AUSTRIA FILMING: PART 1

Shooting gets underway in Austria, with Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci and a crew of 300 people. 

The new year is upon us, and the team behind the 24th James Bond movie SPECTRE will be spending the next few days shooting key scenes in Altaussee, Solden and Obertilliach in Austria. 

Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci arrived this morning with the rest of the crew. Today's filming will be taking place in central Austria at the iconic Lake Altaussee. The crew have been booked into the Seevilla hotel (good luck getting a room there). It is also understood that Christoph Waltz, although he commented that he had no scenes to film there, has travelled with them as an observer. His first scene will be filmed in February. 

Commenting on the rumours that he is not Blofeld, Waltz did confirm that Oberhauser will be working for the organisation. He also called the recent Sony hackings 'pathetic' and said that the leaked details were early drafts, most of which have been changed in the final script. 

The Jagdhaus Seewiese log cabin will also be featured in the movie. We will see James Bond on a boat rowing his way across the lake. To make transport easier and to prevent other boats from getting into the shot, the local fire department has been pulled in to help. 

"About half of the approximately eight-kilometer lake perimeter is closed for the shooting," 
Ernst Kammerer, head of the Tourism Association Ausseerland.

Aerial shots of the locations were taken by second unit director Alexander Witt during a helicopter flight. The local authorities issued a temporary flight ban to stop paragliders from spoiling the footage. 

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