Sorry, this isn’t the tumbler from Nolan’s rebooted Batman, nor the quaint but still beloved Batmobile from the days of Adam West (although if you’re interested, here’s where you can get one).
No, what we have below is a series of snaps taken from the set of the remake of Arthur, with the Joel Schumacher-era Batmobile being driven through New York. Relax, it’s okay, Nolan is not going to reintroduce neon lights and bat suits with nipples. He’s got a whole other look in mind for Batman 3.
An eagle-eyed reader of Harry Knowles’ Ain’t It Cool News spotted the somewhat gaudy Batmobile, snapped away and sent in the photos below with the following description of what he saw:-
Earlier this week, a huge production crew was here in lower Manhattan. From what I saw on Tuesday night (9/07, and they were also filming on 9/08 and 9/09, I just didn’t hang around), they had Pine St and Williams St blocked off and had the Batmobile race through the concrete canyons being tailed by an NYPD squad car. There were lighting sets and camera crews all over (including a camera rigged to a Mercedes M-Class, as can be seen in “2682”). At least a dozen production trucks lined Nassau St. I stuck around for a couple “takes” to at least capture the chase. I think they just had a stunt guy driving it. Not the best pictures of course, but hopefully you’ll get a sense of what I witnessed and you may recognize such a scene when the movie hits theatres.
So there you have it. Arthur is still filming with Russell Brand as the wayward, drunk playboy and is due for release next year.
