Peter Morgan is the next James Bond scribe

Posted on June 15, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Directors, News

Apparently this is not just your ordinary Monday. It’s Bond-Monday. Yes, it’s time again to present the latest news surrounding the Bond-franchise. Ok, drum roll please… The scribe for the next James Bond film has been hired. His name is Morgan. Peter Morgan. The man behind films like “The Queen,” “The Last King of Scotland” and “Frost/Nixon.”

Dark Horizons reports that Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who’ve helped co-write every Bond film since 1999′s “The World is Not Enough“, remain in place to work alongside Morgan.

It’s expected Morgan’s role will be similar to that of “Crash” filmmaker Paul Haggis who collaborated with Purvis & Wade on the two Daniel Craig entires – 2006′s highly acclaimed “Casino Royale” and last year’s generally mixed, though often derided “Quantum of Solace“.

The hiring of Morgan is a good choice, the acclaimed scribe has been one of the strong writer’s to watch in recent years and can deftly mix drama, comedy and pathos.

Many critics and Craig himself have previously stated a desire to move away from the dour seriousness and unrelenting Bourne-esque violence of the last film and bring back both the stronger dramatic elements and wittier character touches of the earlier films.

A date for the start of production is yet to be confirmed.

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