If the rumors are true, the Batcave may be getting a green facelift. The Dark Knight Rises Rumors site reports that in one of the most exciting adaptive re-use projects to date, Transylvania's old Salina Turda Salt Mine could be Christopher Nolan's location of choice for the latest Batman movie to be released next summer. Nolan unofficially visited what is now a popular tourism site in Romania last January, while producers on the project met with Bucharest officials to discuss the potential of filming. Although an interior set is also being built at Warner Bros.' studios in Los Angeles, the salt mine's futuristic lighting and gnarly infrastructure are already fit for a Batman location, obviating the need to use more resources for the film. That is, if we can believe what we read. Check out photos of the enigmatic salt mine after the jump and let us know if you think this is a good location for The Dark Knight Rises.
You still have to fly the crew and all of their equipment many miles to a remote location. Wouldn’t it be better off just building a fake cave in a studio. It’s just plywood and paint.
In fact the cave entrance is right in the city of Turda, an the city is near the highway, and the airport is some 20 miles away. So not at all that remote.It’s quite a great mine, there are some other similar mines in Transylvania also.I hope they don’t ruin it with the filming.