Daniel Craig Cautious About Future as James Bond 007

Speaking to Playboy magazine, actor Daniel Craig has revealed that despite the fact that he signed a contract for a total of four James Bond films, he is not sure that he will return for the third installment. Craig said that where he goes from here depends on “Quantum of Solace.”

“I did sign on for four so a piece of paper says there are two more to do,” he commented. “But let’s see how this one goes. In the film business, everything doesn’t always go according to plan. We’ll wait and see. If it goes wrong, we’ll have to rethink things.”

Re-reading Ian Fleming’s James Bond books made movie hunk Daniel Craig broody and miserable - and that was a good thing. The British stud, who first played 007 in Casino Royale, is back for more Bond in new film Quantum of Solace - and he wanted to portray the darker side of the suave superspy.

Craig recalled reading the books when he was younger and finding Bond a workaholic depressive - and that’s the character he wanted to channel in the latest adventure. Read the rest of this entry

Leonardo DiCaprio as Ian Fleming - the James Bond creator

Leonardo DiCaprio may star as Ian Fleming in a biopic of the James Bond creator.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the actor’s production company Appian Way recently jumped on board to produce the film, based on the script Fleming by Damian Stevenson.

Producer Andrew Lazar said a film about the life of Fleming had the potential to be “fascinating”.

“It’s going to be very different from the Bond films,” Lazar commented. “There are a lot of different ways to crack biopics, but we’re not trying to emulate a Bond movie… The idea that this guy’s life informed the James Bond character is pretty fascinating.”

Stevenson, whom DiCaprio will replace with a new writer, researched the script by looking through out-of-print biographies at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library.

“It’s the real James Bond,” Stevenson said. “In England, Ian Fleming’s exploits are much better known. Talking to people out here [in the US], no one had any idea that M was based on a real person, Miss Moneypenny was based on a real person.”

The story begins on the eve of Fleming’s wedding in 1952 - before his first Bond novel Casino Royale was published - then flashes back to his days as a Reuters journalist and Naval Intelligence Commander.

Arterton’s Octopussy to sting Craig’s Bond

Gemma Arterton (”St. Trinians”) will be snuggling up to – I’m guessing, but it wouldn’t be out of the question, right? - Daniel Craig in the 22nd Bond movie.

The Marc Forster-helmed film, loosely based on the Ian Fleming short story Risico, finds 007 (Daniel Craig) dispatched to infiltrate a drug ring flooding Britain with heroin, says Variety. “Casino Royale” scribe Paul Haggis penned the screenplay, furthering an earlier draft written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

French actor Mathieu Amalric joined the cast last week to play Bonds main adversary. It has been speculated Amalric’s character is the French-Algerian boyfriend mentioned by Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in ”Casino Royale”.

Meantime, some set pics from the new film - featuring Craig and co-star Dame Judi Dench - are up at Just Jared and Pure People