By Connie Rusk and Sean O'grady For Mailonline
Published: 21:53 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 21 March 2019
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Danny Boyle has confirmed he has quit as the director of the new James Bond film after clashing with producers over the script.
The 62-year-old reportedly wanted to kill off the iconic secret agent in a 'spectacular finale' for Bond 25.
But Danny divulged bosses weren't happy with the screenplay he had been working on with John Hodge and expressed his sadness because it 'could have been really good'.
Quit: Danny Boyle has confirmed he has quit as the director of the new James Bond film after clashing with producers over the script
Confirming his departure, he wrote in Empire magazine: 'I work in partnership with writers and I am not prepared to break it up.
'We were working very, very well, but they didn’t want to go down that route with us so we decided to part company.
'What John Hodge and I were doing, I thought, was really good. It wasn’t finished, but it could have been really good you have to believe in your process and part of that is the partnership I have with a writer.'
Die another day: The 62-year-old reportedly wanted to kill off the iconic secret agent in a 'spectacular finale'
He added: 'It's a great shame.'
While Danny didn't explicitly say his reasons behind the dispute- out of respect for new director Cary Fukunaga-
