{"id":60,"date":"2006-04-28T23:54:32","date_gmt":"2006-04-29T04:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cabanonline.com\/news\/davids-world\/spiderman-comes-to-cleveland\/"},"modified":"2006-12-06T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T16:31:13","slug":"spiderman-comes-to-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cabanonline.com\/news\/miscellaneous\/spiderman-comes-to-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiderman 3 Movie Films a Scene in Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A section of\u00c2\u00a0Downtown Cleveland has been turned into a movie set!\u00c2\u00a0 Columbia Pictures is shooting a chase sequence for use in the 2007 Spiderman 3 Movie<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 This shoot involved a second unit film crew, so none of the principal actors were in town, but there was a stuntman dressed as Spiderman for many of the scenes.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since I work near downtown, I hiked over to the filming area during lunch and shot some photos of the filming.\u00c2\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"Warning<\/p>\n

The Spiderman story takes place in New York City, so, Cleveland’s East 9th Street had to be turned into New York City’s West<\/strong> 9th Street for the filming.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some of the transformations that took place.\u00c2\u00a0 First … they brought in movie stunt cars:<\/p>\n

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Then, they turned the old, empty Cleveland Trust Building into a “First American Savings” bank.<\/p>\n

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Plus they did all other kinds of changes, that, if you were from Cleveland, you would quickly recognize.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s a fake newstand with placards of “The Daily Bugle”.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s the newspaper that Peter Parker (Spiderman) works for as a photographer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Newstand<\/p>\n

In the sequence being filmed, the villian, “Sandman” (a shape-shifting man made of sand), steals an armored truck and proceeds to drive recklessly through Manhattan with Spiderman in hot pursuit.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is the armored truck used.\u00c2\u00a0 Note the “sand” in the driver’s area.\u00c2\u00a0 It actually was something like a wood or cardboard “box” painted like sand so that a stunt driver could remain hidden underneath while driving!<\/p>\n

\"Armored<\/p>\n

This is a scene from part of the chase in which a car goes flying in the air, spinning, and crashes into another car.\u00c2\u00a0 Here the car is suspended in air by wires, and spun around as the camera truck approaches.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Suspended<\/p>\n

Here’s some other wreckage from one of the crash sequences they filmed:<\/p>\n

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And, of course, here’s Spiderman!\u00c2\u00a0 Here he is posing with a group of Cleveland fans.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, this isn’t Tobey McGuire … just a stuntman.\u00c2\u00a0 But still … it’s a HOLLYWOOD stuntman, dressed in the actual Spiderman costume that will end up on film!<\/p>\n

\"Spiderman!<\/p>\n

\"Spidey<\/p>\n

All in all … the crew took about 2 weeks to film a sequence that will only last a few seconds in the final film!\u00c2\u00a0It upset Cleveland traffic, but we’re sure it will be work seeing!<\/p>\n

Here are links to more photos from the filming of Spiderman 3 Movie in Cleveland.\u00c2\u00a0 These photos are from The Plain Dealer<\/strong>, Ohio’s largest newspaper.\u00c2\u00a0 The photos are out on their website, Cleveland.com.\u00c2\u00a0 (Each link opens in a new window.)<\/p>\n