Over 60 years of history, the James Bond movies have changed with the times. Shifting in terms of how it presented its villains, women and even 007 himself, a natural evolution has kept the franchise moving forward cinematically. It looks like that same sort of forward thinking will be applied to the books, though to a lesser extent, as the Ian Fleming Estate has issued a statement about forthcoming edits to cut offensive language.

As part of the 70th anniversary celebration of "Casino Royale’s" publication kicking things off in 1953, every book will now be re-released under Ian Fleming Publications, Ltd., which has regained the publishing rights to the source novels as of last year.