After
Skyfall became the most successful James Bond film ever, busting the $1B barrier and updating the 50-year-old franchise in a major way, all eyes have been on what comes next. While we've heard more than a few rumors, such as the next couple of films comprising a two-part epic shot back-to-back, little has actually been confirmed other than Sam Mendes' return as director, and that came after months of uncertainty. Screenwriter John Logan, now writing the script solo, didn't reveal much in an interview with
Empire, but he did talk a little about his progress penning the secret agent's next mission...
Logan:
"Right now the first draft is almost done. I'm terrifically
excited about it! I've been working very closely with Sam (Mendes), and
it's been joyous to pick up from our work on Skyfall and just continue
on with the storytelling. The new movie continues the themes of Skyfall.
Some of the characters and themes that we began to introduce in Skyfall
will play out, I hope successfully, in the next movie."
He also confirmed previous statements by Ralph Fiennes that production would begin in October, but was more evasive when asked directly about the possibility of seeing the evil Quantum organization return for the first time since
Quantum of Solace....
Logan: “There might be! Honestly, not being evasive, but the great thing about
Bond is that I have fifty years of movies – 23 movies and all the Ian
Fleming novels and short stories, all of which are fodder. And when I’m
working on the new Bond I’m constantly going back to Fleming and the
other movies – what are the bits and pieces, what are the resonances?
One of the things we learned in Skyfall is that the audience really
enjoyed those, they enjoyed when they saw the Aston Martin, they enjoyed
when we had references to things they grew up with, either from Ian
Fleming or from the other movies, and that’s always been a part of my
thinking about Bond.”
The 24th Bond film is expected to open on November 6th 2015.
