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Wrangling over the fate of the debt-ridden studio had thrown its plans to make new movies, including the next 007 film, into disarray. The 23rd Bond movie had been due for release in 2012, the 50th anniversary of Ian Fleming's spy character's first outing in Dr No.

The script for Bond 23 was penned by regular 007 collaborators Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (The World is not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) and polished by newcomer Peter Morgan (The Queen). The LA Times also claims Sam Mendes, who is unofficially attached to direct the film, worked on the script last spring. The paper’s source claims “creative discussions among the writers and producers” have hampered the film’s development. The LA Times doesn’t elaborate on the specific nature of the alleged scripting issues, but speculates that it may owe to the lofty expectations placed...

"One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purposes are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British Crown," Eleven term U.S. Representative, Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), as quoted in the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, March 1, 2003 (Illus: Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, saying, "Come out of there, you goddam old rat!" takes Ft. Ticonderoga from the British -- the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. It was a fine example of how rudeness to tyrants can save ammunition.) Astounding. Representative Kaptur thinks Al-Queda and...