MGM have announced the as-yet-untitled 23rd James Bond film will enter production later this year and be released on November 9, 2012.

Sam Mendes (American Beauty) will direct from a script penned by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan.

The official press release is embedded below:

BOND 23 RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED

Los Angeles, CA (January 11, 2011) – Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, together with Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., today announced that the 23rd James Bond film will commence production in late 2011 for a worldwide release on November 9, 2012.

Daniel Craig will be returning as the legendary British secret agent, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan.

The Wrap reported this story.