Bond director finds solace in title of next installment

First things first on the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace: Director Marc Forster initially disliked the title, too - reports Canada.com.

"Then it started growing on me," Forster says. "I read the Ian Fleming short story where it comes from, and there's a great passage in it when Bond talks (about) that quantum of solace, a quantum of comforting someone."

The title aroused much discussion, and Forster said he thinks it might be a positive thing for the movie. Not that Bond needs much help these days. The 2006 franchise reboot grossed nearly $600 million worldwide and went a long way in making Bond relevant for the 21st century.

If hiring Daniel Craig to play Bond was the gamble last time, putting Forster in the director's chair is Quantum's creative risk. The German-born director has a varied resumé (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction) that includes just about everything save an action movie. But Forster made a connection between making a franchise film and working within the tight parameters of storytelling under a repressive regime.

"I felt like the challenge here was similar. You are working within a framework of the Bond franchise. You have the villain, the girls and so on, things the fans expect and want."

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