Sam Mendes to direct Bond 24?

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Not too long ago (less than a month ago actually) Sam Mendes seemed to take  himself out of the director's chair for the next installment in the adventures of 007. He claimed exhaustion and talked about how the second time around you don't have the luxury of an untapped well of ideas. Now, however, he seems to be inching back toward Bond in comments he made to Time Out:

“I’ve enjoyed it enough to do it again. I think the choice is in the audience’s hands. If people love the movie and they want to see another one from the same people who brought you ‘Skyfall,’ then that would mean a lot to me.”

You'd have to have spent the past couple of weeks under a rock not to know how positive the reception has been for "Skyfall" both critically and commercially. So does this mean Mendes will indeed be returning? Honestly only time will tell but it's looking better all the time.