The monastery encompasses a 770 square meter large area, which is now being occupied entirely by the production. The area has been transformed with tents, trailers, make up rooms and production offices by the British company Translux. The filming is taking place inside the building, in the monastery's famous library.

The scene itself has been kept top-secret and despite intense interest from the press, no information has leaked in recent media reports. Since the film "lensed" on 30th January, details of the filming has been kept relatively under wraps (although the Latino Review website blew the plot wide open in a recent script review).

Following complaints from local residents over the level of noise and traffic generated by the production, local government reportedly imposed conditions on the filmmakers in an attempt to come to a working compromise. Local mayor Petr Hana told reporters this week that the people who were complaining "should be proud that that James Bond raises the area's reputation".

Filming in and around the Modrany film studio is expected to wrap this week, with the production to move next to the German border region and the spa town of Karlovy Vary. Location work will also take place at Loket Castle, 15 km from the town and 135 km from Prague.

Shooting Schedule
Casino Royale production will shift to the Bahamas in a few days, and will then move on to Italy, return to the Czech Republic in March for major studio work in Barrandov, and then finally relocate to Pinewood Studios in England for two weeks with principal photography scheduled to wrap in July.

The art department will be based in Coral Harbour on New Providence Island, and are already in the process of transforming local beachfront properties and dressing sets - one of which is a facade of a large ocean-view building. Areas of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force facility has been taken over with production trailers and large cranes.

A popular hotel in the Bahamas is about to be transformed into the Liberian Embassy in Madagascar — a perplexing development considering Madagascar's location off the coast of Africa. The Buena Vista, a 200-year-old mansion with a legendary restaurant, will double for a location in Casino Royale.