Ancestors

Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 16:08

This summer I got to see some of the sets and location setups for the new Superman movie, filmed partly in my hometown of Cleveland, OH. So I was curious to see if Cleveland would be recognizable in the final result.

Cleveland is all over this trailer. I've never seen any movie that was more obviously Cleveland. I hope that turns out to be an asset.

https://youtu.be/uhUht6vAsMY

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Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 16:12

Over at Reddit (which I've given up completely I swear) someone has paired up some of the locations seen in the trailer with tourist-style shots of the real-world locations.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1hhtwcn/superman_trailer_and_cleveland/

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Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 16:34

I see some more:

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Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 16:50

I guess the Leader Building (East 6th and Superior) was dressed up as the Daily Planet, that's fun.

For some reason, when I took this picture of the Leader Building, there was an oversized leg lamp (invoking that other Cleveland movie, A Christmas Story) out there.

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Toot

Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 17:13

I was under the impression that just about everything had a green-screen background in it these days. But it looks like this is just a straightforward as it looks, a scene set in the Key Tower lobby, with the courthouse in the background. The amazing light fixtures in the film scene are apparently really there:

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Descendants

Written by Western Infidels on 2024-12-19 at 17:42

A big traffic or traffic-jam scene set up at the intersection of East 9th and Euclid doesn't show up in this trailer.

I know the public library was used for some scenes, too. The PNC Bank tower is in some crowd scenes from an earlier teaser.

I'm kind of astounded how much use this production seemed to get out of downtown Cleveland. The courthouse, library, arcade, the Leader Building, Terminal Tower, PNC Tower, Key Tower etc. are within a few blocks of each other. You could see most of these locations on a 15 minute walk. They found a lot of good locations right there.

But I suppose this is precisely the virtue of old-school, pre-automobile, traditional-downtown urban planning, isn't it?

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Written by Fully Automated! Solarpunk RPG on 2025-01-29 at 22:13

@WesternInfidels

Yeah! I wonder how much of this is inspired by Gunn's vision of a back-to-basics for Superman and DC.

Gunn is from St. Louis, and Cleveland is the hometown of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel. It would make sense if Metropolis is supposed to have a nostalgic Americana vibe.

(As a Pittsburgher, I dig it.)

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Written by Fully Automated! Solarpunk RPG on 2025-01-29 at 22:17

@WesternInfidels Also, the visibility of the street through the glass makes sense given Gunn's journeyman style: I've heard that he's known for doing lots of prep, minimizing post-production cleanup, and using digital effects purposefully rather than as a cavalier shortcut for everything.

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