MOBILE, Alabama -- Despite what one crew member told us, the film folks set up at Hayleys Bar are not shooting a commercial for a bank in North Dakota.

It would have been a tad more believable if the crew member had said it was a beer commercial.

The truth is, Hayleys is being used in the first day of filming for "Bus 657," a heist flick starring Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The production will be in town through Oct. 30.

De Niro reportedly isn't here yet, but we did get a good look at "Bus 657" screenwriter and actor Stephen Cyrus Sepher and WWE wrestler Batista (David Michael Bautista Jr.) who according to the Internet Movie Database, plays a character named Cox.

The burly, heavily tattooed Batista, in jeans and a muscle shirt, walked in and out of a very smoky Hayleys several times.

The scene was being shot inside Hayleys, and all we could see when the doors briefly opened were some tough-looking folks gathered around a pool table and a lot of mist/smoke.

An extra on set said the scene involves some characters planning a heist.

Downtown resident Alex Gordnier observed the filming from across the street. She said she had the day off and watching movie-making in action was "more exciting than taking a nap."

She said she had her eye out for Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whom she loves for his role as Comedian in the movie "Watchmen."

Gordnier plans to follow the production around for the rest of the day.

"Maybe they'll ask me to be an extra," she said.

According to The Internet Movie Database, "Bus 657" is about "a casino card dealer with a past, who puts a crew together to rob a bank and hijack a city bus as collateral."

Keep your eye out for the cast and crew of "Bus 657" and send any star snapshots to tikenberg@al.com if you wish.