Ready for I Am Legend Action At the Brooklyn Bridge?
Possibly to pre-empt freaked out phone calls to 911, the production folks from the Will Smith film have alerted not only residents and businesses downtown and near the Brooklyn Bridge, but the major papers to to tell everyone not to freak out if they see Black Hawk helicopters, tanks, military activity, hundreds if not thousands of people, and lots of lights near the Brooklyn Bridge. Because , not an actual invasion of zombies looking for an Oscar. While it'll be a pain in the ass, we prefer this to the crappy fake NYC backlots in Hollywood. Then again, we pray there are no actual emergencies to tend to while filming is tying things up - like another that needs to be investigated.
I Am Legend will be filming around the Brooklyn Bridge for the next week.
Though the city's Department of Transportation says , when what the filming "will do to the already nightmarish traffic" and an NYPD official said, "Good luck."
Of course, many people are already familiar with chaos from I Am Legend filming around town, whether it's zombies or straw and apocalyptic detritus. Here are some of our favorite I Am Legend pictures: Top photograph of cab hanging over Grand Central overpass by , a burnt out car by and the Garibaldi statue lit up by film by .
And send us ones you take of this week's filming by sending them to photos(at)gothamist(dot)com or tagging them on Flickr with "gothamist."
Is this a remake of The Omega Man ?
Basically, yes, though I'm sure there'll be some differences.
The Omega Man was a very good movie that does not need to be remade. Chalk this up to the play-it-safe mentality that's taken over the movie industry. Churn out remakes and sequels rather than actually taking any risks.
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