Casino Royale was excellent and Quantum of Solace was incredibly “meh” (for good reason), but the producers of the latest Bond film, Skyfall, have seen enough that they’d like to sign Daniel Craig to do five more Bond films.

That would give Craig 8 Bond films in total. Roger Moore was in 7. Sean Connery was in 6 (7 if you include Never Say Never Again, which I don’t).

Craig is a huge star now without Bond — The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and its subsequent sequels will only further solidify that — so who knows if he’d even want to do 5 more Bond films.

Also, Roger Moore was 58 at the end of his Bond run, but looked about 70. Craig is 43 right now. Even if they’re able to do one new Bond film every two years for the next 5 films (which they won’t), he’ll be 53 at the end of that run. More likely, he’d be closer to 60. When they booted Brosnan, he was 49.

But the best bit of this report is what producer Michael G. Wilson has to say about Skyfall itself:

The director Sam Mendes and Daniel are taking it back to a 60s feel – more Sean. I think that’s what the fans wanted. There’s a magical “Goldfinger” feel surrounding it all. It’s all very exciting. I can’t wait for people to see the movie because I think we’re making a very special Bond.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld hasn’t been in a Bond film since the 1980s. The sad thing is that now most people would probably consider him some sort of Dr. Evil rip-off.

Still, consider me very intrigued. 

I don’t know how many hours of my life I lost to Goldeneye 007, but it was many.

So far, it’s up to 610 with five films to go.

Also, only six people were killed by Bond in The Man with the Golden Gun?!