There’s a juicy bit of information hidden away in an article from The Hollywood Reporter, which Rope of Silicon have brought to our attention.
MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan has revealed that Daniel Craig has signed on to star in four more James Bond movies, adding an extra movie to his previously contracted three. This would see Craig starring as 007 until at least 2014, as the current plan seems to be to release a new Bond movie every other year.
Craig would then have starred in five Bond movies taking him up to Bond 25, which would be one behind the legendary Sean Connery and two behind Roger Moore. His next Bond outing will be in the still untitled Bond 22, which will be filming soon (if not already) for a November 08 release.
There’s no doubt that Casino Royale was a huge success in reviving the almost dead franchise and the casting of Daniel Craig went an awful long way towards that. I still think that Craig needed to be slightly more likable as Bond but he did a superb job with the character the producers gave him.
Four more Bond’s with Craig as Britian’s super spy? Sounds good to me… if only we could get Christian Bale to make that sort of committment with Batman.
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Hopefully he’ll dye his hair brown/black. There’s no way they can let him go on being blonde.
To hell with that!
Excellent news. A lengthier contract means Craig has more time to evolve his Bond persona and hopefully deliver more excellent films. He’s one of the key reasons why Casino Royale was such a refreshing kick up the arse for a franchise that was ebbing away. Hopefully the movies will maintain the momentum.
Bond has a lot of buttons to push that Jason Bourne and Jack Ryan don’t. I hope the filmamkers will explore those possibilities that have kind of been left dangling the last forty years while they let Bond devolve into a comedic mess.