Craig source confirms Bond 23 is only postponed, not axed

It has been a couple of months since EON Productions officially announced that work on the 23rd James Bond film had been put on hold.

The financial woes of MGM have damaged every active project at the studio, so news that 007 was on hiatus too was not a surprise to industry watchers.

"Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on 'Bond 23' indefinitely. We do not know when development will resume and do not have a date for the release of 'Bond 23,'" stated Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli jointly.

However, it wasn't until UK rag The Daily Mirror stepped in with an anonymous quote that the mass media got in a tizz about the future of 007 and Daniel Craig's tenure in the role. This week, the paper claimed: "Members of the production crew have been told the Bond film has been canned."

James Bond is dead? No. Tabloid sensationalism? You bet.

Gossip Cop - a site that specializes in shooting down false media rumours - got a quote from a source close to Craig on the current "Bond axed" controversy. They said, "The situation remains exactly the same as for the last many months. The filmmakers formally announced then that the current production of Bond 23 was being postponed due to the issues relating to the sale of MGM. Nothing has changed and production is only postponed, not canceled.”

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