Casino Royale the book has a great NC-17 climax that will undoubtedly be whitewashed down to PG-13 fare, with Bond probably not even coming close to what happened to him in the book.
The only "big" news out of Eon is that they've hired Lowry to remaster all of the films for yet another incarnation on DVD. I think I read 8 or 9 are being prepped for Hi-Def. Why not the whole series escapes me.
So with Brosnan out, who's your pick? I'm for Clive Owen. My wife is for Hugh Jackman. But I've heard crazy stuff like Eric Bana and Ioan Gruffud too. Rickki Lee Travolta (no relation to John) is the latest name being dropped. He's a singer, not an actor, 'cept apparently some charity work playing (irony of ironies) Danny Zuko in a revival of Grease. Sounds like a stand-up guy, but is he Bond? WTF knows?
If Woody Allen shows up as James Bond in THIS version of Casino Royale I'll walk out.