Detroit is the new Gotham City, and Christopher Nolan chats a little more about why The Dark Knight Rises won’t be in 3D…
Let's do the shooting locations first. Last week, it was confirmed that the upcoming Batman sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, would be shooting in Los Angeles, the UK, and a further unnamed city. There was some chatter, therefore, about whether Christopher Nolan and his cast and crew would return to their Gotham City for their first two Batman adventures, Chicago. Yet, it turns out that the windy city is off the list.
Instead, The Dark Knight Rises has opted for Detroit instead, which will inevitably mean that we'll get a different looking Gotham City this time around. Although we'd wager that won't make a massive difference. It's some coup for Detroit, though, which has just seen the shoot of Hugh Jackman vehicle Real Steel leaving the city.
Christopher Nolan, meanwhile, has been chatting about his decision to not shoot the film in 3D. Chatting to Deadline about Inception, The Dark Knight Rises inevitably came up, and here's what he had to say:
"In the case of Batman, I view those as iconic, operatic movies, dealing with larger-than-life characters. The intimacy that the 3D parallax illusion imposes isn't really compatible with that. We are finishing our story on the next Batman, and we want to be consistent to the look of the previous films."
Continuing on the 3D theme, Nolan added that "There was more of an argument for a film like Inception. I've seen work in 3D like Avatar that's exciting. But, for me, what was most exciting about Avatar was the creation of a world, the use of visual effects, motion capture, performance capture, these kinds of things. I don't think Avatar can be reduced to its 3D component, it had so much more innovation going on that's extremely exciting. 3D has always been an interesting technical format, a way of showing something to the audience. But you have to look at the story you're telling: is it right?"
You can read the full interview with Nolan over at Deadline, here.
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