Bond Gets A Partner

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer close to a deal with Sony Pictures to release Bond 23; after talks with Paramount Pictures reached an impasse says The Hollywood Reporter.

Paramount did not want to go below an 8% fee to release the sequel and wasn't really sold on partnering with MGM on one of its summer films.

MGM hoped to convince Fox to renew its video deal for the franchise which expires later this year, but Fox won't be extending that agreement without the new Bond film.

Daniel Craig will reprise his role as 007 and Dame Judi Dench is back as Bond Boss M  for helmer Sam Mendes The sequel boasts a screenplay by Peter Morgan

Filming is currently scheduled to kick off in the Fall for a release in November next year

So now it seems Sony has met MGM's terms, but it's unclear which of its upcoming films it will share with MGM---The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo perhaps?--Sony released the last two Bond films, 2006's  Casino Royale and 2008's Quantum Of Solace.

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