Producer: 'Bond 23 is up in the air'
James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson has revealed that production on the new 007 movie is "up in the air" while studio MGM is up for sale.
The 23rd film outing for the British spy is expected to begin shooting at the end of this year, however Wilson suggested that he and fellow producer Barbara Broccoli will have to wait until MGM's sale before they move forward with Daniel Craig's third Bond movie.
"Our timeline's a little up in the air what with the situation at MGM, so we have to be flexible," website MI6 quotes Wilson as saying. "We just don't know enough about the situation to comment, but we know it's uncertain."
He added of the movie's current status: "We've hired the writers and we've been working with them but it's just too early to say anything. You know, often at this stage, I find myself saying, 'Oh, we're gonna do this and that', then six months from now you'll say, 'That isn't in the film at all - you told me it was...'
"I think we're at the stage where a lot of ideas are floating around that sound very good, but whether they make the final cut, who knows?"
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