A poster of "Butterfly on A Wheel" [Photo: sina.com]

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One year after his last visit to Shanghai, former 007 star Pierce Brosnan is mulling over an invitation to attend the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival.

The organizing committee of the film festival, which will run from June 14 to 22, sent a formal invitation to the Irish actor's agent and Brosnan is very likely to accept it, an internal source with the organizer was quoted as saying.

Brosnan would take the chance to show his sympathy for the Sichuan earthquake victims and promote his latest movie, "Butterfly on a Wheel," which will be rolled out in China at the end of June, the source said.

A special charity screening of the crime thriller will be held during the festival. All proceeds from it will be donated to the quake-hit area.

Pierce Brosnan, who celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday last month, is best known for his role as spy James Bond in "Golden Eye," "Tomorrow Never Dies," "The World is Not Enough," and "Die Another Day."