2nd August 2006 - Bond 22 gets 2nd May date - reports SCI-FI WIRE

Producers of the James Bond films have staked out May 2, 2008, as the release date for the upcoming 22nd 007 adventure, which will again star Casino Royale's Daniel Craig.

No details have been released about the movie, but The Hollywood Reporter previously said that U.K.-based helmer Roger Michell was in negotiations to direct the follow-up to Casino Royale, which opens Nov. 17.

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and Sony Pictures Entertainment, made the release announcement, which made no mention of Michell. The story for the latest James Bond film, produced by the franchise holders, EON Productions, has yet to be announced.

"As we wrap production on Casino Royale we couldn't be more excited about the direction the franchise is heading with Daniel Craig. Daniel has taken the origins of Ian Fleming's James Bond portraying, with emotional complexity, a darker and edgier 007," Wilson and Broccoli said in a joint statement. 

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