Oscar winner Sam Mendes is directing the film, due for release in late 2012, five decades after Sean Connery first played the debonair secret agent in “Dr No”, launching one of the world’s most popular film franchises.
Spanish actor Javier Bardem will play the villain and Judi Dench again takes on the role of Bond’s tough boss “M” and head of spy agency MI6, the film’s producers told a London press conference attended by some of the stars.
British actors Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney were also in the cast, and the “Bond girls” would be played by French actress Berenice Marlohe and British actress Naomie Harris.
Mendes reassured fans that the latest movie in the series, legendary for its fast-paced action scenes and daredevil stunts, would contain “all the elements of a classic Bond movie, including a lot of action.”
In keeping with its classic formula, the movie, which is due to begin filming soon, will see the tuxedo-wearing, martini-quaffing spy getting into scrapes across the world, in London, Scotland, Shanghai and Istanbul.
The film, which will have its first release in Britain and Ireland on October 26 next year and its US release on November 9, sees the world’s most famous secret agent on a mission to track down and destroy a threat to MI6.MGM — famous for its trademark roaring lion logo — announced in October last year that its creditors had approved a reorganisation plan with US firm Spyglass Entertainment.
“It was frustrating because there was really nothing I could do about it,” Craig told Thursday’s press conference. “It was a financial issue and I just had to let them get on with it.
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