Celebrating his 50th birthday, James Bond has been learning some new tricks - but 3-D isn't one of them.
Producers of the spy franchise say they have no interest in making a Bond film in 3-D. The upcoming Skyfall is the first Bond film to be released since Avatar made 3-D a common and often lucrative practice for blockbusters.
"3-D is fantastic for the right material, but we're not sure Bond is the right way to go," said Skyfall producer Barbara Broccoli in a recent interview. "With our movies, there's a lot of challenges to 3-D, particularly when you've got a lot of action and a lot of quick cutting."
Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson have shepherded the last seven Bond films, preserving the franchise as a family business. Skyfall premières next week in the U.K. and opens Nov. 9 in the U.S. and Canada.
