BOND 23 (Cast News)

• BOND 23 GETS BOURNE

With Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem as villains, Bond 23already has a great cast. Now it adds one more name: Albert Finney.

UK site Baz Bamigboye.com reports that the five-time Oscarnominee, last seen in the Bourne films, surprised the cast of Daniel Craig'snext Bond movie at a recent table read of the script. According to the site,Finney will play a "Foreign Office mandarin with powers over the SecretIntelligence Service, described as a reasonably big role and full ofclass."

Albert Finney as seen in Bourne

"The part probably makes him M's boss, though she - asplayed by Judi [Dench] - might not see it that way."

 Baz Bamigboye has been spot-on when it comes to casting newssurrounding the much-anticipated movie, which Gladiator scribe John Logan wroteand continues to polish

A press conference is scheduled for next week to announcethe start of production on Bond 23, rumored to be titled Skyfall. Expect moredetails then.

Bond 23 hits theatres November 9, 2012.