On Set & Candid
Images captured on set, on location or nearby - showing Gotham City props, scenes being filmed, spoilers and the obligatory grainy camera phone shot. Filming locations include Chicago, London and Hong Kong.
July 16th, 2008 | Digg This
These images from the World Premier of The Dark Knight on 68th Street and Broadway in NYC, come via two sources - the glitzy posed shots with excellent lighting were posted by Cinematical, whilst the candid but super high resolution shots were taken by Flickr user czangle:
November 14th, 2007 | Digg This
HLTam has kindly given us permission to post the shots that he took during Batman’s brief filming spell in Hong Kong. You can see more of his photography here.
Flickr user 070758 has also granted us permission to reproduce these two photos depicting preparation for the “batman base jump” and a nicely posed police officer extra:
November 12th, 2007 | Digg This
The International Herald Tribune report that the majority of The Dark Knight’s Hong Kong filming has now been completed. Scenes included “dozens of police officers” storming a skyscraper in the financial district, filmed late on Sunday and early on Monday morning; whilst earlier in the week Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) and Bruce Wayne were filmed having a conversation on a bridge near Lyndhurst Terrace. Bale also stated in a press conference that he was scheduled to jump from the “90 floor International Finance Center“. And that he did - scroll down to see the vertigo inducing pictures of Batman standing on the edge of the tall building, and video of the encircling Helicopter.
The Press Conference via BlipTV:
In this conference Chris Nolan also debunked those previous rumors that a scene was abandoned because of pollution, citing script changes as the real reason.You can find another entertainment round-up in this ITN video hosted on YouTube:
Hong Kong Videos:
A Round up of the HK Action and Batman Jump (pictures montage and footage towards the end):
Police Storming the Scene
Morgan Freeman being filmed:
Hong Kong News Reports:
Hong Kong Pictures:
Batman’s Big Jump:
High Resolution shots of the HK filming, from Christian Bale Fan. Check out the link for lots more galleries and high resolution pictures of Bale and Freeman.
At the Airport (via AICN):
November 8th, 2007 | Digg This
A number of news crews were on hand to witness some of the C-130 aircraft Hong Kong fly overs which took place today as part of The Dark Knight’s filming schedule:
Associated Press (2) | Reuters (2)
The Standard have posted an article covering the event. Once again it seems filled with more of their negative commentary - stating that the fly overs failed to “thrill fans” and those that waited outside to catch a glimpse of Batman or the bat signal. I get the feeling they are not entirely happy with the TDK HK shoot.
Flickr user fernandogros (blog) has also managed to capture some shots of an encircling Helicopter, taking some footage for the movie:
In other related news, Cybrpunk has posted some street closures in the area to make way for Batman and his chums. Specifically, November 9th between 2:00pm and 5:30pm on Lyndhurst Terrace and Cochrane Street:
October 12th, 2007 | Digg This
This was a turn up for the books. Unlike the well anticipated Chicago demolition, this explosion came completely unprompted and minus the live video footage, helicopter feed and local photographers.
However, The London Paper were on scene to capture some images and make a comprehensive report, to our delight.
The emergency services were flooded with calls from local residents who feared the defunct electricity generating plant had been targeted by terrorists.
But they were reassured the 200ft fireball, accompanied by columns of grey smoke, which could bee seen for miles across the capital, was a special effect for the latest Batman film.
SPOILER: The spectacular stunt scene, in which Batman actor Christian Bale narrowly cheats death, is believed to be the opening sequence of the fifth caped crusader movie The Dark Knight.
Resident Marck Jason, 24, of Battersea, said: “I was gobsmacked. I was just walking home and saw this bloody huge explosion.
“Obviously my first thought was that it was a terrorist attack and I dialled 999.
“I know it’s sort of cool that the place is being used for a film, as its a brilliant building, but a bit of warning wouldn’t have hurt.”
If anyone has more from the scene we’d love to hear from you!
Via Daily Mail
October 10th, 2007 | Digg This
Fellow Briton whatleydude has managed to snap a picture of a Gotham City police van whilst it encircled London on the M25 motorway, atop a trailer.
Supplied with the expressed permission of Whatleydude.
