Set Report: Gary Oldman, Joker Appear in ‘The Dark Knight’ House

At 9:48 a.m., I received this set report about “The Dark Knight” filming from a reader:

Here is the scoop. [On Wednesday night,] we saw Gary Oldman being driven back and forth from the set to his trailer. They were being very secretive.

They pushed everyone out two blocks from where they were shooting. We tried to get as close as possible but the best we could do was get 20 feet from the motorcycles.

I have some great pictures on my camera I will send once I get back to Seattle.

The security guards were our best source of information. They told us where they were shooting and we headed down there. They will be shooting for the next few nights.

When we arrived, we found a spot a block away. However, from our vantage point, we were very limited in seeing anything. We headed down to LaSalle to get the best view.

We could see the overturned semi truck and a large crowd of people. The Joker was there and Batman was running around. Security was pretty tight as they had Chicago [police] all over.

At 10:38 p.m. on 8/1/07, the same reader wrote in with the following:

They just filmed the helo on fire. We are sitting right in front of the motorcycles.

At 8:56 p.m. on 8/1/07, the same reader wrote in with the following:

I’m at Randolph and Franklin. There is a vehicle trailer outside with a bunch of gas cans. The studio RV trailer lights are on in the parking lot. It looks like something will happen here tonight.