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The filming location of "The Dark Knight Rises" is still chosen to be Chicago, but this time there will be a large number of exterior scenes in Manhattan, New York.

When the first film was being made, Gilbert Jr. admitted that in his imagination, Gotham was an exaggerated version of New York, a metropolis that made people feel suffocated.

However, the city landscapes shown in the first two films are more of Chicago, and there are very few shots of New York.

However, there will be a lot of shots of New York this time, and they are all bird's-eye views of the city.

In addition, the film also planned to be shot in India. However, when the crew applied for a filming permit from the Indian Film Bureau, it was rejected.

"Why refuse?"

Little Gilbert didn’t quite understand the Indians’ way of thinking, and it seemed that he hadn’t offended them!
Charles Roven said helplessly: “The Indians say that you have not yet publicly apologized for ignoring the contributions of Indians in The Avengers.

So, they won’t issue a filming permit to the crew.”

Little Gilbert was speechless, and Anne Hathaway beside him was also speechless: "Do Indians think they can rule the world?"

"Perhaps not, but the poor Indians' self-esteem obviously thinks they need to be respected."

Little Gilbert shook his head and stopped worrying.

He discussed with Charles Rowan: "Since we can't go to India, let's find a nearby place, the Middle East or Egypt or somewhere else."

Charles Rowan nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to investigate."

Gilbert also paid close attention to the actors’ training, and Luca Farias said: “Chris and Dawn both have a foundation, so it was easy for them to practice.

But Jacqueline needs high-intensity training, and her movements can’t keep up and meet the requirements.”

Gilbert Jr. said he understood that Catwoman had a lot of action scenes in the film. Gilbert Jr. and Anne Hathaway talked about using a body double, but Anne Hathaway still wanted to do most of the action scenes herself.

It has been almost ten years since she last filmed an action movie. During these ten years, Anne Hathaway has mainly starred in art films and comedies.

The skills she had developed when she played Princess Arwen were almost completely lost.

However, Anne Hathaway herself insists on exercising and exercising, and has no major problems with her physical fitness and body flexibility.

In addition, the new equipment sent by IMAX was debugged and installed, as well as the cooperation with the Titan robotic arm.

In addition, Gilbert Jr. worked with the technical department's photography department to try to move the expensive IMAX camera onto a drone.

As early as when he was filming The Shallows, Gilbert Jr. had tried to use drones for filming, but the technology was not mature at that time and could only be used in a small number of scenes.

But nowadays, drone technology is developing very rapidly, and its payload and range have been greatly improved.

“This is the latest flagship product of Amazon’s drone company, the Phantom, which was originally designed for delivery.

This drone has a payload capacity of up to 400 kilograms and is capable of carrying our latest model of IMAX cameras.”

The engineer introduced this modified unmanned photography system to little Gilbert in great detail, his face full of pride.

"How are the pictures and transmission effects?" asked Gilbert Jr.

“Very good, up to the standard of a movie.”

Of course, it was impossible for young Gilbert to put the device into practical use based solely on the engineer's word. He still conducted on-site tests to confirm the effect that could be achieved.

In this film "The Dark Knight Rises", Gilbert Jr. still returned to the traditional 2D and IMAX2D formats instead of using 3D.

In "The Avengers", Gilbert Jr. used the 3D format, which is one of the reasons why "The Avengers" is so popular at the box office. But in "The Dark Knight Rises", 3D seems inappropriate.

In fact, after Avatar, various film companies have produced a large number of 3D films. However, except for a few films, most 3D films can only be described as shoddy.

Some movies are simply not suitable for 3D production, but in order to pay for the high ticket prices for 3D format, film companies force the creators to use 3D format.

The reason why Gilbert Jr. has remained successful over the years is not only because he is a cheat, but more importantly, he chooses to respect the audience.

Little Gilbert always believed that only by respecting the audience can they feel your sincerity.

"The Dark Knight Rises" is absolutely not suitable for the 3D format. Although Warner asked to produce it in 3D format, Gilbert Jr. still refused.

Although Gilbert Jr. no longer has any influence on Warner, his status as a major director means that he has the highest decision-making power over the crew.

Warner certainly would not go against his wishes. After all, replacing Gilbert Jr. with a different director would not guarantee the success of the film.

No matter how stupid Keely Rose was, she knew that no one in Hollywood could replace Gilbert Jr., whose influence on the Dark Knight trilogy was deep-rooted.

While Gilbert Jr. was busy with the early preparations for "The Dark Knight Rises", Warner Pictures had already begun its advance promotion for "The Dark Knight Rises".

Gilbert Jr. initially played a trick of hiding the actor's identity, which has left fans still discussing whether Heath Ledger will return.

Warner Bros. was also busy, and set up an official website for "The Dark Knight Rises", with a recording on its homepage.

The recording contains a phone message from Lucius Fox to Bruce Wayne, recorded by Morgan Freeman.

In the message, Morgan Freeman mentioned that the company's board of directors was very dissatisfied with the energy projects carried out by Bruce Wayne, and that external companies were trying to control the Wayne Group through the stock market.

The content of this recording seems to tell the public that Wayne Group is going bankrupt because of this energy project.

The content of the recording was intermittent, and the audience who heard it only knew that this energy project was related to nuclear energy.

At the same time, a current affairs news website suddenly published a piece of news.

An Eastern European nuclear physicist sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy, ​​but the CIA plane that went to pick him up was hijacked by terrorists and the nuclear physicist disappeared.

Careful movie fans discovered that the leading CIA agent who died was very similar to actor Allen Dangy who starred in "The Dark Knight Rises".

Needless to say, this is another work of Warner.

All these contents seem to indicate that the villain of this film will not be the Joker. Although it is a pity, fans soon became interested in the new villain.

What kind of powerful villain could actually plan a hijacking and kidnap a nuclear physicist?

Combined with the content of Lucius Fox's recording on the official website, some fans analyzed that the villain's target is Wayne Group's energy project.

To be precise, it is for nuclear energy, perhaps to create nuclear pollution or nuclear bombs.

He posted his speculation on the social platform, and it was liked by the official account of "The Dark Knight Rises", proving that it was partially true.

But there are still many different opinions about who the villain is, and there are various versions of speculation.

However, the most widely circulated one is Leo DiCaprio's The Riddler, because last year Warner Bros. was rumored to want Leo to play the Riddler.

If Leo participates, "The Dark Knight Rises" will be a blockbuster.

Of course, some fans have guessed Bane, but compared to the famous villains in the Batman comics, Bane seems to be less well-known. (End of this chapter)