In the winter of 2005, with the "James Crabb" series winding down, actor Paul Gross was looking for a new project to utilize new computer editing software at AMPCorp. Along with Mark Gross Paul Diablo, he created what was originally intended to be a fan-film varient of James Bond, a series of feature films collectively titled "Agent 07." The films followed the missions of agent 07, an agent for the secret service. Although the franchise got off to a slow start, it soon exploded into the largest project at AMPCorp. Through his adventures, Agent 07 stopped an evil organization mostly run by androids, a mysterious agency focused on stealing secret service documents, a revenge-crazed man bent on killing him, a government coup, and his own haunting shadows of the past. Now Agent 07 is back in a new story arc involving his going off the grid in search of who is behind the mysterious Project Iscariot.
Agent 07 may be the greatest franchise AMPCorp has ever seen. For years the franchise created two to three feature films per year, all with recurring characters and connecting storylines. The franchise ended its original run in 2013 with 20 films, after it was decided that it would be too difficult to continue. Agent 07 films were always ambitious projects for AMPCorp, usually about 20 to 30 minutes in length, with many allusions to the James Bond films that inspired them, but also with their own unique identity. They tended to be the cornerstones of each AMPCorp lineup at that time, and for many years led the corporation in advancements and quality.
The Agent 07 franchise, a GK Production, starred actor Paul Kraig as Agent 07 for the secret service. Mark Gross played his commander, 17, Brock Carpemoore a higher commander, 13, and Sara Sensineg played 17's secretary, Miss Pennypacker. Pat Diablo traditionaly starred in the role of Agent 07's main enemy. By the end of the franchise, the Agent 07 films had included appearances by essentially all AMPCorp members, with the final film featuring a cast that included all of the current active AMPCorp members at the time.
In the past, Agent 07 films introduced new special effects, editing techniques, locations, and advancements in storytelling methods that later became adopted in other areas of AMPCorp. To its end, it remained AMPCorp's flagship franchise, a status that was evident starting in 2007. Since its first film "Now Or Never" in 2005, the series grew by leaps and bounds, and it was quite amazing to see how nearly every project outdid former projects in many areas. "Gone Rogue," the summer 2011 Agent 07 film, won "Best Picture" and "Best Cinematography" in the 2011 LAF (League of Amateur Filmmakers) Movie Awards. It also won "Best Supporting Actress" for the portrayal of Miss Pennypacker in the same awards. "Black Abyss" the summer after set new precidents as AMPCorp's largest and most complex production ever, a record that was broken only the next year by the 20th Agent 07 film, "Shadows of the Past."
In 2015, the first re-edit from the Agent 07 franchise was released; a re-imagining of the first five adventures called "Against All Odds." Though this film used the original footage from the first five Agent 07 adventures as its foundation, new footage, dubbing and outtakes allowed for the storyline to be totally re-imagined, resulting in almost an entirely new film in terms of fit and finish. This was followed by "Wages of Sin," another similar re-edit, "Tangents and Parallels," and "Agent Framed" in 2020.
Agent 07 returned with a bang in 2019 with "Never and Always," and is back to creating all-new short films as often as possible. Upholding a tradition of action, suspense, and quality as AMPCorp's flagship film franchise, you can be assured that PHILIP KRIEG WILL ALWAYS RETURN.