Slumdog Millionaire's Freida Pinto is going to be the next bond girl! Sam Mendes, Kate Winslet's soon-to-be-divorced husband, is directing the movie.

The movie is set in Afghanistan, reports Britain's Daily Mirror. The movie has been "in the pipeline for months" and Freida was always "The dream Bond girl," however she was nervous about taking on the role. Her Slumdog co-star and offscreen boyfriend Dev Patel is excited about it. Natch.

Sam plans to reinvent the genre. Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, has penned the first draft of the script and it promises to be visually stunning.

“It will be a typically glamorous and raunchy role and Dev has been joking to friends he is cool with seeing Freida rolling around with 007.”

Freida Pinto and Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire are still together! The adorable couple had a weekend getaway in San Diego where they were spotted at the Hard Rock Hotel "wrapped arm in arm, whispering in each other's ears."

Dev even carried Freida Pinto's bag into their suite before they went out to dinner at Nobu. They also visited Shamu at SeaWorld for a VIP tour where they fed the animals. They relaxed at Float, the Hard Rock's poolside lounge, and then took a train back to Los Angeles.

OMG, I love these two. They are so down to earth and they don't do the casual dinner and a movie crap, they feed animals and take a damn train back home. You can't get anymore down to earth than that.

Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are dating! Freida's mom, Anita, confirmed the news.

Anita told the Daily Mirror,

"First it was the film and now everything else seems to have slotted into place. Life can't get any better for him. Freida is really beautiful, and I am really happy for them."

Her comments come just days after Patel, 19, jetted to Israel to spend a whirlwind date with the Mumbai beauty, 24. "Yes, we knew he was flying to Israel to see her," said Patel's mother.

Freida is currently filming a movie in Jerusalem where Dev flew in to see her. The two spent a few hours together in a hotel before taking a stroll and eating lunch at a seaside restaurant. These two aren't wasting any time! Dev and Freida spent their time at the table kissing and holding hands. Shortly after, Dev took a taxi to the airport to fly back to London. WTF?! I like a man who knows what he's there for. Hit it and split it, baby.

I am ridiculously excited about this, it's kinda sad. Another blogger said that she's so happy that she wants to cry. I feel the same way... not really, but this is great. I also really like that both of them waited until the hype died down before going public, assuming they've been together for a while now. Freida and Dev are adorable together. Woot!

After months of speculation and "rumors," Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and hottie Freida Pinto have been spotted making out. Freida is in Israel working on a movie and Dev flew in to see her. The two cuddled up as they enjoyed lunch at an outdoor cafe.

A narc said, “They looked very happy together and they didn’t seem to care who saw them. Dev couldn’t take his eyes off her — and she kept snuggling up to get closer to him.”

Dev and Freida are so hawt together in Slumdog Millionaire and I'm so glad the chemistry spilled over. Freida is 24 and currently divorcing her Z-list hubby and Dev just turned 19.

Freida is gonna wh*re herself out, I can just see it. In fact, maybe they both will. They're having a little fling right now but they're both only getting started. More tongue f*cking pics, please! I would post 'em but after getting billed thick dolla for running the photo of Rihanna and Katy Perry in Barbados, that's not gonna happen.

Slumdog Millionaire's power duo Freida Pinto and Dev Patel have new gigs. They're both not white, y'all. Or blonde. Oh shit! I think it's the Barack Obama effect. Heh. I luvs it.

I love how much attention this film has received. It's the ethnic, low-budget little movie that could pull in over $100 million and earn eight Academy Awards. Still can't believe it was supposed to go straight to DVD.

Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto already have new projects on the horizon.

Pinto, who played Latika in Slumdog, will join a cast that includes Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins in Woody Allen's latest (still unnamed) film, according to Variety.  Slumdog lead Patel will work with Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan on The Last Airbender, based on the popular Nickelodeon kid's series.

Patel took over the role of baddie Prince Zuko from singer Jessse McCartney.

The stars �" lovers in the film and buddies in real life �" said their breakout year has been beyond belief.

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