I'm going to qualify it as a rumor for now, but the site wearemoviegeeks.com is reporting that the James Bond franchise will find a new home at 20th Century Fox now that MGM is experiencing some serious financial woes.

Obviously, that would represent a huge acquisition for Fox as well as another sign that MGM may soon be a thing of the past. The Bond franchise is alive and well, considering that Quantum of Solace brought in a staggering $570 million worldwide. It was a big risk to take Bond in a new, darker direction and audiences are obviously responding.

For what it's worth, I've liked parts of the two Daniel Craig Bond films, but I've never been completely sold on Craig himself. He's a great actor and he has his moments, but I've always felt he makes a better villain than a hero (see Road to Perdition). I dug the fact that Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, A Christmas Tale) was able to have some fun as the villain in Solace, and I hope that the folks behind the franchise continue to show that kind of solid judgment when they pick future villains.