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Daniel Craig Closing In On Deal To Play 'James Bond' In FIVE More Movies?

A new report claims that a multi-million pound deal will see Skyfall star Daniel Craig return as Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' in five more movies (a total of eight) and one more than Roger Moore, whose 7 appearances spanned 12 years.

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By Josh Wilding - 12/18/2011
The People report that Daniel Craig has been offered a multi-million pound deal to star in a further five James Bond movies after 2012's Sam Mendes helmed Skyfall. Producer Michael G. Wilson told the tabloid: "Daniel’s been a terrific Bond, a superb actor and a ­terrific man. The fans love him and I don’t think there’s a better actor to play the part."

However, they may have jumped the gun a little as he confirmed that this isn't anywhere near being a done deal. Instead, "It’s certainly something we’ll be ­discussing with him once we finish shooting Skyfall. Filming has gone very well so far and I’d love Daniel to surpass Roger’s record and do eight pictures. Daniel’s been an absolute pleasure to be around because he takes the role so seriously. There’s really no one more passionate about making these films work than him – he’s a film maker’s dream," he said.

The odds of Craig deciding to sign up for a further five movie seem highly unlikely. At 43, a deal such as this one would would mean he'd be committed to playing the iconic British spy for another decade or more. While it's possible we may see him back as Bond after Skyfall, whether or not he will ever beat Sir Roger Moore's record is uncertain. Filming is currently ongoing and Skyfall will be released worldwide from October 2012.

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rea1dea1stee1 - 12/18/2011, 12:09 PM
would love to see him do a few more
ballstothewall - 12/18/2011, 12:11 PM
Just don;t let him end up like Roger Moore's goofy Bond!
RunDTC - 12/18/2011, 12:12 PM
wow! that's a lot.
BreakTheCode - 12/18/2011, 12:13 PM
i like him as bond but i also wanna see what fassbender could do with the role
LucasMend - 12/18/2011, 12:19 PM
god no, I love his version of Bond and all, but I think that after SkyFall he should just do one more and give the chance to someone younger, like Fassbender for example.
nowtheresaBATman - 12/18/2011, 12:29 PM
who's Fassbender?
BreakTheCode - 12/18/2011, 12:30 PM
Michael fassbender who played magneto in xmen first class
rea1dea1stee1 - 12/18/2011, 12:31 PM
i think colin farrell would make a good bond
hatrick3 - 12/18/2011, 12:34 PM
I think it would be great if such a deal works out. Would love to see them explore the character as he ages. Think it could add depth to stories. And when Craigs' run reaches its eventual end...reboot.
SHHH - 12/18/2011, 12:35 PM
Idris Elba
Ric - 12/18/2011, 12:35 PM
huh? I thought Skyfall will be Craig's last ...
Ha1frican - 12/18/2011, 12:35 PM
i like his more realistic no gadget, assassin type Bond so im excited
spiderneil - 12/18/2011, 12:41 PM
Ah man!! :0(

Get rid and get a bond with a sense of humour
spiderneil - 12/18/2011, 12:46 PM
If I wanted to see no quips or gadgets I'd watch the Bourne movies which does 'realistic', 'humourless' and 'gritty' far better. I hated QoS, absolutely ****ing HATED it!
PaulRom - 12/18/2011, 12:56 PM
Craig's been a great Bond and I wouldn't mind a couple more films after Skyfall, but I wanna see Michael Fassbender take over before he's too old. Christian Bale would be good too.
Batman27 - 12/18/2011, 1:10 PM
I hope the deal happens. You guys really think Fassbender can do a better job? Ya right!!!!
ACira - 12/18/2011, 1:11 PM
5 more's a bit too much, maybe if he was half a decade younger. Wouldn't mind maybe another 2, depending on how quickly and skillfully they could be produced, and also if Skyfall's any good. But yeah, I'm jumping on the bandwagon. When Daniel's time as Bond is up, Michael Fassbender should step in.
Zombie137 - 12/18/2011, 1:12 PM
God i hope not. His movies are terrible, They are not James Bond movies, they are some crap British action movie.
marvel72 - 12/18/2011, 1:14 PM
maybe a couple more not five,wouldn't mind seeing michael fassbender or tom hardy give it a shot.
Quasimodo - 12/18/2011, 1:25 PM
I'd like to see brad bird direct a bond film starring Micheal Fassbender
MatchesMalone - 12/18/2011, 1:26 PM
This'll be possible if they start asap and shit out a movie every two years. If they wait four years between every one like QoS and Skyfall, it's gonna get really uncomfortable watching an old ass man getting his ass kicked for two hours, much like the discomfort I felt while watching it happen to Indiana Jones in KotCS. I mean, I'm sure a lot of us have wanted to punch a 65 year old man before, but ya don't do it. Right?
Talontd - 12/18/2011, 1:32 PM
+1 for Idris Elba
Fabius - 12/18/2011, 1:35 PM
Good news...Wait and see, he is a great JBond. Very human and not cliché...Or too old now.

Some people said Fassben...Who ?Sorry don't know him yet. The guy from Prometheus. After this movie I will tell U; XMen First Class...OK;lol.Not enough.

Clive Owen...But now Daniel is perfect. Maybe Idris, good actor. Or Hiddelston(Loki) in Bond!!! Will be interesting.
MercMatt - 12/18/2011, 1:39 PM
I say give him a couple more. after Skyfall. Daniel Craig is a great Bond, and imo, the best so far. But when he's done, I agree that Michael Fassbender should take over. He's a great actor too, and can also do justice to 007.
mrHJK - 12/18/2011, 1:40 PM
Um no.. Maybe like two more films
HKFanatic - 12/18/2011, 1:45 PM
I don't know, Tom Cruise is, what, 49 and he managed to do Ghost Protocol. No reason that Daniel Craig can't keep it up for a little while longer. However, I don't really want him to beat Roger Moore's record. Why? Because Moore was clearly the best Bond...nah, sorry, even I can't say that with a straight face. I love Roger but Daniel Craig has been the best thing to happen to Bond since Sean Connery.
dancingmonkey08 - 12/18/2011, 1:47 PM
Let me just say I have loved the Bond movies since I was little & Daniel's portrayal of James Bond is brilliant, just what the franchise needed after the godawful CGI infested Die Another Day

But saying that, FIVE MORE MOVIES is a BIG mistake. First of all, even if they make a new movie every two years from 2012 onwards, he will be 54 when he finishes up with the role, much too old for being in the role

That means they are repeating the mistakes of the past again. This happened with Roger Moore and he looked WAY TOO OLD when he came to the end of his run.

I would love to see Daniel do another trilogy because when it comes to the time where he has to leave, he will only be around Pierce Brosnan's age of 50 when he left the role and at 50, Pierce Brosnan was still good in the role but it was time for him to leave

So, let Daniel do another trilogy with movies being released in 2014, 2016 & then in 2018 & then aim for a new Bond movie with a brand new Bond actor in 2021 when Daniel is beginning to be too old for the role

@SHHH & ncreb

God no, unless they do a total reboot (again!), a big no to Idris. He is a fantastic actor & Im not trying to be racist, but James Bond is a white male & if they suddenly change his race, it will make no damn sense. And I dont want another reboot for another 40 years!
Batman27 - 12/18/2011, 1:51 PM
@DannyRand401- I agree!!! I would love to see Nolan direct a James Bond film. I don't think Fassbender is a bad actor. I just think Craig still is the best man for the job and will prove again in Skyfall.
dancingmonkey08 - 12/18/2011, 1:52 PM
@DannyRand

[frick] you, Im not a closet racist, Im just saying it would make no [frick]ing sense if James Bond was white in one movie and black in the next

Maybe 40 years down the line, rest the Bond movies for 10 years then reboot them with a black actor and then have a franchise of black Bond. But dont be alternating between black & white Bond because IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE

And believe me, if Casino Royale had Idris Elba in the role, then I would be completely against a white man taking over the role unless it was a reboot. I just want the [frick]ing movies to make sense
SpideyDude - 12/18/2011, 1:58 PM
as a huge fan of the bond books I cannot state how much I would LOVE this to be true
whatshisnameMD - 12/18/2011, 2:03 PM
this would be awesome, he saved the James Bond franchise.
alucard365 - 12/18/2011, 2:15 PM
all Daniel Craig see is the dollar signs lol
OptimusBurgundyMaximus - 12/18/2011, 2:23 PM
Bale or Hardy FTW
Moozreversed - 12/18/2011, 2:39 PM
@ yossarian.

Its one of the more annoying things that happen here. People see a newish actor in a comic or genre film they like and all the sudden they start suggesting them for every role they can think of. You start seeing the same 3 or 4 names pop up in every fan cast out there.
bizzarro - 12/18/2011, 2:44 PM
well if things fall through with craig......HUGH JACKMAN would be my pic.
jimoakley666 - 12/18/2011, 2:57 PM
[frick]. Yes. Do a few back to back as well. Just so he isn't too old for the part.
Kiltman - 12/18/2011, 2:58 PM
Doubt he takes that deal, I could see him doing one more. He's getting a lot of jobs, so why box himself in for another decade plus. They only way for him it makes sense is to shoot multiple at a time, but Bond is the one franchise where that doesn't really fly because each film really is their own thing, and goes against what the franchise really is....it'd be different for a two part bond film, but a big mistake if they did.

Let Elba do it, he'd be great. He could make 2-3, then move onto a younger bond for the long haul, and if he's good maybe let him get to eight films.
jimoakley666 - 12/18/2011, 2:58 PM
Every post I read by yossarian I can't help but think, "wow, what a twat".
Jaws - 12/18/2011, 3:03 PM
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ComicBookMoron - 12/18/2011, 3:26 PM
Sean COnnery also did SEVEN Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever AND....Never Say Never Again (a non-EON Production). SO that's SEVEN tying him up with Roger Moore.
SpideyDude - 12/18/2011, 4:15 PM
@comicbookmoron EON dont count never say never - but yeah he did play bond 7 times

to everyone who like the "classic" campy aspects of bond - tough, us fans of the source material are finally getting a bond representative of flemming works, bet alot of you are the same ones who moan when comic book movies arent close enough to the source material - now we finally have a bond that is in line with the source material (sean connerys early films were too as were daltons)
KNIGHT3000 - 12/18/2011, 4:24 PM
seedslinger - 12/18/2011, 4:33 PM
he'll still be hot at 50, for shizzle.
JaySin420 - 12/18/2011, 4:33 PM
Casino Royale was amazing but QOS was like the biggest letdown ever.

I like Craig but I'd prefer a reboot.
AlexDeLarge87 - 12/18/2011, 5:57 PM
Would love to see him as Bond at least in two movies after this. But i doubt he signs that five movie deal. If he does thats fine by me!:)
If he doesnt i think they should leave Bond alone for awhile.

Someone should really start making Modesty Blaise and The Saint movies.
Michael Fassbender would be great as Simon Templar and Violante Placido (The American, Ghost Rider 2) would be great Modesty.


Craig and Fassbender are really the only actors right now who i can see in the role of Bond so if they make more movies after Craig quits. The next has to be Fassbender.
mgeoff88 - 12/18/2011, 5:58 PM
I hope the deal goes through. Out of all the actors who played Bond, he's my favorite.

So I have no problem with him being in five more movies.
Dev7 - 12/18/2011, 6:12 PM
Cavill or Fassbender would make a great James Bond.
dreddhead123 - 12/18/2011, 6:25 PM
I dunno what MG Wilson is smoking but it sure ain't good for his health or his mental state! :P

Craig is too... well, plain to be James Bond. The film Bond is meant to be outrageously handsome and suave and charming - as well as having a license to kill and sexist. Craig only has the licence to kill bit. As a blunt British secret agent he's okay but he's hardly Bond.

Perhaps the thing Craig lacks the most is lack of aspiration. When I watch the earlier Bond actors I think "I'd like to be him." When I watch Craig as Bond I never get that feeling.
Luther - 12/18/2011, 6:32 PM
@Dancingmonkey..the films to make sense. It's a franchise, that's spanned decades with the lead character not aging. Q's Gadgets. Some of the story lines. Sometimes things just don't make sense.

I think Elba would be fantastic, as would Fassbender. Those are the BEST two actors to fill the the designer duds. I think a "Black Bond" would be awesome.
dreddhead123 - 12/18/2011, 6:52 PM
I've alwys felt a considerble part of the Bond franchise sort of died after Licence to Kill. That was the last 'old school' Albert Broccoli Bond film. Barbara Broccoli took over for Goldeneye and all subsequent films and the franchise has never seemed quite the same. But things have to change. Evolve or die, as they say.

I still prefer Michael Keaton's Batman to Christian Bale's Batman! I guess it's hard to always accept new stuff when you prefer the old stuff.
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