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New Batman Movie Shoots Riot Scenes Near Occupy Wall Street

Batman and his foes headed down to Wall Street over the weekend and gave onlookers a taste of the Caped Crusader’s martial arts skills in riot shoots just a few blocks away from real life protestors who have squared off against police in recent weeks.

The Daily Mail has some of the photos:

New Batman Movie Films Near Occupy Wall Street

The action started up between the streets of William and Wall in downtown Manhattan, which already have a backdrop-like appearance due to the security measures necessary for Occupy Wall Street. The Occupiers, used to being the main event near Wall Street for tourists and gawkers, played second fiddle to the Dark Knight sequences being shot a few blocks away.

“The Dark Knight Rises,” the third movie installment in Christopher Nolan’s immensely popular reboot of the Batman movie Franchise, started filming in Manhattan on Saturday, and is scheduled to continue for the next two weeks.  It has been filming mostly in Pittsburgh, and hype around its production has been building for months as photographers snap photos and post them online.

New Batman Movie Films Near Occupy Wall Street

You can see photos of the rest of the street brawling superhero and villains in action, courtesy of the Daily Mail, here.

New Batman Movie Films Near Occupy Wall Street

On the set, police battle a mob

The much anticipated Batman finale is scheduled for released in July 2012. It’s budget is an estimated $250 million. The previous two films in the series, “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” were massive successes at the global box office, with “The Dark Knight” ranked as the third highest-grossing movie of all time, pulling in half-a-billion dollars.

New Batman Movie Films Near Occupy Wall Street

more police battling mobs

The third movie will bring back Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman from the previous installment, and adds Anne Hathaway, Matthew Modine, and Tom Hardy (playing the villain Bane) to the cast this time around.

As you can see in these screenshots, there are plenty of sequences during which an angry mob squares off against police, and mayhem ensues.

New Batman Movie Films Near Occupy Wall Street

Below is a short video clip of fight scene between Batman and Bane, posted to youtube (spoiler alert):

After you see some of these photos and the video, you may want to go back and compare them to scenes of chaos in Oakland last week, and decide for yourself if this is an eerie case of life imitating art, or art imitating life.

Comments (22)

  • EnergyJoe
    Posted on November 8, 2011 at 11:41am

    From simple observation it looks like we are heading for a socialist system, more entitlements etc,. Here’s the problem say they get everything they want and the system becomes socialist the next step is marixist. Under the natural conclusion that the protesters are fighting so hard for….they would be removed form society. Non productive, disruptive and a drain on the system as a whole. It is only because the working people continue to work reguardless of the situation in the pursuit of their own freedom and happiness that the rest can protest and demand more for doing less. The situation that may have started with true ideas because of how our system operates has simply been taken over by the mob mentality. I say if you don’t like our system (which is not perfect by any streach) just go try some others see how that works out for you. Our system provides for the best oportunity peroid. Our system allows “YOU” to controll your own destiny but it does take work. Those that will work will never starve. When you work for something it has value sweat equity but freebies hold no value to those who receive because nothing ventured nothing gained. The protestors are barking up the wrong tree because it’s no ones responsibility to provide them anything they have to earn it for themselves. Spoiled children.

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  • Meyvn
    Posted on November 8, 2011 at 7:32am

    They’re all bane.

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  • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges03
    Posted on November 8, 2011 at 1:13am

    “Batman and his foes headed down to Wall Street over the weekend and gave onlookers a taste of the Caped Crusader’s martial arts skills in riot shoots just a few blocks away from real life protestors who have squared off against police in recent weeks.”

    The only difference is — Batman takes on thugs and criminals … while the police are just a different branch of thugs and criminals.

    Fire the “standing army” police thugs and hire the vigilante of justice!

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  • Blackaurora44
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 8:07pm

    LOL! These people including Batman were not even hitting each other at all. This is fake. Watch it again carefully. Some of them were actually smiling.

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 10:52pm

      First I watched the Batman sequence then I re-watched it for the extras lol it was funny!

      Also to note…. is it me or is the Batman costume absolutely hideous?

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    • darkknight91
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Really? It’s fake? Wow.

      scarebear83, yes, it’s you.

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  • Dinkiecb
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:16pm

    maybe batman should go whoop up on the real protesters lol

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  • Strongconservitive
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 3:51pm

    finaly the protesters were good for something but then again they did nothing so who knows but it is ironnic for sure that happened

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  • Teapartywoman
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 3:49pm

    You guys LMAO

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  • platitude
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 1:42pm

    ironic? Do you know the definition of the word?

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  • scoter
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 1:27pm

    http://www.helpfireobama.com Please give $20.12

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  • THERepublic
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:48pm

    This was filmed months ago.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 1:05pm

      I think all those hollywood lefties should donate all their wealth to OWS bowel movement, oh thats right, they want you to sacrifice , but dont infringe on their carbon footpront or their mansions or their tens of millions…….. Marxist hypocrites .

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:43pm

    And the OWS isn’t protesting the production company for being greedy? Hollywood is so hypocritical.

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  • thegodfather
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:20pm

    That IS the OWS Protesters..NOT the movie. I think the Blaze got their video clips mixed up

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  • piper60
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:18pm

    I would think that filming in NYC would be the last thing they’d do during this time. With all the technicians and set builders they have out in California————-?

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  • Petire
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:02pm

    they should film in the actual protest. That way they make an awesome movie and beat up the Wall Street protesters at the same time. It’s two birds with one stone!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 11:57am

    Are they paying OWS for being Extras?

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