The cold war era gave us one of the most beloved characters of all time, both onscreen and off-screen, James Bond. Penned by Ian Flemming on paper in his first novel “Casino Royale” and first portrayed by Sir Sean Connery in the movie “Dr. No”, it has become one of the most successful franchises of all time. With 22 movies in its list and six actors till date portraying the iconic character, James Bond has always been associated with high degree action blockbusters.
The series was floundering critically in early 2000’s, until Daniel Craig stepped in and breathed new life into the series with his charisma and suave attitude. His two outings as Bond have proven to be quite financially lucrative for the movie studio’s but apparently not enough to warrant a third venture. The 132-million-pound blockbuster had been previously postponed amid “financial problems” at debt-ridden movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which co-funded the film. But now it has been confirmed that the movie has been scrapped. “Members of the production crew have been told the Bond film has been canned,” an insider was quoted as saying. “There is a lot of bad feeling as a lot of time, money and hard work has already gone into this,” he added. It’s a day to mourn for all fans that were looking forward to another adventure of the secret agent from Her Majesty’s secret service. We hope someday they finally have enough time and money to bring it back to the silver screen.
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