Iron Man Long Beach shoot

[Retroman]

New article.....i think.

From presstelegram.com:

Quiet on the set
Article Launched: 05/01/2007 11:04:37 PM PDT

I.M. - `IRON MAN': Those of us in the high-power, high-pay world of show business have an adage that we usually utter in Latin, but for you little people we'll break it down into English: "The bigger the movie, the less we talk about it."

It's the whole hush-hushedness of the thing that makes a big picture even bigger. Mystery shrouds everything. Rumors abound. Interest builds. Box office explodes!

"Iron Man," based on the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Marvel Comics hero, is the big picture in town right now.

There's not much of a clue that anything's going on except for a few black-on-yellow crew cards tacked to poles and bearing nothing but the message "IM."

Oh, and also Shoreline Drive, between West Broadway and South Chestnut Place, is closed for a couple of weeks for filming, so visitors coming from the west to such off-Shoreline attractions as the Aquarium of the Pacific and Shoreline Village are being re-directed through town and down to South Pine and other parts east. Shoreline Drive will be open to southbound traffic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through May 15.

You can see an awful lot of the filming, and the film's supporting sprawling crew camp set up out in a parking lot south of Shoreline, from our stunning suite of offices high atop the ARCO Center (which is being shown as a backdrop for part of the film. Our building does have a sort of futuristic Evil Empire sort of look about it when the lighting is done correctly).
Our usual gang of Hollywood Insiders are a bit rabbity about what's taking place for the Long Beach shootings of "Iron Man." We do know that the film is being directed by Jon Favreau, a great comic actor ("Swingers," "Made," "The Break-Up," all with pal Vince Vaughn), and new-ish director ("Elf"), who just might be enough of a comic-book geek to pull off a project this huge (a rumor: the film's budget is $75 million). Robert Downey Jr. stars as the title character, and others include Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges.

During the two-week Long Beach shoot, we've heard that "a bunch of stunts" are planned, including a fight scene on Shoreline.

We hope that the fact/rumor that "Iron Man" will include stunts and a fight will not spoil the movie for you. Perhaps you'll even forget about this by the time the flick stomps into theaters on May 2, 2008.

Source: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_5797588

 

[Retroman]

Here's two pics of the set....

From magicalobizuth (Taken on May 4 and May 9):

Hey, I didn't stop!

Alexi and I walked to this really nice local spot for lunch. On the bridge there and back, we cross the area where they are filming Iron Man.

A mysterious truck with a hole on each side. Looks like it was carefully ripped out and the hole is covered from the inside with black curtains. There are cables and crew every where.

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[Kibo]

I drove through there yesterday to visit my inlaws for Mother's Day. I saw the truck in the picture, fake hole in the barricade, and what looked like a car accident with a bus. I used to work in the Arco building, so seeing things down here being filmed is a pretty common thing (CSI Miami gets filmed in the area, too).

Ironically, I just moved to Los Angeles two weeks ago and live in an apartment across the street from the studio that are shooting/shot IM in, in Playa Vista.

 

[Retroman]

Thanks for sharing that Kibo. I'd love to bump in to movie set.It's very rare for that to happen here but in L.A. people are used to it so it's not a big deal.

Here's another pic from the set courtesy of bruxhina.

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