Bond 22 production crew location scout in Austria, including outdoor Opera set

If local media reports are correct, it would appear that the Bond 22 production crew will be heading to Austria for location shooting next year. News reaches MI6 that producer Barbara Broccoli, director Marc Forster and director of photography Roberto Schaefer visited Bregenz in late June to scout a location for a key scene for the 22nd James Bond film.

As well as its natural beauty, Bregenz also features a unique Opera stage which floats on the water (known as the "Seebühne"). The stage is a key tourist attraction of the region, and due to the expensive sets used in the productions, each opera is featured for two consecutive years.



Reports state the Bond crew arrived during the Bregenz Festival and witnessed the production of Tosca, which is scheduled to be hosted on the floating stage until late 2008, complete with an enormous rotating eye and huge LED wall. Festival speaker Axel Renner confirmed the crew attended and filmed a paino rehersal of the Tosca production.

Altogether, eight representatives from the production team were in attendance to determine whether the stage would work as a location in the film. The scene is rumoured to see James Bond visiting a performance of Tosca and intervening in some manner. If it makes the final shooting script, and using the real stage and Opera with 7000 spectators proves suitable, three days of shooting in spring next year have been penciled in. A decision is expected to be made this autumn (fall). The production team also visited the Festival Opera House in the city, and are currently scouting locations for the film throughout Europe.

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