre in a teaser trailer released online.

The secret agent’s past looks set to haunt him in the 24th big screen instalment of the spy series, with 007 receiving a cryptic message leading him on a trail to uncover the truth behind shady crime syndicate Spectre, while M fights for the secret service’s political life.

An image from the Spectre teaser trailer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc/PA)
Just who is behind Spectre? (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc./Danjaq/LLC/Columbia Pictures Industries Inc./Jonathan Olley/PA)

Both Daniel Craig, in his fourth outing as Bond, and director Sam Mendes, return following the success of Skyfall, which grossed 1.1 billions dollars worldwide.

Monica Bellucci on location in Rome (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc/PA)
Monica Bellucci on location in Rome (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc./Danjaq/LLC/Columbia Pictures Industries Inc./Jonathan Olley/PA)

Celebrity fans were already getting excited about its release.

Spectre will be released on November 6 this year.