August, 2007


Close-up Memorial and Aug 26th Pictures and Video
August 29th, 2007 | Digg This

Rory_bat has returned from this weekends Dark Knight filming fiasco and with him he has brought treats aplenty. We have 44 shots including close up photography of Gary Oldman being directed, the memorial podium, gunmen on the roof, Gotham PD sleeping on the job and a horse’s backside.

In full motion video we have a scene captured from the memorial service, it’s contents can be considered a spoiler,

We also have a video that shows Gary Oldman preparing for a scene on The Dark Knight set,

Skyscraper Battle Stunt
August 27th, 2007 | Digg This

We’re back again, this time with an entirely different stunt but once again involving a helicopter and a large building. This comes via chgojobs.

Spectacular stunt for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. The scene involves two helicopters hovering next to the tower and five stuntmen that come flying off the building. This was filmed at a high rise under construction near Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive.

At the start not a lot happens, it all kicks off at about 40 seconds in:

Helicopter Stunt Video
August 27th, 2007 | Digg This

I think this is the 8th post in two days: it’s all go at the moment. Anyway, MyFoxChicago are back with another behind the scenes stunt video exclusive, this time it includes people being dangled from a helicopter.

Check it out here.

August 26th Report and More Memorial
August 27th, 2007 | Digg This

First up, Knightwing10-43 has kindly sent us a set of images from Sunday’s Dark Knight shooting schedule along with a tasty video,

Here are pictures of filming today (8/26/07) which include Christopher Nolan with Gary Oldman in a Ford Excursion on a trailer under the “L” tracks on Wells Street, a video of the SUV with them filming, the stage used in the memorial (empty unfortunately), and a GTA sign (Gotham Transit Authority).

Secondly, thanks to Melrose Park Patti, we have some high quality pictures from the Memorial service:

Details of the Demolition
August 27th, 2007 | Digg This

After the break check out a fascinating gallery of the Chicago Brach’s building donned up as a particularly important structure. Finding out what this building’s purpose is will be a major spoiler, so find the pictures after the break.

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More from the Memorial
August 26th, 2007 | Digg This

We’ve recently been drawn to this impressive post at the SuperHeroHype forums by ChicageauxTiger:

This was the general scene of the shoot:

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