 Martin Campbell, who helped to revive the James Bond franchise with the 1995 hit "GoldenEye", is in negotiations to direct the 21st installment in MGM's spy series.
Although MGM recently said the Bond film will not arrive in theaters next November, as originally scheduled, the project would be on track to meet a 2006 release date should Campbell come aboard.
Campbell, who is filming another major franchise -- Columbia Pictures' "Legend of Zorro", the sequel to "The Mask of Zorro" -- introduced Pierce Brosnan to audiences as James Bond in "GoldenEye".
Brosnan has said that he will not be returning as Bond, so Campbell could find himself introducing yet another actor in the role. MGM
Campbell's contribution to reviving the series in the mid-'90s made him the man for the current job. Other directors who had been mentioned as candidates for the assignment were Paul McGuigan, who recently directed MGM's "Wicker Park", and Matthew Vaughn, Guy Ritchie's longtime producing partner, who made his directorial debut this year with the British crime thriller "Layer Cake".
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