British director Sam Mendes is in negotiations to direct the Peter Morgan scripted upcoming James Bond film. The 'American Beauty' director was expected to adapt Garth Ennis's famed 'Preacher' graphic novels this year, but this project now looks to be on the back burner.Production on the Daniel Craig starring film looks to have been fast-tracked despit the financial problems at MGM studio and that work could begin in June of this year for a 2011 release. Mendes and Craig previously worked together on 'Road To Predition'
