Gemma Arterton Is [NOT] the New Bond Girl! UPDATED!

By Charley January 4, 2008 2:22 PM

Gemma Arterton is the new Bond Girl
Updated info bolded in brackets: The latest full-on babe to become a [MI6 agent in a Bond film] is Gemma Arterton, according to The Hollywood Reporter, [sort of] confirming rumors that have been circulating for some time.

Read about Olga Kurylenko, who is officially the new Bond girl, here.

Arterton will be joining Daniel Craig and Judi Dench in director Marc Forster's upcoming Bond 22, which is currently what the project is being called.

Arterton hasn't done much in the way of films: most notable St. Trinian's and Guy Ritchie's upcoming RocknRolla. She's a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, so she can probably act. She's pretty cute, too, so that's a good thing:

Gemma Arterton is the new Bond Girl

The film is due out in November 2008.