Dench Returns as M

The whole web is alight with news originating at MI6.co.uk that Dame Judi Dench has confirmed that she will return as M in Bond 23.  She revealed the news at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards. Nothing is a given in this movie after such a long delay, but now speculation about the 76-year-old actress being replaced as the head of MI6 can end for the time being.