25 Oct 2011 10:35:58
Production on the film is set to shift to New York for 14 days from 29 October. The newspaper's anonymous source says cast members have been told scenes could be shot in and around the Zuccotti Park and midtown Manhattan areas, where thousands are currently camped out to express their disapproval of corporate greed. The paper suggests the demonstrations could be used as a setting for scenes from the film, rather than the film being rewritten to focus on the protests.
The Dark Knight Rises shoot has so far visited locations as diverse as Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, London and Jodhpur, India. The film, which once again stars Christian Bale as Batman and Bruce Wayne, Michael Caine as Alfred, and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon, also features franchise newcomers Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. It is scheduled for release in July next year.
The casting call for the New York shoot says the characters will inhabit "a city besieged by crime and corruption". A Warner Bros spokeswoman has confirmed the production is heading to the city, but told the Times she could not elaborate further.
Occupy Wall Street passed its 30th day on Monday and has inspired similar protests around the world, including an event in London. The movement aims to highlight social and economic inequality, and has largely targeted the power and influence of corporations from the financial services sector.
