Mendes. Sam Mendes.

Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007 sounds like it’s getting stranger…Apparently Sam Mendes is in negotiations to direct the next Bond movie, and it will definitely be co-written by Peter Morgan of The Queen, Frost/Nixon and The Damned United.

In all honesty, I didn’t much like Road to Perdition, Jarhead, or Revolutionary Road, and I find American Beauty ok but way overrated (and nowhere close to the Best Picture of 1999.) Still, I like the choice here — it’s outside the box alright (and apparently all the action stuff is done second-unit anyway.)