Bond Web site 'has the wrong plot'

Pierce Brosnan will star in new Bond movie

LONDON, England -- James Bond fans can breathe easy -- a Web site which claimed to reveal the plot of the next 007 movie has failed in its mission.

The Web site, www.bond20.com, said it had seen the script for next year's movie and put the details on the Internet. It claimed it would be titled "Final Assignment."

But the Bond film production company said the plot was the product of a fan's overactive imagination and had left them neither shaken nor stirred.

The Web site said the film plot would involve 007 confronting the killer of his father, Andrew Bond, who was also a British spy.

It said the action-packed adventure would filmed on location in Australia, France, Tokyo and New York, with the final fight to the death taking place on the crown on New York's Statue of Liberty.

To whet fans' appetite further, Sean Connery, the original cinema Bond of the 1960s, would appear in flashbacks as 007's father while British actor Nigel Havers would play the film's baddie, David Saten, the Web site said.

But a spokeswoman for Eon Productions told Reuters: "It's fabricated. We have spoken to the producers about it and I'm afraid it's a fan who's done a James Bond script -- it's not ours.

"The film hasn't got a name yet. It's only in the very beginning of pre-production."

She said casting should start in the next couple of weeks and they hoped to start shooting in January next year.

New Zealand-born Lee Tamahori was on board as director and had started working on the film, she added.

The Web site's claims are the latest speculation about the film. Newspaper reports earlier in the year tipped singer Whitney Houston to appear as the next "Bond girl."

One actor is certain to feature -- Pierce Brosnan will star as James Bond for the fourth, and last, time.