PG readers' coverage of 'The Dark Knight Rises'
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Post-Gazette.com readers are invited to send images from the set of "The Dark Knight Rises" to mediafiles@post-gazette.com for publication on the website. Here are links and images from the first week of shooting, with the most recent at the top:
Batman comic-book legend meets Batman film director/co-writer Aug. 19 at the ToonSeum on Liberty Avenue, Downtown: from left, Post-Gazette editorial catoonist Rob Rogers; Jerry Robinson, part of the DC Comics team that created The Joker; "The Dark Knight Rises" director Christopher Nolan; and ToonSeum exec director Joe Wos.
"The Dark Knight Rises" director Christopher Nolan (left) stopped into S.W. Randall's Downtown toy store on Smithfield Street and posed for a picture with one of the store managers, Mac Eardley. Daniel Smith snapped the image:
Bochy Fu strolled the perimeter of the Downtown shooting area Saturday and sents images of what appears to be a caped Batman stand-in, near Seventh and Liberty avenues; two Tumbler vehicles and a military truck near Montour Way and Liberty; and all three Tumblers and the truck pulled up at the same intersection before filming wrapped, at around 7:45 p.m.
A Gotham City cement truck on the South Side on Aug. 17, courtesy of Barry Rideout. Is a "Dark Knight Rises" character being fitted for cement boots?:
Returning the truck to the Station Square lot after filming a scene on First Street at Carson Street:
Here's what Wes Wyzykowski spied as he took a Downtown stroll after catching the Sunday Pittsburgh CLO show of "Jesus Christ Superstar":
Read about Teddy Duvall's exploits at the Heinz Field film shoot at SickChirpse.com
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Katy Vraney captured some close-up images of the Batman "winged" vehicle and others from the Downtown set.
Check out the "Dark Knight Rises' " John Blake - Joseph Gordon-Levitt - taking a walk along Wood Street with cameras rolling, posted at The Huffington Post:
This image, sent by Bochy Fu, is inside the Steel Plaza T station, renamed East 14th Street for this scene, which had extras in police uniforms and "civilian suits" taking turns going up and down the stairs and back and forth on the platform.
First Published August 4, 2011 1:38 pm
