Peter Morgan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade To Write James Bond 23

Finally, here’s the first official announcement for the 23rd James Bond movie.

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions and MGM have today announced that Oscar nominated Peter Morgan (”Frost/Nixon,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “The Last King of Scotland,” “The Queen“) will team up with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade – co-writers of “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace” – to write the script for Bond 23.

“Peter, Neal and Robert are extraordinarily talented and we’re looking forward to working with the three of them,” commented Wilson and Broccoli.

Daniel Craig is already set to reprise his role as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 in the film, and Wilson and Broccoli are producing.

Both “Quantum of Solace” and “Casino Royale” were co-productions between MGM and Sony, with the latter distributing. The new film will be the first to return as a full MGM release. The first 20 pictures in the franchise were distributed by MGM.

A date for the start of production is yet to be confirmed.
A big and important question is – who will direct James Bond 23?

Marc Forster Wants More Bond Girls For James Bond 23

Marc Forster the director of “Quantum Of Solace” turned down the chance to direct the next – 23rd James Bond movie.

There were some rumours that “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle will helm new James Bond flick but Boyle said that he enjoys Bond movies but he has no plans to direct one.

Speaking to MTV, Marc Forster suggested that his ideas for the next movie aren’t in the franchise’s best interests.

“They asked me if I wanted to,” he said. “I’ll never say never again, but at this point I would say no…”

“It really depends on what direction they want to take it. For me, I wanted to take it to a harder and darker place, but now that that journey I’ve gone on has succeeded, I feel like the next one can take it to a bit more humorous place again.”

Forster added that the next Daniel Craig spy outing “should take it in a lighter and more humorous way, maybe add a few more girls and a bit more sex, all that kind of stuff. I think that would be interesting.”

Would you like to see more action in James Bond 23?