Somewhere Right Now Roger Moore Is Saying, "Don't Do It, Daniel!"
Mon, December 19, 2011 
If the Broccolis were serious about creating a long-term, years' spanning continuity, you wouldn't hear a nasty, single syllable from my mouth.
But we're talking about people with a proven track-record of reneging on their claims of "going back to Fleming" after box-office receipts get low and suddenly they're once again trying to recapture that lightning-in-a-bottle spark from Goldfinger. Continuity has never been a priority for them, and judging by the James Bond franchise's viability fifty years on, it's justified.
Producer Michael Wilson tells People UK they've drawn up a contract for Daniel Craig to stay on as James Bond for an additional five pictures, not including the lensing-as-we-speak Skyfall, due out November 2012.
Doing some calculations in my head, Craig would be fifty-four by the end of this new arrangement under the assumption Eon and Sony would crank out a Bond picture every two years, no exceptions.
Craig is doing wonders with the character. But as much as the Broccolis want to repeat all the glory days, do they lack the common sense to remember the low point in the series too, i.e. when Roger Moore was practically laughed off the screen for being too old?
Reader Comments (2)
Daniel Craig is great as James Bond, Casino Royale was so good. Second one was crap....I dont ever know what that was called...
I had Pierce Bronson as my Bond in Junior high but he never really did it for me. I hope Craig stays around and can be the Bond for me as Connery was the Bond for the old school generation....
plus the new Goldeneye game is pretty fun! no where near Modern Warfare but a fun game to sit and play with some friends like we used to on the N64 back in the day.
As cool as it would be to see craig do 8 films. I doubt he would end up doing 5 more. 2 maybe 3 more. There is a lot of factors at play. From does craig want to do more, does he have time to do them with other work, how llong it takes between films, and studio brass changes minds or what not.