"There was plenty of talk about who would be the next James Bond but Barbara has managed to talk Daniel into two more films," a source said. "He is loved by audiences around the world and has driven a real resurgence for the movies at the box office, so bosses knew they couldn't lose him just yet."

The tabloid also claims that the second of Craig's two new Bond films could be a remake of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which starred the one-Bond-wonder George Lazenby, and saw Bond settle down and marry Diana Rigg's Tracy Di Vicenzo.