Not a big fan of Skyfall myself. Why must we always feel the need to deconstruct genres, as if that somehow legitimizes franchises? We did it with Batman and Spiderman; now we are doing it with Bond, and in the process we are sucking a lot of the fun out of these films! I feel like with Skyfall I was just watching another Bourne film, the only thing that really stuck out for me was the chemistry between Bond and M and a few subtle homages. Javier Bardem was great as the villian, but he was totally pigeonholed, his evil scheme was lame, and the third act of the film was seriously underwhelming. If they are going to make another film the least they could do is continue with the storyline they abondaned in part 3.

Sam Mendes has theater projects to attend to this year, but I'm pretty sure his schedule frees up afterwards. They should do everything they can to convince him to return, if not this upcoming Bond film then the next one after.

2014 was never considered for the next Bond film.

Can we get back to the Bond story arc instead of making standalones like Skyfall.

no james bond for 3 years.. it's ok not to release it on 2014 but I was hoping for a 2015 release. hope it comes out earlier than expected and not late 2016.