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A Clash of Titans
A portion of the fight between Batman and Superman was filmed on location at
Detroit's Michigan Central Station.
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skylight to the penthouse beneath them,
which was set on another stage. Two
remote 20Ks on a 50' track were used to
reference the moonlight pouring
through the broken roof, along with
more water and rain. The fight continues, crashing through the floor to the
next story below.
"Now they're on another set, a big
abandoned bathroom with toilets, sinks
and shower stalls," Fong describes.
"They smash through the stalls and
through a doorway until they reach an
atrium where Batman throws Superman
over the side - 10 stories - though the
raised set went only a couple of stories
down before visual effects took over."
Back at Michigan Central
Station, Superman lands on a pile of
radiators at the bottom of the
atrium ("which seems kind of odd, but
it's based on something we actually saw
on a tech scout," says Fong). Space
restrictions and structural weaknesses at
the location were circumvented by using