Bond 24 script being rewritten to ‘punch up’ the humour

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade’s (both veteran 007 screenwriters) hiring to rewrite John Logan’s script for James Bond 24 was reportedly due to the filmmakers’ desire to add more wit to the story. The start of filming has consequently been pushed back from this October to December. According to sources for The Daily Mail, “Purvis and Wade have been asked to ‘punch up’ the script and sprinkle in more gags, emphasising the witty repartee between Daniel Craig’s 007 and Naomie Harris’s Miss Moneypenny, and focusing on the interplay between Bond and Ralph Fiennes’s M.” The film will release on the 23rd of October, 2015 in the UK and November 6, 2015 in the U.S.