Long time Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade appear
to be back on the 007 series. According to reports, the duo are
on script duty again for Bond 24 after having stepped away from
the franchise after "Skyfall".
The British writing team, who
took over main story development for the films with "The
World Is Not Enough" back in 1999 through to the 2012 blockbuster,
handed over
the reigns to American John Logan in 2012, who came onboard
"Skyfall" for final polish. It was originally intended for
Logan to pen
both Bond 24 and Bond 25 solo, but it now appears
that Purvis & Wade are back to sharpen up the script. If the
news is accurate, filming for Bond 24 will be pushed back from
October to December 2014 to allow time for the changes. Oscar-nominated
John Logan is a favourite of director Sam Mendes, but just this
month spoke out that he could not
see himself working on big feature films in the future.
The ever reliable Bond news source Baz Bamigboye writes
in his Daily
Mail column that the duo "have just been hired to
re-write Logan ’s
script and give it some ‘punch’."
An executive associated with the Bond films noted: "Neal
and Robert are only doing what was done to them. There’s no blood;
no scars." Asked whether there was any turmoil, they responded:
"Let’s
call it polite turmoil. People are getting on with their work,
but we have to wait for the script, so filming won’t
begin till December, a few months later than they wanted."
Purvis and Wade spoke candidly to MI6
Confidential magazine
earlier this year about their fourteen years working on the franchise.
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