Shooting of latest Bond film moves to Mexico City

Location shooting for “Spectre,” the latest film in the James Bond series, moves this week to Mexico City, where numerous street closings are planned.

A number of streets will closed on Thursday in the capital, where vehicular access from some thoroughfares into the Zocalo, Mexico City’s largest plaza, will be restricted from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Location shooting for the 24th installment of the Bond series will also require street closings on March 20, March 21 and March 24, as well as from March 25 to April 1, when access to the Zocalo from certain streets will also be restricted.

Traffic will be allowed to circulate on streets being used for shooting by the Bond crew on Sunday, March 22, and Sunday, March 29.

The public transit system will offer regular service at Metro Line 2’s Allende and Zocalo stations, but access to the plaza at the latter station will not be allowed.

“Spectre” stars Daniel Craig, who is appearing in his fourth Bond film, and features Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux and Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman as the latest Bond girls.

In the the film, Agent 007 will battle the Special Executive for CounterIntelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, or SPECTRE, and arch villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz plays Blofeld, whose character first appears in Ian Fleming’s “Thunderball” and has been featured in several Bond films.

Craig also starred as 007 in “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace” and “Skyfall.”