So Mr Bond, it will be called Quantum of Solace. And this time you will find your crumbs of comfort in the arms of a raven-haired Bolivian temptress played by a Ukrainian former underwear model and an English rose played by the head girl from St Trinians.
So not everything changes.
James Bond producers yesterday gave the first glimpse into the 22nd movie in the 007 franchise, promising twice as much action as in Casino Royale. The biggest news was the title: Quantum of Solace. It might have sounded all right with the prefix "Harry Potter and the..." but as the standalone title for a Bond movie it's not exactly Goldfinger. It is, though, the title of an Ian Fleming short story and was chosen only in the last few weeks to reflect the mood of the new movie, which is to be released in November.
Daniel Craig, for one, is a fan. "It's grown on me," says the 39-year-old British actor, who will be taking on the role of 007 for a second time. "I was unsure at first. Bond is looking for his quantum of solace and that's what he wants, he wants his closure. Ian Fleming says that if you don't have a quantum of solace in your relationship then the relationship is over. It's that spark of niceness in a relationship that if you don't have you might as well give up."
So what can we expect? Well, as has been widely reported, the film is a straight sequel to Casino Royale, beginning an hour after the last scene in Casino Royale, and there'll be far more action on top of the girls, gadgets and cars. "It's pretty much jam packed," says producer Michael G Wilson.
Judi Dench, reprising her role as MI6 boss M, reveals that her character has a bigger part in the new film. She says we will also get to hear her husband, if not see him. Of the movie, she says: "It's terrific. I learn to do a few more gadgets."
There will be no Q or Moneypenny but 007's CIA pal Felix Leiter will be present, as well, of course, as a particularly cruel villain and the non-negotiable Bond girls. Filming began at Pinewood Studios earlier this month and yesterday the world's media were invited round to talk to the stars and given a preview of some of the early rushes. The Guardian can reveal that at some point in the film Bond will say to a receptionist: "You're going to get a call in a minute, would you mind telling them I'm heading to Cairo."
It can also be revealed that M and Bond will stare menacingly at each other while standing in the snow.
There are three secret sets in the vast 007 hangar, all based in Siena, where film crews shot footage last year.
Gemma Arterton, 21, is only six months out of drama school and is now playing Agent Fields, an MI6 field agent at the Bolivian consulate. She is possibly the youngest spy to ever appear in a Bond movie. "She doesn't do anything too advanced, it's not like she's killing people," she reveals. In response to the main question, she says: "Yes I do kiss Daniel Craig. The kiss has happened and yes [pause] it was quite incredible. It was all a bit of a daze. I felt such a giggly girl because he's such a man."
Arterton, who plays head girl Kelly in the current St Trinian's movie, has been warned by another Bond girl to open her post with a letter-opener now that she has kissed Craig. "You get hate mail, apparently," she confided.
Mathieu Amalric, an established French screen star currently to be seen as Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is playing the villain. "There'll be no metal jaw, no white hair, no scar, no eye with blood. Just my face," he says. "The director saw something in me that had to do with the devil. That was a compliment." Amalric adds that he stole Tony Blair's smile and Nicholas Sarkozy's eyes to create his character's demeanour, and says he did not need much persuading to sign up. "It's impossible to say to your kids that I could have been in a Bond film but I refused."
The "is-she-a-goodie, is-she-a-baddie?" Bond girl this time round is Ukraine-born Olga Kurylenko, who turned to acting after a successful modelling career in France. "James Bond didn't get to Ukraine," she admits. "[But] I've got a big box of DVDs and I'm going to be an expert." Kurylenko has not yet started filming, having spent the last three weeks learning how to fight, fire a weapon and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving no doubt useful for those jumping out of a helicopter action scenes. "At the beginning she is an opponent but they are going to have to collaborate," reveals Kurylenko. "We'll see if she's a villain."
It is now generally accepted that the Bond "reboot" has been successful and that Daniel Craig makes a convincing 007, offering us more access into the spy's head.
But will he be in his snug trunks again? "I wish," sighs producer Barbara Brocolli. "I'm still trying."