The Name's Bond.... James Bond

Coming to theatres on November 17, 2006.... the long-awaited Casino Royale (2006). As I explored the Sony website (which for some reason only seems to work for me on Mozilla Firefox rather than Internet explorer), I grew even more excited to watch Daniel Craig as he portrays, what is called a "darker" version of Bond... perhaps more what Ian Fleming envisioned in his books.



This film bears little resemblance to the 1967 spoof version for the most part and goes back to the first Fleming book to tell about Bond's beginnings--how he got his start as a 007 agent. The Sony site contains a trailer, cast list, images of the cast and more. Under the "trailer" link there is also a clever little dossier on Bond that's been sent to M which provides all sorts of fun background, and three separate videoas on the production filming in The Bahamas, Prague, and words from the director and producer.



One thing I didn't realize until I looked at the site was that Eva Green, discovered by Bertolucci in the French film, The Dreamers, will be Vesper. I think that is just wonderful. Though The Dreamers wasn't my favorite movie, I did think she was the highlight.

--Kate