London,
(ANI):
Bond
bosses
have
dismissed
rumours
that
the
next
007
movie
is
in
trouble
after
reports
emerged
that
screenwriter
Peter
Morgan
quit
the
project
because
of
the
appointment
of
director
Sam
Mendes.
Morgan,
47,
who
penned
screenplays
for
critically
acclaimed
films
like
'Frost/Nixon" and
'The
Queen",
is
said
to
have
been
hired
to
work
on
the
23rd
Bond
movie.
But
reports
over
the
weekend
suggested
that
he
had
quit
the
project,
and
his
departure
was
linked
to
the
recent
arrival
of
Mendes,
who
is
rumoured
to
be
planning
to
replace
him
with
'Closer" creator
Patrick
Marber.
But
a
spokesman
for
Hollywood
studio
MGM
has
dismissed
the
story
as
gossip.
“The
filmmakers
say
the
Morgan/Marber
switch
is
just
speculation,"
the
Daily
Express
quoted
him
as
telling
the
Daily
Telegraph
newspaper.