'Quantum of Solace' is latest Bond film

From left Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko who plays Camille, British actors Daniel Craig who plays James Bond, and Gemma Arterton who plays Agent Fields, pose for photographers at a photo call for the new Bond film at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. [Agencies]

Bond is back — and he wants revenge.

Producers have revealed some of the secrets about the latest James Bond film, due for release later this year, including the inner turmoil that drives its suave superagent hero and its title: "Quantum of Solace."

As titles go, it's not as mellifluous as "From Russia With Love" or "Goldfinger." But Daniel Craig, returning as Bond after 2006's "Casino Royale," says he likes it.

"It has grown on me," Craig told reporters on the film's set at Pinewood Studios near London on Thursday. "It doesn't trip off the tongue. But why should it?"

Producer Michael G. Wilson said the title, chosen only a few days ago, was taken from a story by Bond creator Ian Fleming that appears in the collection "For Your Eyes Only."

Craig said Fleming defined a quantum of solace — it means, roughly, a measure of comfort — as "that spark of niceness in a relationship that if you don't have, you might as well give up."