007 is heading back to the big screen, with Daniel Craig’s next outing as James Bond looking all set for 2012…
When it was announced that a green light had finally been given for the pair of movies based on The Hobbit, there was instant speculation that the clouds may have been clearing for the James Bond franchise too.
Stuck in limbo for most of the year, Daniel Craig's third outing as 007 was set to be directed by Sam Mendes, and Rachel Weisz had been lined up to star. The problem was that MGM simply couldn't afford the cost of the production. And thus Bond went on hold.
Finally, however, a financial plan appears to have formed for MGM, one that's going to let it make movies again. And as such, Bond is very much back on the agenda. The new James Bond film will thus be shooting next year, and heading to cinemas for the end of 2012 (which, ironically, is when the first of the two The Hobbit films will also be taking its bow).
The plan thereafter is to release a new James Bond movie every two years, but given that MGM isn't out of the woods yet, it's probably best to take this one film at a time.
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