He would be great. But this isn't going to happen. I mean, get real. The guy can do anything he wants. He not going to do the 23rd James Bond movie where he will be creatively constrained, won't get a percentage, and will not have final cut. When you win the Lottery, you don't trade the winnings in for a new Lottery ticket. Pre Oscar sweep...yes, maybe he would do one. But now? The idea is laughable.
I agree, but it doesn't surprise me that Eon (if this is true) tested the waters by asking if he'd be interested (of course it never hurts to ask). He seems to fit with what they've been gunning for lately.
I think the next director needs to have a lot of.... vision. They did the first movie and I think QoS squeaks by because it was so connected to the first, but I think it's important that the third set the course of the ship. (i.e., they need a Dark Knight)