Casino Royale Begins!

Hey guys, it's Donnie...Good news for all you 007 fans! Yesterday marked the first day of filming for Casino Royale, the next installment in the long running James Bond franchise.

Filming will take place in the UK, Prague, Italy and the Bahamas. Daniel Craig will be taking over as James Bond and, after rewatching Layer Cake for the first time since I saw it in theaters, I'm really extremely excited to see what he does with it.

We really haven't heard too much else about casting. There have been numerous reports about various villains, but nothing very concrete. As far as Bond girls go...Vesper Lynd is still up in the air, although the latest rumor had young Rose Byrne taking that role. There are also unconfirmed reports of a female baddie and that Natasha Henstridge was in consideration.

I expect now that filming has commenced, we'll start getting some casting confirmations soon.