Sam Mendes was that one proposal involved making two films back-to-back, based on an idea by "Skyfall" writer John Logan, which would have resulted in Mendes and other creative personnel being tied up with filming for around four years. It was reported in February 2013 that this idea had since been shelved and that the next two films would be stand-alone. The same report claimed that Mendes was "75% on board, but was waiting to see the finished script before committing." However, Mendes said in an interview with Empire Magazine in March 2013 that "It has been a very difficult decision not
James Bond Jr. James Bond Jr. James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy, James Bond. The name was first used in 1967 for a spinoff novel entitled "The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½" authored by the never clarified pseudonym R. D. Mascott. The idea of Bond having a nephew was used again in 1991 in an American animated series for television, in which the title character defeats threats to ensure the safety of the free world. The series was mildly successful, spawning a six-volume novelization series by John Peel (writing as John Vincent), a