Daniel Craig signs up for 4 more Bond films...

DANIEL Craig will play James Bond in four more films after signing a record-breaking deal.

Film studio MGM has tied the 39-year-old actor to a deal that could make him £30 million over 10 years.

The contract will incorporate a sliding salary based on how much each consecutive film makes at the box office and in merchandising.

His first film as 007, Casino Royale, made more than any other Bond movie when it was released last year.

The level of MGM's commitment to Craig represents its confidence that he will reinvigorate the franchise and become a global star.

The deal far eclipses those signed by any previous Bond actor, including most recently Pierce Brosnan, who parted company with the studio in an argument over his financial worth.

Craig's tenure at the helm of the most profitable film franchise in history is estimated to make MGM hundreds of millions of dollars.

It was known Craig would play Bond for a second time for the 22nd film, due out on November 7 next year, but his further plans were unclear.

Now his tenure at MI6 seems assured.

According to movie industry bible the Hollywood Reporter, MGM's chief executive and chairman, Harry Sloan, signed Craig to do four more James Bond films because franchises are the bases of any studio.

Many critics who had previously written off Craig as being not good-looking enough for Bond, and even for having blond hair, later applauded his performance in Casino Royale.

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