CULVER CITY, Calif., July 12 (UPI) -- British filmmaker Sam Mendes is to direct the next James Bond adventure, due out in theaters in fall 2015, the as-yet-untitled movie's producers announced.
Mendes helmed the 2012 blockbuster "Skyfall," which was the highest-grossing film of the current 23-film franchise with $1.1 billion in ticket sales at the global box office.