Matthew Stillman and David Minkowski join Casino Royale as co-producers

Matthew Stillman and David Minkowski have officially joined the Casino Royale team as co-producers. The pair are already at work in pre-production on the 21st James Bond film and will be heavily involved when production heads over to Prague in the Czech Republic.

As well as making shrewd business sense to shift a lot of the film to Prague as opposed to its expensive traditional home at Pinewood, not only will 007 be based in the same city as "Bourne" was (the films that "scared" Bond producers), but it will also share the same local production company.

StillKing films confirmed earlier in the year that they will be operating as local co-producer for the work taking place in the Czech Republic. Shooting is expected to last 6 months, and will include location work in a small spa town called Karlovy Vary.



Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon Productions) and directed by Martin Campbell, CASINO ROYALE is scheduled for release November 17, 2006. Principal photography will start on January 30th 2006, with locations in the UK, Czech Republic (Prague), Italy, and the Bahamas. It will be British actor Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond. He is the sixth actor to play the 007 role in the franchise.

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