Thandie Newton Next Bond Babe?

Rumors are circulating that super hot Thandie Newton will be the next bond babe for Casino Royale. Her last roles were in "Crash" and "Chronicles of Riddick". I mention shes super hot? The film reunites the producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli with Martin Campbell, who directed the 1995 Bond blockbuster "Goldeneye". "Casino Royal" will be the 21st James Bond film produced by the franchise holders, EON Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production begins shooting in January and is due for release worldwide on November 17, 2006. It will be filmed in the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.

At the moment Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the screenplay based on famed author Ian Fleming’s first novel. The script is currently being polished by Academy Award®-nominated writer, Paul Haggis ("Million Dollar Baby").

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...