<![CDATA[Various rumours had a 2012 release date for the as yet untitled Bond 23. Some baulked at the preposterously close release date for a project starting from step one, as well as citing MGM need for a partner to finance the movie.
Today Variety is reporting pre-production has once again been halted, if it indeed was restarted.
by Jeff Ames (collider.com) Posted:January 5th, 2011 at 10:43 am
There has been much speculation regarding the next James Bond film (or Bond 23), especially after the near-demise of MGM. Recently, news broke that the company, having successfully filed for bankruptcy, had set its sights on a 2012 release date with a new Bond film to follow every other year. More importantly, director Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition) had been attached to direct the Quantum of Solace follow up, a rumor confirmed by the Academy Award-winning director’s wife Kate Winslet back in December.
Variety now reports, however, that pre-production on Bond 23 has been “halted” as the company awaits bids for its assets. A spokesman for the studio confirmed that scripting is still underway, but that the project’s timeline is “a little up in the air what with the situation at MGM, so we gave to be flexible.” Oddly enough, the article also states that no director is attached to the project. With star Daniel Craig actively pursuing other projects, including David Fincher’s adaptation of The Millenium Trilogy, and MGM in disarray , will Bond 23 ever see the living daylights?
Pre-Production on BOND 23 “Halted”
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