Spiderman Still Making His Downtown Rounds

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 09:15AM

Spiderman's Coming Eric Richardson

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Spiderman 3 filming has been making the rounds of Downtown, shooting at the Alexandria way back in November and then in the Old Bank District last month. Now they’re coming to the ever-filmed alley between Spring and Broadway, 6th and 7th. In fact it would appear they’ve got people on the roof of the Palace right now.

Back in December the location manager I talked to about lights shining in my window had warned me the Spiderman people were snooping around, so I guess it shouldn’t be a big surprise.

I’m sort of intrigued by the fireball part.

Updated: In the body I’m going to attach updates while setup and shooting are going on. Click through for some more pictures.

Not that if you’ve visited the post before you may have to click reload to get the newest version.

Last updated: Friday, 1pm

Friday, 9:45am

Since this post's getting a bunch of traffic from Spiderman fans, I'll keep posting updates here. First up, a shot this morning of a lighting rig being assembled on the roof across from the apartment:

Beginning Setup

They've taken over three parking lots for the big equipment. The filming notice said they would be on the north end of the alley (which will be to the right in my pictures), but they have wiring run up the garage across 7th Street on the south end so I figure there must be some sort of a moving shot heading down that direction.

Friday, 5pm

Two new shots:

Rigging Crane Suspended Rig

First shot shows a crane setting up rigging for the suspended device in the center of the second shot. I'm not sure what the thing in the second shot is. It doesn't seem like a camera rig. It actually got me wondering... Do they run something through the shots that they CGI spiderman into for tracking? Maybe I'm way off on that, though.

Monday, 10am

Nothing new over the weekend. Spiderman took a back seat to huge protests. I did take some shots of another non-Spiderman shoot on 7th Street. Crews were back in the alley this morning, so I would suspect there will be more interesting things to see this evening and in the morning. Then shooting occurs tomorrow and Wednesday.

Monday, 10:30pm

Lots of stuff happening in the alley tonight. I'm just sitting down to watch TV when all of a sudden a suspended camera appears right outside the window.

Spiderman III Filming

The next part's even better, though.

Spiderman III Filming

Yep, a suspended dummy. He zipped up and down the alley a few times and then just sort of parked. They are calling action and cut, but I don't know that the dummy's actually for film. I think they may just be testing shots before running the real thing (whatever the real thing is). They're running a variety of speeds, probably to see how they look on camera.

Even after it's been by a few times, it's really weird to see a dummy run by about six feet outside your window.

Tuesday, 9:30am

Spiderman III Filming

The dummy makes a daytime appearance (I think he hung out all night). But more important to this shot is the huge blob light on the left side. It floats.

Friday, 1pm

Not a lot of note over the last few days. I never did see a fireball.

Last night the filming involved a scene with a guy in a black (from my vantage point) body suit laid out in the alley and someone who appeared to be more in a business suit dropping off a building (more of a leap and land on your feet) next to him.

Spiderman Filming

You can see the guy laid out in this (crappy quality) shot.

Spiderman Filming

This one's a little earlier. It's the same shot, but with the mat they used during rehearsal shots.



Comments

1
Sto writes:

Eric, do you know what days/times theyre shooting these scenes? I live in Premiere Towers as well and I wanna check this out

# on Mar.25.2006 AT 09:50 AM
2
sto writes:

nevermind, i got the notice in the mail today..

# on Mar.26.2006 AT 06:14 AM
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Robert writes:

Spider-Man 3 is going to be awesome! Better than the other two... and the first two were great! I seen some of the places where they were filming in downtown Los Angeles... I just seen some sets when I was walking by people weren't working because of the protest going on or it was break time or something. Anyways Spider-Man 3 has Venom and other super villians... more than one this time... it's going to be action pack! Can't wait! Spider-Man is the best Superhero movies... forget Batman, Superman, and all the other ones.

# on Mar.27.2006 AT 07:48 AM
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Tom writes:

Thanks for keeping the spiderman fans in the loop, we really appreciate all of the info

# on Mar.27.2006 AT 09:19 AM
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Frank writes:

Hi i live in Queens NY, i like to know if you will know the shooting location for Forest Hills Queens NY were Spiderman 1 & 2 were filmed

# on Mar.27.2006 AT 10:10 PM
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sarah writes:

Tobey Maguire is the best actor worldwide... He is so cue and all women fall in love.

# on Mar.30.2006 AT 05:39 AM
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Massive writes:

Hey peeps, ima lovin d Spiderman 3 aswell...cant wait ta c Spiderman whoop Venom n Sandmans butt ,man...tis gonna be completely n utterly sweet..tisa shame dey killed off doc ock doe coz he wulda went phsyco on venom n spiderman...d fight between those three wuld have been the best ever fight action scene ov all tym. unfortunatly ima lil outcast coz i b livin in d UK lool so u guys all gt d best of it bt O MY DAYS i just cant wait 4 d film...ima dust out peeps take it easy n speak ta alla ya'll l8r...much obliged 4 d updated info boss.

# on Mar.30.2006 AT 02:23 PM
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Spydur Man writes:

I have never been looking foward to seeing a movie so bad in my life! Ever since I have seen the first poster for SM3 (spider-man 3)I have been in extasy

# on Apr.08.2006 AT 05:26 PM
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Hen_Man writes:

does n e one know what the costume really looks like (or better yet have pics)cuz in the one pic they have of him on the rooftop you can't even really tell what it looks like and it dosent really look black it just kinda looks like its dark out.

# on Apr.13.2006 AT 01:18 PM
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Massive writes:

It is confirmed that Venom is in Spiderman 3...and just seen some information reguarding the people whom are doing the CGI for the 3rd film...and they sed that they wanted to use the new software which will basically make the whole CGI effect more real but unfortunatley they might not be able to and they say that it looks like it will be in Spiderman 4 instead.

i cant wait for Spiderman 3. u guys r lucky man to see the acctual set and that.

# on Apr.25.2006 AT 01:07 PM
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Gavinda UK writes:

Spider man 3 is the only film i have been waiting for so bad, i want to get tickets to see the live premier in london, anyone know how to get hold of tickets????

# on May.01.2006 AT 03:39 AM
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Massive writes:

Gavinda baby u got sum good point dere man...comon peeps ow can we get sum tickets ta c d live premiere?

# on May.01.2006 AT 03:25 PM
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Sonia writes:

Right now at this moment they are filming Spiderman 3 for a couple days now Downtown Cleveland, OH. It's very nice.

# on May.02.2006 AT 06:42 PM
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Jason writes:

Hope they start filming soon here in NY

# on May.08.2006 AT 07:37 PM
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Hector writes:

If anyone knows how to get tickets to the premier of Spider Man 3. LET ME KNOW at any cost i would be willing to purchase 2 tickets. Contact me at motorspeedway@aol.com

# on May.31.2006 AT 08:35 PM
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steve writes:

Spiderman 3 will be cool. Any one want to estimate,how much it will get in Box Office?

# on Jun.03.2006 AT 11:35 PM
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Massive writes:

i found out there will be FOUR VILLAINS in spiderman 3...and two of them team up, hostage a girl, which i presume is gwen stacey, to lure spiderman to them. and one of them grows and grows and grows as sam rami puts it and chases spiderman. apparently it gros so much that it is the size of a building. i aint reli down with things growing that big meself but if it is good then iu am down with that. the villains are... Venom Sandman Green Goblin II and the other is anonymous still so wait till comic con peeps

peace out

# on Jun.05.2006 AT 02:17 AM
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Neza writes:

When are they starting shooting in NY

# on Jun.08.2006 AT 05:46 PM
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ChandraPrakash Baherwani writes:

A friend of mine told me that 48th Ave in Sunnyside is cleared of parked cars between 48th Street and Greenpoint Ave. The reason stated on the notice is some film shooting. Not sure if its Spiderman 3, but you can check it if you live close by.

# on Jun.22.2006 AT 06:14 AM
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Stephanie writes:

This movie looks like its going to be great. I can't wait t see it, I was hoping if anyone knew yet how to get tickets to the LA premiere of SP3. Any information would be greatly appricated. email: confettigrl2@yahoo.com

# on Jun.25.2006 AT 07:35 PM
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Billy writes:

Anyone know when or if they will be coming to Forest Hills Queens

# on Jul.07.2006 AT 11:22 AM
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Hector writes:

Please, If anyone knows how or where to get tickets to the premier of Spider Man 3. PLEASE, LET ME KNOW. At any cost i would be willing to purchase 2 tickets. Contact me at hsaenzjr@aol.com

# on Jul.16.2006 AT 02:13 PM
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Amanda writes:

hey those shots are awesome. i cant wait til spidey 3 i am such a huge fan it's not even funny. If any one knows how to get tickets to the premiere please contact me. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! gbur@insightbb.com

# on Nov.25.2006 AT 10:06 PM
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Anna writes:

i would like to make a point that last june (2006) they were filming on my block, in kew gardens. people werewaiting outside for 6 hours (6-12) just to see the filming of a moped with a STUNT DOUBLE riding it into an aprtment building. they pushed everyone back about half the block up so it would work.

# on Jan.30.2007 AT 02:58 PM
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alex writes:

i hear people doen't want VENOM in the new movie becaus they think he needs ALL the attention but i think putting him in with 2 more super villains will still be awesome.Sandman is nearly undefeatable and as for Harry, let's just say the only thing that will be hard for Spidey is his X-friendship with Harry.my point is VENOM will still make a great bad guy.I am counting the days and saving my mony 'caus i intend to see it more than once.

# on May.03.2007 AT 11:30 AM
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Whitman Lam writes:

Why team up Spider Man with Harry Osbourne ?

Why not join forces with Wolverine and the Punisher ?

The people in Hollywood can't do anything right. They need to get more fan input to make better movies.

# on May.03.2007 AT 07:23 PM
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alex writes:

i have been looking at posters and watching previews but i haven't seen any pics of VENOMS tongue. they better have the tongue. I want his tongue to have a name. how about 'THE TONGUE OF TERROR'. if any spidey fans read this can you respond and say what you think. maybe someone out there can think one with me.

# on May.04.2007 AT 01:55 AM
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Whitman Lam writes:

Yeah, that tongue is awesome. I bet Stan Lee got his inspiration for Venom from Gene Simmons of The KISS. Unfortunately there are limits to CGI, I don't think the characters looked as smooth on the screen in preview. Very cartoonish. But what am I talking for ?

Go watch the movie already.

# on May.04.2007 AT 10:18 AM
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alex writes:

Bad news. I wached it today and there is no tongue. But something got my attention.i read that carnage will be in number 4. isn't carnage made by venom? call if you see venoms name with carnage.

# on May.07.2007 AT 09:28 AM
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alex writes:

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! I just watched it again and I saw a tongue shot. When SANDMAN sees VENOM he thinks that VENOM is SPIDEY. When SANDMAN hits VENOM, VENOM roars and you can see his tongue. I also forgot that CARNAGE will probably be made by Conors, because Conors kept a sample of the symbiots. And I owe my appologies to Harry because I didn't think he would be a threat to Spidey

# on May.13.2007 AT 09:52 AM

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