Quantum of Solace

James Bond has a release date, but distribution up for grabs

Now that MGM has announced the next James Bond film will be in theaters November 2012, THR has begun speculating on what studio will distribute Bond 23. According to the report, the lead player appears to be Paramount Pictures, which has informally gotten first crack at negotiations, thanks to a close relationship between the studio’s ….

Details on the fact-based Machine Gun Preacher

Lionsgate has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama Machine Gun Preacher, being directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace). The film is the studio’s first collaboration with Forster since the Oscar-winning Monster’s Ball. Gerard Butler (Law Abiding Citizen, 300) stars as Reverend Sam Childers, known as “the machine gun preacher.” Michelle ….

Quantum Of Solace director circling Ludlum espionage thriller

According to Variety, Paramount has tapped Quantum Of Solace director Marc Forster for its adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s political thriller The Chancellor Manuscript. According to report, the studio has also contracted Peter O’Brien – who wrote a much buzzed about script for a female-driven thriller titled Unlocked – to write a new draft of the ….

Will Mesrine be the French Scarface? Watch these clips and decide for yourself

Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared France’s Public Enemy Number One during his lifetime. He regularly finished on top among the list of newsmakers in opinion polls. His spectacular death, shot full of holes by police at close range at the center of Paris in 1979, put the crowning touch on ….

Blofeld comes back, setting in Afghanistan and a new writer – getting things straight on the next James Bond film

I’ve been reading so much about the as-yet-untitled upcoming James Bond 23 film, it’s getting hard to keep up. I usually don’t discuss early development on projects this big, since much of the early news is so hard to confirm. But this is getting interesting. So just to bring everyone up to date on what’s ….