The Pittsburgh Film Office announced today that the city has been chosen to host the production of Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises, which is set to begin shooting this summer. “We are thrilled to be welcoming the Batman film to Pittsburgh, and eager for the economic impact that our city will experience,” Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. “This is another example of the growing film industry in our community, and we will be rolling out the red carpet for them.” Said director Christopher Nolan: “Pittsburgh is a beautiful city. We have been able to find everything we were looking for here, and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman.” The last film in Nolan’s Batman trilogy is slated to premiere July 20, 2012.
Warner Bros' 'The Dark Knight Rises' To Shoot In Pittsburgh
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Final installment? Bitch, please.
They say they’re going to do another reboot or something.
Last movie of “this” trilogy. There will definitely be more Batman movies after this. This will be the last Batman film in the Nolan universe.
aw bra ya’ll shoulda brought that shibby to NOLA
black and yellow.
Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow..
not shocked. is there anywhere better in this great country of ours better than the burgh? i don’t think so.
Philadelphia would have been much better but Pittsburgh does have that dark skies quality of Gotham, the grit. And it has Primanti Brothers french fries and coleslaw in a sandwich. It’s great.
When I went there someone said some church or something was used to film the first Batman where Jack Nicholson fell off.
So, so perfect. Hoorah.
I’m surprised they would go for such a trashy, low rent city like Pittsburgh. Might as well film in a septic tank or port o potty.
At least its not New Jersey
Sounds as if you haven’t been to Pittsburgh, it is cool, beautiful and visually interesting. And anyway, what needs transforming by the crew will be done. The film people are extremely talented. You wiill see a great product when all in done and on screen.
The Chicago / Illinois film office really dropped the ball on this one.
Warner Bros just made a powerful enemy in Chicago’s new mayor… and maybe a certain West Coast brother of his.
No we have Superman.
So did Detroit, (drop the ball) they considered us but our film credits have shrank.
give batman a terrible towel.
Even I can’t save the Pirates.
With the NFL locked out, and players without jobs, Ben Roethlisberger and Troy Polamalu’s hair will make excellent villains.
total armpit of a town — but it beats chicago!
I must disagree. Pittsburgh doesn’t even come close to Chicago.
Extremely low-rent choice; Can this tax-break era of chintzy Pittsburgh, Michigan, Georgia, Louisiana movies PLEASE come to an end? The movies are suffering for it… Might as well set James Bond in rural Ohio next. Can’t even believe Batman’s gonna be tooling around woodsy, bombed-out, overcast, chintzy Pittsburgh… Is he gonna take on Yinzers and watch the Steelers? Unbelievable to me that big movies shoot there now, when I couldn’t wait to get out of that place when I was a kid.
Didn’t you hear, it improved tremendously, oh, that was after you left. Go figure.
Who’s the better filmmaker Chris Nolan or John Hughes?
probably Nolan would do a better job, considering that Hughes is dead
probably
Typical studio cost-cutting exercise. The Dark Knight grossed $1bn and still Warner Bros wants to trim production costs so that the execs can buy a new beach house. Fucking morons.
To those who trash Pittsburgh….have you been here??Don’t say anything if you’re thinking of the town over 30 yrs ago. It’s not the dirty, “arm pit” that some have said. Pittsburgh is a high tech city that is known for it’s hospitals, universities,& great people!I’m sick of those who complain–& don’t know what they’re talking about!!
Yeah, quit trashin. Pittsburg is cool, and no I am not a resident. But I have visited and wanted to stay longer.
Man, thats two great shoots in Pittsburgh. Locke and Key from FOX (TV) and now The Dark Knight Rises. Better start packing my bags for Pittsburgh… the arm pit of America.
They can get a lot of interesting camera shots there, the rivers, skyline, old neighborhoods, old bridges, the grit, it offers a lot aesthetically if you’re shooting a movie and need a certain mood, but you don’t want another movie shot in new york or la.
Completely, and the hillside and multi-layered landscapes lends wonderfully to the visuals.
I expect the New York critics to be pissed off again that they didn’t film there.
It’s all about economics… Pennsylvania gave them the best incentives to shoot and Pitt has the right infrastructer and look to fit Nolan’s Gotham. Had Illinois been willing to deal and the city of Chicago had anymore locations that they hadn’t already put into the previous two films then maybe the Dark Knight would have stayed home. Same goes for Michigan, they were gung-ho to shoot in Detroit two months ago (talk about perfect for Gotham) but Michigan repealed their incentives program. And to think all those people who would have been put to work in Detroit.
What’s Sienna Miller’s take?
Thanks to Gov. Snyder, Michigan missed out on this movie. The producers were leaning towards shooting in Detroit and the surrounding areas. But the governor decided to drastically reduced the incentives the state provided the film industry. For a two year period, Michigan had the most generous incentives in the country. It really spurred a huge growth in the number of productions in the state. Unfortunately the governor was not interested in the fact Michiganders were getting work and the state was receiving good publicity and capped the incentives to $25 million per year total for all approved productions. The previous incentives were unlimited. Thanks Governor Snyder.
To all you folks making nasty comments about Pittsburgh-have you been there recently ? Say in the last 30 years ? It is a great setting for Dark Knight and Nolan. It has loads of class and charm. The steel mills have been gone for 40 years and Pittsburgh is a best-kept secret and a World-Class city. It’s got loads of different architectural styles and neighborhoods and it’s setting on the Three rivers(Allegheny,Monogahela and Ohio) is second to NONE.No other city has such a grand scale setting. Welcome to Pittsburgh Mr Nolan and Dark Knight.
This. Pittsburgh rocks! Great choice. And for those who haven’t been, please plan your trip and you’ll be surprised.
Guess that means the main villain of the movie will be The Penguin…I wonder if Sidney Crosby will be playing him?