The next Bond... *drum roll*...

Is unfortunately Orlando Bloom.

I have nothing against him but he just isn't Bond material imo. Clive Owen on the other hand had it all.

Oh right, wasn't he the kid who shot him in the end? Anyway, havent seen Bend it Like Beckham, but still he is quite young.

I don't hate Hugh Jackman. I just don't think that he looks like a Bond. As "Kate & Leopold" was almost a bad movie, I don't think that he's found his footing as a romantic lead yet, either.

Catch Jonathan Rhys-Myers in "Michael Collins", "Bend It Like Beckham", and "Gormenghast". It's a whole different ballgame from "Titus" (small role) and "Velvet Goldmine" (bad movie).

Johnathan Rhys-Myers hasnt impressed me that much in the films I have seen him: "Titus" and "Velvet Goldmine." I think he's too scrawny to play Bond. Clive Owen is perfect.

Yes Tim, I noticed some resemblance between Jackman and Eastwood too :)

I think Hugh Jackman could pull off a pretty decent "Dirty Harry" if you ask me. ;)

I'm now confused. Upon further reading Brosnan has recently quit the role for the film that was going to be released in 2005. So is Bloom a replacement for THE bond, or is he just going to be doing this younger chronicles?

You hate Jackman because he has a weak jaw? I can't say I've ever heard that one before... I think Jackman rules, even in Van Helsing, and I can imagine him being the handsome gentlemen (Kate and Leopold) as well as a wisecracking asskicker (X-Men 1 and 2), and he can be the charming, debonair ladies' man (Van Helsing). What more could you want from a Bond?

I'd go with either Clive Owen or the relatively-unknown Jonathan Rhys-Myers. Bond needs a hard edge. Otherwise, he's just a fop (see George Lazenby in the otherwise decent "OHMSS").

I think that Hugh Jackman has a weak jaw, so he doesn't look the part. I was bothered by his weak jaw in "Van Helsing", too. Wolverine's facial hair hides his weak jaw, so I've liked him only in the "X-Men" series.

Eric Bana looks like a nice guy, so he lacks the edge that I think that Bond should have. I dug the guy as Hector in "Troy" a lot, and I think that he certainly deserves to be the lead character in more movies--just not Bond.

Oy... that is depressing Depression... but at least it wasn't "Hugh Grant"... they were considering Grant (among others) for the roll as well. I like Bloom, but I don't think I'd buy him in the roll of "Bond".