Random Hollywood casting notes

the next James Bond movie – Paul Haggis, the screenwriter for Million Dollar Baby and writer/director of Crash, is currently rewriting the script for Casino Royale and he tells the Hollywood Reporter:

“We’re trying to reinvent Bond. He’s 28: no Q, no gadgets.”

Royale was the very first James Bond book, so having him young is actually mildly encouraging, although making him 28 seems to go against any and all of the casting rumors that have come up so far. And a great deal of the book takes place at the baccarat tables of the Casino Royale in the French Riviera, so bringing in a writer who doesn