Remember those scenic publicity photos released last month of Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, and Léa Seydoux on location in the Austrian mountains of the Sölden ski resort where they were filming the new James Bond film Spectre? While the pictures were not stills from the movie, they did provide the first real look at the 24th James Bond film and penultimate installment with Daniel Craig as Bond.

Now, Sony Pictures has released a behind-the-scenes first look at footage from the upcoming James Bond film shot at the Sölden set. Watch the 2-minute video here below and check out the first image from the film as well, along with the official synopsis.

This week, we saw the first photo of the set of Spectre, the 24th James Bond film and penultimate installment with Daniel Craig as Bond. But the image, posted to Twitter (see it here below), was only of a clapperboard embedded in the snow on what was the first day back at filming after a break.

Today, Sony Pictures has released photos of some of the principal cast members standing on the snow-covered Austrian mountains of the Sölden ski resort, where Spectre is currently filming before it moves on to other Austrian locations like Obertilliach and Lake Altaussee.

Check out the new photos here below.

Dave Bautista showed audiences that he can be much more than a muscle-bound hero in Guardians of the Galaxy, he can play one who is vulnerable. But Bautista is also familiar with playing mercenaries and villains, and it looks like he will play the latter once more in the untitled James Bond 24 film, which is scheduled to begin filming next month.

Details on the plot are sketchy, but it is being reported that Bond 24 is a callback to the classic Bond films that used henchman like Jaws and Oddjob. According to Latino Review, Bautista would be playing a henchman named Hinx. Hit the jump to see a profile description of the character.

After what seemed like a back-and-forth of yeses and noes, Sam Mendes has finalized a deal with Sony Pictures to direct the untitled James Bond 24 with Daniel Craig returning once again to star.

The announcement was made earlier today, and Skyfall screenplay writer John Logan will return to pen the script. The studio also announced October 23, 2015 release date for the UK and November 6, 2015 release dates for the US. That means that Bond 24 would be opening up against Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. With those two pics opening up against each other, Disney will most likely switch the release date so that it won’t be in direct competition with such a heavy hitter.

Last year Skyfall brought the James Bond franchise roaring back to life after a four-year-long hiatus due primarily to the financial difficulties of the once mighty studio MGM. Under the direction of Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition), Skyfall became the definitive Bond film for many, earned critical raves, and was the first movie in the series to gross over $1 billion worldwide. Mendes’ intelligent handling of the material and the performances he elicited from series leads Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench were credited rightfully for a major part of the film’s creative and commercial success and it had been assumed that the director would return to helm the next outing for Ian Fleming‘s iconic superspy.

Sadly that does not look to be so. Mendes said in a recent interview with Empire that he’s turned down an offer from the producers to direct the next Bond film.