Judy Dench Returns for Casino Royale

Judy Dench is returning for the new Bond movie according to those cool cats at Empire Online. When they caught up with her and asked her about it at the Mrs Henderson premier she said:

"Yes of course. And I heard today that I'm not going to be in London. I'm going to get to go to Prague and The Bahamas. They're getting me out of my box. It's a whole film there. I'm very much looking forward to working with Daniel, but I've not even read a script yet. All I know is that we're due to start in February."

She isnt to me a key person to bring back, but at least it keeps things somewhat familiar. You can readmore here.  The 21st official James Bond movie  is directed by Martin Campbell. It's his second time as helmer of a James Bond film. In 1995 he directed the hit "Goldeneye" which introduced Pierce Brosnan to the role of 007 with great success. Goldeneye was one of the biggest smash hits for the Bond franchise.

Ian Fleming's "Casino Royal" was the first James Bond book and finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply 'Le Chiffre' - by ruining him at the baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to 'retire' him. It seems that lady luck is taken with James - Le Chiffre has hit a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules, and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and an unexpected saviour...