Killing 007 Ain't Easy

6:00 AM PST 11/6/2012 by Stephen Galloway

Four years, nearly nine lives and one studio bankruptcy: the ultimate backstory of how Daniel Craig, director Sam Mendes and "Skyfall’s" producers brought Bond back, better than ever.

On April 19, 2010, James Bond effectively died. After almost a year and a half of trying to get a new 007 film made while its parent studio, MGM, was spiraling toward bankruptcy, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson finally pulled the plug.