Legendary actress Judi Dench could be coming back to the next Bond film despite her demise at the end of Skyfall.
And she wouldn't be the first Bond actor to make a shocking comeback.
Sean Connery - the first 'official' 007 - not only came back from the dead in a storyline in You Only Live Twice but he also came back as Bond despite being replaced by Roger Moore.
After a run of Bond films, Connery was succeeded by George Lazenby then Moore but came back for a rogue Bond film named Never Say Never Again.
Judi Dench, 80, was first cast as M opposite Pierce Brosnan's Bond.
She starred as the head of the Secret Intelligence Service in four Brosnan Bond films.
And even when was completely re-booted to show the spy on his very first mission - Casino Royale with Daniel Craig at the helm, she came back for the first three films.
Her M was killed at the end of Craig's third Bond outing and replaced by Ralph Fiennes.
But now the rumour is she will return in a flashback.
The Daily Star reports director Sam Mendes saying: “I love Judi, I think she should do anything. Her coming back will be someone else’s decision.”