Gotham Police Have Arrived!

Batman Begins, the new Batman movie has obviously begun filming in Chicago as can be seen by the infiltration of Gotham Police Department cars in the loop a block from my office. The batmobiles reportedly are also in the neighborhood but I haven’t spotted them yet (a friend saw them coming in on the back of a couple trucks). I’m tempted to snoop around to try and find them although they are probably well guarded. To the batcave!

Batmobile Update: Thanks to Ryan Krga (ryankrga773 [at] hotmail.com) and his being in the right spot at the right time, he caught some video footage [6.6M] of the batmobile in action! I am providing a copy here (click on the video footage link) with his permission.

7 Responses to “Gotham Police Have Arrived!”

  1. Set Report

    plus a guy i work with is an extra as a GPD cop. I’m waiting for my invite to talk to some of the people at their top secret batcave. I’ll keep ya posted

    Chrisitan Sass said this on August 2nd, 2004 at 9:45 pm

  2. Dude… that is *so* sweet.

    Dan said this on August 3rd, 2004 at 10:07 pm

  3. very cool. I was tempted to take Jamie down there as a “field trip” :)

    cheri said this on August 3rd, 2004 at 10:12 pm

  4. great. i am a great batmobile-fan and so happy to see the car in action. many many thank´s for information. more please. best for you , regards from germany . guenter welky

    Welky, Guenter said this on August 4th, 2004 at 12:16 pm

  5. I wanna know if there is an “armored” version. you know, when batman hits the button and the whole thing shells over.

    mike said this on August 5th, 2004 at 3:41 pm

  6. I’m not as up on Batman lore as others, but I don’t believe it has a shell, like the other batmobiles. For that matter, technically, this isn’t a batmobile, but a “tumbler” which is a vehicle that Wayne Enterprises makes for military use.

    Plus, I heard Chris Nolan (the director) doesn’t like CGI and does not intend to use any CGI with the tumbler in the movie.

    Mike said this on August 5th, 2004 at 4:04 pm

  7. Gotham PD / Batmobile Street Footage
    Gotham Police Have Arrived! .

    The Mediaburn Radio Weblog said this on August 8th, 2004 at 11:39 am