Next "Bond" film set for release next year

It seems that the next James Bond film is set to return to cinemas in October of the following year.

The 23rd Bond film will star Daniel Craig, who will be returning as the suave agent James Bond, for the third time while producers still yet to name the rest of the cast. The still untitled film will be directed by Academy Award winning and British director Sam Mendes (American Beauty.) Work on the film was was said to have been suspended last year in April due to the uncertainty over the future of the film production company, MGM (the company that produced all the Bond films.)

The new Bond film will be released in United Kingdom on October 26th, a few days after the 50th anniversary of the first Bond film which came our on the 5th of October, 1963.

SOURCES: Press Association; Image