MGM stays tight lipped about the future of Pierce Brosnan as 007, but Bond 21 is ahead of schedule

MGM may be tight lipped about Pierce Brosnan's future as James Bond, but the 21st film in the series is ahead of schedule.

MGM President Chris McGurk told reporters and Wall Street analysts the company and EON are still developing the 21st Bond film in the 42 year-old series. A script was complete, a director was being hired and then they would see about Bond.

�At that point, we�re going to address the casting issues. It�s the same process we went through with �Die Another Day,�� which was the most recent Bond movie, McGurk said.

McGurk said MGM still targets Nov. 2005 as the release date for the unnamed new Bond movie, and that the producers were ahead of schedule compared with �Die Another Day.�

With film production nearing, Hollywood insiders speculate Brosnan may be starting negotiations in the press. His media representative referred calls to MGM, which declined to comment beyond McGurk�s statement.

Thanks to `Mathewww` for the alert.

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