It’s been a big day for James Bond news, which is bad news for whoever is trying to auction off the submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me. However, interest in Bond is about to skyrocket once again as MGC and Eon films have made an epic announcement that is sure to make Bond fans everywhere happy.

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Early on Thursday morning the studios announced that Sam Mendes will be returning as director of Bond 24 and the film will hit theaters in the U.S. and U.K. in October 2015.

Per a press release form MGM and Eon Films:

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, EON Productions; Gary Barber, Chairman & CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Michael Lynton, CEO, Sony Entertainment, Inc, and Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Daniel Craig will once again return as the legendary British secret agent in the 24th James Bond film and Sam Mendes will also return to direct the screenplay written by John Logan. The film is set for release in UK theaters on October 23, 2015 and in US theaters on November 6, 2015.

There was some doubt as to whether or not Mendes would be able to return and that put a potential release date in serious question. The hope was that the next Bond film would roll out around the 2016 season, but we now know that Bond 24 is coming sooner than that and will be here for Thanksgiving 2015.