Blond. James Blond.
Ian Fleming's first-ever Bond novel, originally published in 1953, "Casino Royale" is one of the few Bond adventures not to feature the MI6 gadget-maker Q.
Martin Campbell - who directed Brosnan's first Bond film, "GoldenEye," in 1995 - said the movie would be "tougher and grittier" than previous films, with "more character and less gadgets." He said the story would begin with Bond first becoming a "00" agent. (Sounds like "Batman Begins")
"It is really the arc in which he becomes Bond," Campbell said. "He starts out just having earned his double-0 stripes and comes out at the end the Bond we know and love."
"A lot of the embryonic Bond things will come out in the film - how he gets the Aston Martin, how he mixes a Martini."
"Casino Royale" is due to being filming in January in the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and at Pinewood Studios near London. Campbell said the budget likely will exceed $100 million.
Can't wait!