Jenvery the obvious alternative to Director is Flash which over the years has increasingly offered the same power and features as Director. Personally i could never get my head around flash but found learning lingo very easy - and spending a little time playing around is well worth it,
The other alternative is Livestage although personally i found it a rather complex app in comparision to the simple scripting of Director!
And yes, i wish we would get a DirectorCS, alas Adobe seem to want to just push flash.