Alicia Keys: The next Bond chanteuse?American R&B singer Alicia Keys is "the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, 'Quantum of Solace,'" according to E! Online's Marc Malkin.

Malkin credits an unnamed source as saying, "I believe Alicia is the winner." He said representatives for Keys and the Bond camp wouldn't confirm that comment.

A couple months ago, British soul singer Amy Winehouse appeared to be the front-runner for the job, but work on her proposed theme song ground to a halt after she had a falling out with her producer.

Bond star Daniel Craig
looks grumpy (and
for good reason)The trouble surrounding the production of “Quantum of Solace,” the next James Bond film, isn't dying down.

Bond fan site MI6 has chronicled a recent slew of mishaps and blowups.

A couple weeks ago, a crew member accidentally drove an Aston Martin into a lake. Six days later, a stuntman was seriously injured while filming a high-speed chase.

On Saturday morning, a 58-year-old crew member, working in Austria, was found stabbed. He suffered deep cuts to the head and hands after a domestic dispute and was reportedly in critical condition Sunday.

Martin Campbell demonstrates how to
make a flying pigeon shadow hand puppetMartin Campbell, who directed two of the coolest Bond flicks ever, has been tapped by United Artists to kick-start what could become a whole new spy movie franchise.

Two executive producers on the TV series “24” — Joel Surnow and Michael Loceff — will write the as-yet-untitled film, according to Variety.

Amy WinehouseBBC News reports that British R&B/soul singer Amy Winehouse has recorded a demo for a proposed theme song to the next James Bond film, “Quantum of Solace.”

Mark Ronson, Winehouse's producer for her most recent album, “Back to Black,” told BBC there are no guarantees the song will be used.

But Winehouse has previously received votes of confidence from folks in the Bond camp, including film score composer David Arnold and producer Michael G. Wilson.

Run, Danny Boy, run!Makers of the 22nd James Bond film, “Quantum of Solace,” are walking a fine line between good storytelling and explosioney goodness, according to fan site MI6.com.

OK, they didn't use the term “explosioney.” But you know what I mean.

“What (director Marc Forster) wanted, and the producers, and what I wanted is to bring back a visual flair to the movie, so that every frame in every shot that we see is beautiful,” Bond star Daniel Craig explained during a press conference last week in Chile. “And there may be things exploding, but they're good to look at.”

My other car is an Aston MartinFord has negotiated a $36 million deal for its diminutive Ka Zetec Climate to appear in the forthcoming Bond film, “Quantum of Solace.”

Daniel Craig will appear behind the wheel of this teeny econobox, Bond fan site MI6 reports, although “James Bond fans will be relieved to know that the famous Aston Martin DBS will be the car of choice.”

Amy Winehouse
Sir Paul McCartney believes fellow British pop star Amy Winehouse “would do a really good job” at performing the theme song to the next James Bond flick, according to The Boston Globe.

The 22nd Bond film, titled “Quantum of Solace,” is due in U.S. theaters Nov. 22.

McCartney joins the ranks of singer Shirley Bassey and composer David Arnold in recommending Winehouse for the job, according to Bond fan site MI6.

Donald Pleasance
in 'You Only Live Twice'“You Only Live Twice” (1967)

MPAA Rating: PG
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert