The script for Bond 24 is complete as pre-production
ramps up on the next James Bond adventure.
According to reports, the 'touch up' work to
John Logan's script by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade was more of
a re-write. As MI6 reported back in June, the experienced duo
of Purvis
and Wade were brought back in the screenwriting fold after
Logan's screenplay failed to meet the demands of producers, director
Sam Mendes and 007 himself Daniel Craig.
Daily
Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye, who has
a genuine insider on the Bond productions as his news has also
proven to be accurate, says that Mendes and Craig 'begged' Purvis
and Wade to come back and fix the script. It was Mendes who brought
Logan in to the franchise, hiring him to perform the final polish
on the 'Skyfall' script.
'Everyone's excited, and all systems
are pumping away at full speed," the source said, adding
that Purvis and Wade's script
is "substantially
different" from Logan's. "There was an awful lot of
work to do. It was a big job. The impression given was that Purvis
and Wade were hired to add jokes - but
it was a bigger deal than that."
Bamigboye adds that "Mendes almost went down
on his knees to persuade Purvis and Wade to return to the Bond
fold. The director had a lot of making up to do.
But during the re-writing process all four men - Craig,
Mendes, Purvis and Wade - behaved graciously and just got
on with the job."
The go ahead for filming has been given and
shooting is expected to start in late November to early December.
