Ian Fleming short stories cited as inspiration for Bond 22 script

Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are continuing their run of the previous three films to pen the screenplay for the 22nd James Bond film - reports MI6. Production designer Peter Lamont confirmed last week at the Festival of Valencians in France that there have already been several script development meetings, and for the first time in the Bond series, the story film will be closely related to its predecessor.

According to trade papers, Purvis and Wade are reportedly working out a script based on Ian Fleming's short stories The Hildebrand Rarity, The Property Of A Lady, Risico and 007 In New York.



Back in January, Purvis and Wade confirmed that the film will not be titled Risico. The duo refused to comment on whether the plot featured Vesper's Algerian boyfriend being a central character in Bond's quest to topple the organisation that Le Chiffre worked for. Wade simply said, "I can't comment", which will no doubt cause fans to assume the plot is alive and kicking.

Sony Pictures Entertainment executive Jeff Blake stated to the LA Times that the Bond 22 script had not been completed yet, but "two things are definite: Daniel Craig is returning, and we’re going November 7th [2008]. After that it gets complicated.”

Wade said, "the idea is for the movie to start shooting at the beginning of next year. It would be nice to have the draft next week. [Laughs]. The sooner the better. It's not an easy thing to do, because the bar was raised with the last picture, so we have to raise our game again."

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