Hey folks, Harry here with a brief report about the set of SUPERMAN RETURNS - nothing particularly striking, but it is interesting to note that Kevin Spacey is now on set shooting! Now - let's see BALD shots of him! In the old purple and green SUPER FRIENDS costume! Ok, maybe not... but one can dream, I mean a bald Kevin Spacey in the old purple n green... ROWR! LOL! Ok, sorry. The dog that Mato refers to in the Superman costume is not an on film dog and as far as I know not Lois' dog. Instead that's one of the writer's dogs - the one that left surprises on Bryan Singer's carpet that I told you about weeks ago. In fact, though this really has nothing to do with the film... I've got a photo of this mutt in his super-costume - WHICH WILL NOT BE IN THE MOVIE... I think. Here ya go:
Hey dudes, havn't had anything worthwhile to report in a long time, but today that all changed when I woke to see Bryan Singer shooting Superman Returns in my street.
I live in the suburb of Longueville in Sydney, and on my way home last night I noticed an unusual number of trucks lining the street. There have been a few TV ads & soapies shot in the area recently, so I assumed it was just another - that was until I walked past the park at the end of the street and saw trailers, buses and a massive catering tent with about 300 seats. Even more interesting were the "Lois Lane costume" and "Lex Luthor" signs posted on the trailers. So either this was an elaborate joke or Superman really was shooting in the street.
Turns out this morning on my to work I just *had* to walk past. Thankfully they hadn't shut the street or the sidewalk down (like they did when shooting in the city 2 weeks ago), so I wandered by and started chatting with an AD having a smoke. They're shooting in an old federation house that's at least 100 years old, and the AD first confirmed that it was Superman Returns and then explained that 2 rooms in the house suit a pivotal scene in the movie. "What scene?" I asked. "I can't say" she replied, but given that the Lois Lane & Lex Luthor wardrobes were hanging just inside the gate, it became clear who was there. "Where's Kevin Spacey?" I asked. "I can't say" she said again. "What about Bryan Singer?". "I can't say" she said again which kind of jinxed her because then who should walk out of the house - Bryan Singer. The AD looks back at me and says jokingly "He's the star of the show".
Unfortunately I didn't take my camera for some stills, but I'm guessing that if they saw me standing around with a camera they would have moved me on. No camera = no attention.
One interesting thing was Lois Lane's little dog which was being walked at the time. The dog's trainer said Lois has the dog with her in a few scenes - but then again, it could just be Kate Bosworth's dog. There was also a little kid running around outside wearing a Superman outfit which looked pretty funny considering the real Superman may have been inside.
So take this with a grain of salt, but I'm guessing the scene was either inside Luthor's mansion (if he has one) or possibly a room of the Kent farm given the age of the house. Given that Lois Lane is in the scene I'd be more inclined to go with Luthor.
They're shooting tomorrow as well, so hopefully I'll be writing back with some more news.
Oh and by the way, a friend of mine pleaded with me to tell you that he got lucky in that house a few years back, so he's hoping the room he christened will become famous come June 30 next year.
MATO
