*Bond 21 - *Casino Royale* - Latest News *

[Bryan]

*Bond 21 - *Casino Royale* - Latest News *

As i am the bondboffin, i think it is my duty to keep you all informed on the latest news regarding Casino Royale, the 21st Bond film. So this thread will continue all the lastest press office statements, news and rumours.

[Bryan]

The next film is going to be based on Ian Fleming's first novel in which James Bond is assigned the task of beating SMERSH agent Le Chiffre at various card games at the Casino Royale. Bond wins, but Le Chiffre kindaps him and his lady friend Vesper Lynd. In a classic torture scene, Le Chiffre trortures Bond but is later killed, Vesper Lynd later reveals that she is double agent and commits suicide.

[Bryan]

The film is going to contain the torture scene'

The film will not be set in France, as the orginal book was.

A problem facing the writers is that Casino Royale was set in one location, and Bond films are traditonally famous for travelling the world and having various locations per film.

[Bryan]

Casino Royale was made into an "unofficial" spoof film in 1966 featuring David Niven.

It was the only book of Flemings never to be made by MGM, and due to legal reaons Casino Royale could never be made due to the 1966 spoof. But recently the company that makes James Bond has obtianed the rights and can finally do Fleming's novel justice.

[Bryan]

As we have seen in the recent film: Batman Begins, the story is of the protagnists past

Casino Royale is to do the same, showing a younger Bond in his first years in the service.

Writers, however, are insiting that it will not be a period film set in the past, it will be set in the present, but how can that work? all will be revealed

[Bryan]

So far confirmed signings to the film are John Cleese as Q and Judi Dench as M.

Confirmed locations are Prague, featured in many a James Bond film and South Africa, never used in a Bond film except for a small title sequence in Diamonds Are Forever.

[Bryan]

But Who Will Be Bond?

Despite countless newpaper reports suggesting Peirce Brosnan, Jude Law, Colin Farell, Robbie Williams, etc the final four Bond hopefuls have been revealed.

Here is the short list of the four actors that could play Bond, countless screen tests are being done, and the final Bond will be decided later this year/begging of o6:



Goran Visnjic
Born: September 9th 1972
Nationality: Croatian (Sibenik, Croatia)
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)

Goran Visnjic grew up in Croatia, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. He decided to become an actor at an early age, and later attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Visnjic captured Hollywood's attention when he made his American debut in the critically acclaimed motion picture Welcome to Sarajevo, directed by Michael Winterbottom. He starred as Dr. Luka Kovac in NBC's long running drama E.R. Visnjic received rave reviews for his performance in Fox Searchlight's The Deep End, opposite Tilda Swinton. He has won three national Best Actor awards, including the Orlando (the Croatian equivalent of a Tony Award), for his portrayal of Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Other theatre credits include Les Fourberies de Scapin, Le Ecole Des Femmes, Miss Julie, Ivanov, The Brothers Karamazov and Le Baruffe Chizotte.

Selected Filmography: Practical Magic, Elektra, Ice Age, Spartacus, The Deep End, Madonna, Committed, Close Your Eyes



Alex O'Lachlan
Born: 1977
Nationality: Australian
Height: ?

Perhaps the least known of the four screen-tested, Alex O'Lachlan was born in Australia, where he also began his film career. He has starred in little-known films Oyster Farmer and Man-Things, and has been tipped as "the new Russell Crowe". O'Lachlan recently emigrated from Australia to Los Angeles to further his film career.

Selected Filmography: Feed, Man-Thing, Oyster Farmer



Henry Cavill
Born: May 5th 1983
Nationality: British (Jersey)
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

The seventeen-year-old English actor from the Channel Island of Jersey was the main player in Stowe School's drama productions, where his roles included Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sonny in the musical Grease, and Hamlet in 40 Minutes, which he also directed. Since The Count of Monte Cristo, Cavill has starred in Laguna opposite Joe Mantegna, and recently completed I Capture the Castle, playing Stephen, the romantic lead.

Selected Filmography: The Count of Monte Cristo, Hellraiser, I Capture the Castle, Murderball



Ewan Stewart
Born: 8 October 1957
Nationality: British (Glasgow)
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Ewan was born in Glasgow (birth name Andrew Ewan Stewart), and is the son of the late famous Scottish folk singer Andy Stewart. Ewan was educated at Edinburgh's Murchiston Boarding School from 1966 - 1974. Ewan left Scotland to move to London in 1975 and started working in theatres as well as studying drama. Ewan's first TV appearance was in an add for Scottish "Bluebell" matches. Ewan's first major TV appearance was in 1979 in the TV remake of All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV), with Richard Thomas, and Ernest Borgnine. Ewan is married and lives in London with his wife, UK actress Clare Byam-Shaw, and his two children, Thomas and Eleanor.

[Bryan]

"Casino Royale", the 21st James Bond film, will be directed by Martin Campbell and shooting is scheduled to commence on January 17th 2006 in Prague and South Africa. No casting decisions have been made officially. The release is planned fro October 19th 2006.

[alan45]

Bring back thr only true James Bond I say Sir Sean Connery

[Bryan]

an 80 something man sleeping with 20 something girls would be peverse, that is why roger moore was sacked when he was only in his 50s!

besides i could hardly see james bond running away from a villain using a zimoprhrame could you?

sean connery was a legend in his day, the role of james bond has developed since then, sena connery representated the time of which he was bond, just as perice as represented a modern day hero, and i for one cant wait to see what the new bond has to offer