Director Christopher Nolan during an interview for Empire promoting his upcoming highly anticipated DARK KNIGHT RISES said that he "would love" to make a James Bond movie. He made similar comments back in '10 during PR for INCEPTION.

He might be the "It" popular filmmaker of today, but that doesn't mean Eon wants him. Steven Spielberg famously in the late 1970s had dreams for his own 007 film and Eon turned him down cold, despite this right after the Beard made JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, and ridiculous unseen level of money for Hollywood.

That dream died when his buddy George Lucas instead pitched him his own Bond-esque series, about an archaeologist kicking ass.

But I guess if Nolan did make his Bond movie, Michael Caine would play M right? Well of course Harry Palmer would be M.