  Superduperman Member Username: Superduperman Post Number: 95 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 69.242.221.36 |
Looked out my office window(Library Street) and noticed they were shooting a car scene for the Blade tv series. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 5811 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22 |
Yeah, they were just breaking down a scene when I tried to drive one of my cross-town shortcuts through Brush Park just ahead of rush hour this afternoon. They had Edmund Street, all of one block long, closed down at the east end of the street. I only noticed it after I'd driven halfway down the block...brought back memories of Hollywood. I cannot complain when I'm inconvenienced by creative production!! | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6025 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.213.167 |
In that case, I'm the one who made your mother's Waterford vase into a bong. | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 165 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 67.149.141.170 |
Cool! Is this where most of it will be shot or is this just a one time thing for that episode? | ||
Superduperman Member Username: Superduperman Post Number: 96 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 69.242.221.36 |
Good question,they are on John R between Woodward and Farmer filming right now,but I don't feel like going downstairs and asking them........ | ||
Pistonian_revolution Member Username: Pistonian_revolution Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 69.136.139.115 |
i saw them filming at 11:40pm after i got off of work. i work at Loco's in greektown. they were filming the same scene over and over again of blade driving in his muscle car down the street. apparently, this one building is supposed to be blade's headquarters. during the superbowl, the city of detroit had put a football mural over the entrance of this building to make it appear half-decent. i guess it didnt look ghetto-gothic enough for the director, so he had one of his crewmembers imitate TRTL and put fake detroit grafitti tags all over the front of the building- where previously had been the crappy football SBXL mural. they also put up ghetto fabulous chrome letters saying "woodwork" or something. seems like a good choice of a building for a vampire-killer's hangout. i dont know the name of the building, but it has green letters painted in many upperfloor windows. the building was designed in a very ornate, maybe victorian style. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 613 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.42.78.219 |
Is this the Metropolitan building you're talking about? | ||
Pistonian_revolution Member Username: Pistonian_revolution Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 69.136.139.115 |
that's the building. http://www.angelfire.com/de2/d etroitpix/Metropolitan.html | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 5817 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22 |
It is usually not very exciting to watch filming...hell, I watched Jared Leto get his arm torched twenty times over for a five-second scene in The Panic Room. It took the course of a whole DAY...they had what seemed to be the whole Manhattan Beach fire department at the studio. I think they all wanted a glimpse of Jodie Foster...but she was nowhere in this scene. Fincher had an entire block of fake New York brownstones built in a warehouse, with one of them a fully-functioning three-story 100-year-old beauty that the entire film was shot in. It was pretty overwhelming stepping in the doors of the warehouse, Manhattan Beach directly into Manhattan...hadn't quite thought about it that way until now. | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 166 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 67.149.141.170 |
wow, the metropolitan building! even cooler! maybe some ultra rich fanboy will buy it. | ||
Mcp001 Member Username: Mcp001 Post Number: 2191 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.14.135.95 |
Does anyone know if this is a "one-shot" thing, or are they planning to film the series here on a regular basis? | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 549 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 207.74.210.5 |
Blade Rules! | ||
Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1226 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.47.194.247 |
That's a great choice for a building. I love that building, and the views fromt he penthouse are amazing. If only I found a box of money. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 216 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 24.192.25.47 |
I noticed the filming lights last night as well, and was intrigued, but couldn't stop by. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 614 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.42.78.219 |
Will they be filming again tonight, or is it just during the work week? | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1221 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.234 |
Google "Blade TV series"+Detroit and a bunch of hits will turn up. Debut on SpikeTV, June 28th. (I'm not sifting through all of those fanboy sites for more info.) (Message edited by Hornwrecker on June 03, 2006) | ||
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 37 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 68.43.115.231 |
They were filming from the roof of the Opera House Garage yesterday afternoon. | ||
Nellonfury Member Username: Nellonfury Post Number: 158 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 68.43.156.135 |
Blade rules!!!!!! | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 615 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.42.78.219 |
http://www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0603/20/bladepanel.ht m
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Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 15 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 207.230.140.240 |
Any pics of the inside of the Metropolitan? What is the history? When did it close? I always said that Detroit is a prime city for Hollywood. I actually boycotted BH Cop 3 because NONE of it was shot in Detroit. I heard the movie blew anyway. Why the BH cops didn't come to Detroit and help Axel Foley out for a sequel is beyond me. Obvious plotline passed up. Let's hope Blade is in town to stay. | ||
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man Post Number: 752 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5 |
Hmmmm.....Before I saw them shooting the other day, I noticed that someone had "tagged" the building......This show will NOT be good for Detroit's image people....the tags say something like, "DETROIT, where the weak are killed and eaten"........I will walk by this afternoon to confirm...... | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 889 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 70.226.44.119 |
Oh, thats great. They had better remove the graffitti when they are finished. To the average visitor it is going to look like some thug decided to ruin the building. | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 513 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 71.159.22.4 |
Just watched the preview and the action looks great. Acting looks like it needs work though. Can't wait to see the show. I'm sure there'll be a couple of shots at Detroit's expense though. We'll be everyone's whipping city for years to come. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 620 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.60.110.77 |
Where did you find the preview? | ||
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man Post Number: 753 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5 |
Update: walked by yesterday, and the "football murals" are back up. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1542 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10 |
Trust me, there are much worse things that happen to Detroit's image everyday. I dare say that nobody's perception of Detroit will be transformed by a fake tag on a passing building in a TV series. By the way, nobody who is not connected to detroit in some way even thinks about detroit. I wouldn't worry about it. | ||
J32885 Member Username: J32885 Post Number: 32 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 68.41.108.161 |
Cool, that the Blade TV Series is being shot and filmed in Detroit. Hope the tv series will be as good as the movies. | ||
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit Post Number: 2341 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.54.234 |
Cool, I didn't even know they were making a series! With that Battlestar Galactica and LOST I will have three shows that I watch...Fnemecek you need to get a show on TV soon! | ||
Toybreaker Member Username: Toybreaker Post Number: 37 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 71.227.106.134 |
Here are pictures from the Metropolitan building - two summers ago. (Lots more at the link...) http://www.flickr.com/photos/toybreaker/sets/459753/  | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2718 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.44 |
This just came in the mail bag:
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Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect Post Number: 191 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 64.243.32.9 |
Sweet, finally found a use for the Metropolitan, housing for Vampires, ......real vampires, not those phony suburban vampires. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 666 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.61.194.237 |
Well that kinda sucks. Seems like they just use the Metro building for B-rolls. Would have been nice for them to film in the city. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2568 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 128.36.14.154 |
"a billionaire ... known for restoring old buildings throughout the city .... he's actually a vampire, literally feeding off of the people of Detriot" Maroun is gonna sue them for defamation and slander ... like he would ever restore old buildings! ...  | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 879 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.212.231.173 |
no pun intended tetsua? ;) | ||
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey Post Number: 37 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 63.102.87.27 |
Is this about Illich? | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2569 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 128.36.14.154 |
billionaire not millionaire. ... gots ta be Maroun ... | ||
Wmuchris Member Username: Wmuchris Post Number: 325 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.246.19.24 |
On a related note, I was in Palmer Woods today and saw a crew filming a movie in front of a house. There were about 3 DPD cars and an ambulance parked on the lawn of the car (for the film I'm assuming) and a bunch of white, college aged kids standing around. So I walked up to a teenager and and asked what the name of movie was. Quoth the child, "Nevermore" -Lenore |
