'Bourne' stunt designer defects to the U.K.

Daniel Craig
in 'Casino Royale'Paying a compliment to the Jason Bourne film series, EON Productions has hired Bourne's stunt guru to work on the next James Bond flick.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dan Bradley planned and directed the fight and car chase scenes in the last two Bourne movies.

Bradley will be joining the "Bond 22" crew this winter. "Bond 22" is the working title for — you guessed it — the 22nd Bond film, which will star Daniel Craig.

Craig's debut as Bond in last year's "Casino Royale" helped jump-start the moribund franchise. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "The producers want (Bradley) to continue and build on the more realistic and gritty approach to the veteran British spy begun in last year's 'Casino Royale.'"

Bradley also recently worked on the fourth "Indiana Jones" film, due to be released May 22, 2008.

"Bond 22" is due out Nov. 7, 2008.

As good as "Casino Royale" was, it looks like "Bond 22" could be even better. Woo-hoo!

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)