It's no surprise to learn that the 24th James Bond film is already in development. Now that things have been settled with MGM with that whole bankruptcy thing we won't have to wait another four years to see Bond back and kicking ass.
According to Daily Mail Screenwriter John Logan has been hired to write Bond 24, and the plan is to get it into production and start shooting at Pinewood Studios fall of next year so they can release it in the autumn of 2014.
Skyfall hits theaters in the UK today and won't be released in the US until November. It was directed by Sam Mendes, and originally written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who also wrote 1999’s The World Is Not Enough. Logan was brought in later to do a rewrite.
Obviously there's no details on what the next Bond film will be about, but there's a chance that Mendes won't be back to direct another Bond film. He recently told Metro UK,
It’s been a fantastic experience, but it’s been completely exhausting. Do I want to do another one? I’m a shadow of my former self. [laughs] No, I don’t know. I felt like everything I wanted to with a Bond movie, I put into this film. So I would have to be convinced that I could do something that I loved and cared about as much if I was to do it again. I think the great risk of repeating oneself is that one doesn’t have the great store of ideas that you have when you first tackle a project.
I've heard Skyfall is the best Bond film to date, and I hope he comes back to direct it. If not maybe they can get Christopher Nolan. As for Logan, he has written a ton of great movies in his career which include Gladiator, The Aviator, The Last Samurai, Sweeny Todd, Rango, Hugo and the upcoming Noah.
Regardless of who directs, I'm a big fan of Bond, and I can't wait to see what other adventures are in store for us!