| Casino Royale, the 21st James Bond film, is due to | | | | Something of an opportunity was lost when the |
| start shooting shortly and is to be released | | | | very real possibility of a Tarantino/Brosnan |
| November 2006. | | | | collaboration fell through. |
| It is already a hot topic amongst fans of the 007 | | | | The director of Goldeneye has returned and is |
| franchise, with the new Bond, Daniel Craig, generating | | | | charged with delivering us a new Bond. His work on |
| much debate amongst fans.Fans of the original Ian | | | | Goldeneye |
| Fleming books will be hoping for a more authentic | | | | resurrected the franchise so he has the qualifications |
| portrayal of both the character and the book. | | | | to do it again. |
| The producers seem to have been reluctant to take | | | | Speculation is, as ever, rife as to leading ladies and |
| a risk with the formula in the past, presumably for | | | | Bond girls. The charcter of Vesper Lynd will be the |
| purely financial reasons. | | | | most crucial female role and we expect it to |
| The time has come now were they, perhaps, have | | | | go either to a very big name or a complete |
| no choice other than to bring in a new era.We hope | | | | unknown.Time will tell whether they have the |
| to see a more realistic and gritty film, less gadgets | | | | courage to make a film worthy of the original |
| and explosions, more dialogue and less of the quips. | | | | creation of Ian Fleming - let's hope they do. |