MGM deny Bond 23 pre-production freeze, contradict production team

News broke yesterday that British director Sam Mendes is lined up to helm the 23rd James Bond film. According to the trade press, he is in negotiations with the production team to direct Daniel Craig's third outing as 007. As with every blockbuster directing assignment, Mendes' participation is contingent on the final script and the film's production schedule.

As is the norm for the industry, MGM has refused to confirm the reports that Sam Mendes is in discussions to direct.

But in a move perhaps aimed to please prospective buyers of the debt-ridden studio, MGM has denied pre-production on Bond 23 had been on ice since October due to its financial uncertainty, despite both the writer Peter Morgan and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli confirming that to the press in recent weeks.

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