Third City Revealed? The Dark Knight Rises To Film in Detroit, NOT Chicago

Third City Revealed? The Dark Knight Rises To Film in Detroit, NOT Chicago

According to a local news source, The Dark Knight Rises will be coming to the Motor City.

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By signsfromabove - Jan 07, 2011 01:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: ReelChicago.com

This from ReelChicago...

SORRY TO SAY that Detroit won out over Chicago as a location for writer/director Christopher Nolan’s latest “Batman” entry, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Instead of shooting here, as originally announced, the movie will film in Detroit. Starting in May, it also will shoot in New Orleans, and two locations in the UK.

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Joker08
Joker08 - 1/7/2011, 2:25 AM
NOOOOOOOOO!!! I live in Chicago and was hoping to stalk the production this summer...

I hope this isn't true. If it is, good for Detroit.
Elayis
Elayis - 1/7/2011, 10:12 AM
Well that sucks.

I hope they can keep the visual continuity of the first two films even though they switched cities.
TrollHunter
TrollHunter - 1/7/2011, 10:47 AM
Wow. This is extremely disappointing. I go to school in Chicago and would have loved to see them film here. I wanna know the reasoning for them picking Detroit over Chicago. I mean seriously?! Why Detroit!?
ShadesAtKnight
ShadesAtKnight - 1/7/2011, 11:10 AM
Since Begins was filmed on a sound stage (they basically built an entire city), and then TDK was filmed in Chicago, I'm sure Nolan won't have any trouble making Detriot look like the same Gotham City we're all familiar with.
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 1/7/2011, 11:16 AM
YYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!
I'm from Detroit, which means I get to check out everything that goes on for the new Batman movie.

And I have to say it is about time; Gotham City is no different from Detroit in terms of likeness in apperance and crime rate.
thegamedrex
thegamedrex - 1/7/2011, 12:53 PM
@happyface, man take pics hell lets get to be extras in the movie woohooo!!!!@ troll hunter detroit has a lot of potential and if they are looking for a city that has parts in it that look like train a couple of bombs hit it then yeah detroit is it. hopefully they will let them knock down some over due abandoned or burnt down buildings.
th0mahawk
th0mahawk - 1/7/2011, 12:59 PM
I live in Detroit and I'd be ecstatic for them to film here, but unless they're trying to make Gotham look like Tim Burton's, then I don't think they'll be filming in Detroit.
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 1/7/2011, 1:04 PM
Yes! I live here this is awesome
dan101377
dan101377 - 1/7/2011, 1:06 PM
trollhunter, i am not 100% sure why they decided to film in detroit, but I would think that the tax incentives are a factor. MI has a 42% tax credit for work done in the state. That tax incentive will sunset in 2012 unless extended. It is also why WB has a studio in LA. Louisiana also has real nice tax incentives.
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 1/7/2011, 2:49 PM
@thegamedrex As a person who lives in the city, we will be glad to allow one of the abandon buildings to be use for an explosion scene. I mean we were meaning to get rid of some of those building for quite some time; why not have them destroy in away to help create an awesome movie.

And if that is an actual footage being made for the movie, I am so going to take pictures of it.
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 1/7/2011, 4:44 PM
YES!!!I live close to Detroit,15 mins.,and if this is true(and Avengers shooting here is true)Then i can take pics of both movies ☺ ☻ ☺ ☻ ☺ ☻ ☺ ☻
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