Daniel Craig will play James Bond in at least two more films after signing a deal to portray the secret agent beyond next month's Skyfall, reports Deadline.
Craig is now set to star as 007 in at least five films, making him the third longest-serving Bond after Roger Moore, who had seven stints in the hot seat, and Sean Connery, who had six (plus the unofficial Never Say Never Again in 1983). He will overtake Pierce Brosnan, who played 007 four times between 1995 and 2004.
Craig made his debut in 2006's Casino Royale and starred in sequel Quantum of Solace two years later. Skyfall, from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, has been delayed by financial woes at studio MGM but is due to arrive in cinemas on 26 October.
Deadline suggests that Craig could star in more than five Bond films, though he would be likely to be over 50 by the time he came to do so. Moore was 57 when he shot 1985's A View to a Kill, though most critics believe his best work as 007 took place before he entered his sixth decade.
Craig, 44, will be playing Bond for the third time in Skyfall, the 23rd Bond film, in which Dame Judi Dench will reprise her role as the dapper spy's boss, M, for the seventh time. British actors Albert Finney and Ralph Fiennes take undisclosed parts, while Javier Bardem will be one of the villains and Ben Whishaw debuts in the role of gadget guru Q.
Naomie Harris is playing a field agent named Eve and French actor Bérénice Marlohe is set to play an enigmatic Bond girl named Severine. The Bond movies celebrate a half century this year: Skyfall's premiere comes little more than a fortnight after the anniversary of the first Bond film, Dr No, which received its world premiere on 5 October 1962.
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