Superman Filming Timeline & SPOILERS?

January 7, 2011: Production Timeline for Superman Film?

Collider.com received word from one of their sources claiming to have a rough schedule layout for the production of Zack Snyder's Superman movie.
Principle Photography begins 22 August 2011 and shooting will run until April 2012. "Superman" will enter Post-Production May 1, 2012 and will continue until November 2012 set for release in Mid-December 2012 (14th - 21st) [Date still TBC].

Principle Photography will start in [Location TBC] which will act as "Smallville" and will film for about 40 days for 4 scenes: [HOMECOMING], [FUTURE DISCUSSION], [SHIP DISCOVERY] and [FUNERAL].

Filming will then move to [Location TBC] where the majority of filming takes place. Shooting here will last Mid-September until Early January 2012.

Filming will then move to the European and Asian continents as well as the Middle East for minor shoots from January 5th to mid February 2012.

Filming will then move to a UK Studio until late April 2012 for interior shoots and set shoots before entering Post-Production on May 1.

Remember, this is all unconfirmed rumor from a source who contacted Collider.com. Visit their site for further details and speculation on this schedule.

webhead2006 wrote:Was going to post it earlier but been away fron my laptop all day. On my cell.

It does seem a pretty logical time frame for filing/post production dates. Can't wait to see if its true or not.

To follow up on the confusion surrounding my tip off about the Superman production timeline:

The scenes in Smallville aren’t the first thing in the movie but are going to be filmed first for convinience and won’t be a major part of the story but a key part.

I believe that the stand in for Metropolis will be Chicago and NOT Vancouver. This is one of the key reasons why The Dark Knight Rises has moved to Detroit because TDKR doesn’t have as many ariel shots as Superman and so the audience will not know the difference. The ariel shots in TDKR will be CGI enhanced as will the Superman shots.

There will be a Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year breaks during the shoot. Shooting in 2011 finishes on something like December 15th and won’t resume until January 5th.

The foreign shoots are for a montage scene and will feature Clark Kent. I believe the story says Iraq and Afghanistan but filming won’t take place there for obvious reasons and a stand in country will be chosen. The actual foreign places are being decided now and it may even film those desert war scenes in the US.

The UK studio is Shepperton Studios at Pinewood I believe and is where the Daily Planet interior scenes will be filmed as well as others which I won’t say.

That makes it sound like that "Birthright" scenario

non_amos wrote:It does kind of but I hope they don't go STRICTLY with that story. We don't need a 'Metrosexual' Singerman, neither do we need a 'tree-hugging' Superman!

Ya know, this info right now is just a rumor, right? 'Steve' has been rather inconspicuous as of late. The 'Counting Down' site is obviously NO MORE with NO explanation! And now someone with 'insider information' is just piping it to them? I read that stuff on the Collider link myself. It seems that in reality that Nolan is being 'Super-secret' yet here's a guy with all the inside dope?!

You tell me. Coincidence, or not?!