New Road Closures Downtown For 'Dark Knight Rises' Filming
"The Dark Knight Rises" will be filming in downtown Pittsburgh Friday and that means another set of road closures.
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"The Dark Knight Rises" will be filming in downtown Pittsburgh Friday and that means another set of road closures.
Filming of the blockbuster movie, "The Dark Knight Rises" has received a needed assist from Pittsburgh's transportation system.
It all starts with a turn of the creaky old wheel - that triggers the giant catapult and the massive teeter totter that hurls bowling balls into the air.
When the longest running daytime drama was canceled two years ago, the faces and characters of "Guiding Light" were gone forever. But many of those soap opera stars have re-invented themselves, and one soap legend is now making a comeback.
It may be summer in Pittsburgh, but it is winter in Gotham City. The Tumbler, director Christopher Nolan and a beautiful, snow-covered city street, "The Dark Knight Rises" crew moved downtown today for their last week and a half of filming in the city.
After filming in Lawrenceville, Oakland and at Heinz Field, crews working on "The Dark Knight Rises" are moving into downtown Pittsburgh today. The film crews have blocked off several streets and that could cause traffic chaos over the next few days.
She's a soap opera legend. Actress Kim Zimmer, best known as "Reva" on the now-canceled "Guiding Light" has been on daytime for 33 years and now she's telling all.
Tom Cruise could be the latest Hollywood star coming to Pittsburgh to make a movie. A film called, "One Shot" might be filming here.
Dressing like it was the dead of winter during the dog days of summer isn't ideal, but for the 14,000 extras at Heinz Field over the weekend, it was the chance of a lifetime. Allen Wolk, of New Kensington, an extra for "The Dark Knight Rises" has lots of good memories from his 12-hours on set.
Thousands of people were in the stands at Heinz Field Saturday for a very different kind of fan experience. There were football players and fans, but no game. Instead, it was the day of the much-publicized filming of a scene in new "Batman" movie.
In the shadow of the Cathedral of Learning, a small enterprise has sprung. For $9, you too can wear the black and gold soon to be made famous by the Gotham Rogues, the team set to take over Heinz Field as part of "The Dark Knight Rises."
The Steelers' North Shore home is getting a movie makeover for this weekend's big "Batman" shoot. Crews have been busy working to transform Heinz Field into "Gotham Stadium."
KDKA AM's Larry Richert and John Shumway talk to an Erie investigator and a reporter about their thoughts on a new comedy that appears to be based on a real bombing victim.
Once again the Mellon Institute steps transformed into Gotham City Hall for the day so that Batman and Bane could roll on with their grudge match.
A big crowd of onlookers gathered in Oakland today in hopes of catching a glimpse of Batman in action as filming continues for "The Dark Knight Rises."
