The last time something like this happened there was a gap of several years between license to kill and goldeneye with Dalton replaced with Brosnan.
Hopefully this does not mean the next bond will have a different actor but it is entirely possible if it takes a few years.
Still i cannot believe with all the crazy money The last 2 films made combined they cannot afford to bankroll the next one. that and that the film is a billion dollar franchise commodity.
No one would buy MGM even for the rights to the Bond franchise, wow must be a really bad market in the film business at the moment.
Besides i thought the whole new bond thing was to do these as real as possible, raw and on the cheap with little or no cgi. No more invisible cars and such nonsense.
By the way a while back i read on some site it is also holding up the hobbit films, i guess new line won't pay for the entire thing, rather warner bros, even with a billion dollar franchise. Greed is the order of the day, just like wallstreet. Who will bail out hollywood?