Wikipedia entry lists Iain Softley as Bond 23 director (rumour control)

03-Apr-2009 • Skyfall

RUMOUR CONTROL
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia which can be edited by anyone, has listed English director Iain Softley as helming the 23rd James Bond film.

The user edit which stated the claim was made on 3rd February 2009 by a Wikipedia user based in New Zealand.

Iain Softley, born November 30, 1956, is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas a Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. He is married to producer Sarah Curtis.

His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), and The Skeleton Key (2005). His most recent movie was Inkheart (2008), which is based on the book of the same name. Softly also and has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian Ã©migrÃ©.

MI6 Note: Last week, producer Michael G. Wilson said that there had been 'no significant work done' on Bond 23 yet. The film has no scheduled release date and debate surrounds a possible 2011 tent-pole due to the hand over from Sony back to MGM.

Thanks to `Taj` for the alert.