Sam Mendes Set To Direct Bond 23

This is an unexpected news story, just yesterday I read that Bond 23 was on hold due to the financial problems at MGM, yet today thehollywoodreporter have reported that Oscar winning Director Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road, American Beauty, Road To Perdition and Jarhead ) is set to direct the next installment in the James Bond movie series.

Production is being fast-tracked and could begin as early as June with an eye toward a 2011 release. Plans for the film are moving forward despite a possible sale of MGM. Sony co-produced and distributed the most recent installment of the 007 series with MGM.

For me this is very good news, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of Mendes’ movies. It also stoked me because Mendes is much more of an artsy independent Director who can a tell a meaty story, rather than a big budget, guns blazing, hero saves the day and get’s the girl kind. Hopefully for my personal tastes this shows what Direction Bond 23 is going in, I do prefer Daniel Craig’s incarnation of James Bond, I really enjoyed Casino Royal (to a lesser degree Quantum Of Solace). As a young straight man I still wanna see hot girls and explosions though