Batman-News.com reader “ChicagoBat” was lucky enough to get a tour of the new Batcave set which is currently housed at Sony Studios. While the Batcave is definitely returning in The Dark Knight Rises, it may be a little different than what we were expecting. Here’s what he had to say:
Visiting L.A. and had a friend working at Sony Studios show me the Batcave set. It’s half finished, and pretty much looks like the same set we saw in “Batman Begins”. They’re still completing the quarry walls but the wooden manor foundations were all there in the corner. They may add more set dressing with equipment and such but don’t expect a radical redesign as most fanboys are expecting.
Funny thing was I asked the construction guys if they were using the same blueprints/plans from “Batman Begins” to match continuity, they said no, but as the set resembled the cave from “Begins” and I’m a detail freak who knows the movies, (right down to the waterfall entrance where the tumbler flies through) while they may have had new blueprints I could see it was the same cave from seeing the foundation beams that were iconic from the first movie. Also the stage can hold water, they’ll fill it when the quarry wall work is finished and they pull all the rigging lights up to illuminate the set.
The Dark Knight Rises will shoot in Los Angeles until October 23rd, then it’s off to New York until the end of November where filming officially wraps.
