CHRISTOPHER NOLAN + JAMES BOND = REAL. Maybe. Sort of.

Christopher Nolan opined back during some movie’s marketing (Inception?) that he would love to direct  a Bond flick. Well buckle up fuckers, because what was once seemingly outlandish may actually come to fruition. Word on the street has it that the director is in informal talks to helm a James Bondage experience.

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Self-professed Bond fanboy Christopher Nolan has confessed his desire to direct a 007 film a number of times over the years, and even gone so far as meeting with the producers. So far, it hasn’t quite worked out. Now that Sam Mendes has officially turned down Bond 24, though, it seems Nolan may finally get his shot.

A new report indicates that the Dark Knight director is in informal talks to helm the next Bond film, and possibly even the one after that if all goes well. Given that Skyfall bore more than a few marks of Nolan’s influence, Nolan seems like an obvious but excellent pick. More details after the jump.

According to The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, Nolan has been approached and is now in early conversations with producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Nolan’s hiring is far from a done deal at this point, but Bamigboye’s source remarks, “It does no harm for Broccoli and Wilson to talk with Nolan, even if nothing happens this time round.”