Looks like the Dark Knight has taken their filming international and is setting up shop in Hong Kong for a few scenes. Via Lucas at Butterboom, here’s a translation of some of the Chinese media coverage.

The film crew will be here in November and filming in Central and Western District.

They are going to close entire roads in Mid-Levels to do this shooting, but of course to keep the filming low-key the movie district council hasn’t made which roads those will be public.

Besides Hong Kong, the movie is being shot in London and Chicago.

A local production company has been hired to co-ordinate the shooting and will employ around 200 people and at least 80 coming in from the US.

Christian Bale and Michael Caine will be here!!! We also heard Morgan Freeman will be here too. No mention of Heath Ledger (The Joker) though.

One of the background shots will be the Symphony of Lights fireworks display, with helicopter shots over the harbour.

The Hong Kong Standard has more on the film shoot, in English no less.

The distributor of the movie, Warner Brothers, told the council it is seeking the approval of various government departments for the closure of some roads during filming. Kam said the road closures could cause traffic chaos if done in daytime.

“Warner Brothers also said it will use a helicopter for the filming. Of course, we are worried that the residents will be disturbed,” Kam said.

The representative from the distributor assured the district council Queen’s Road Central will only be blocked around midnight and that daytime shooting will take place mainly inside The Centre.

He explained the helicopter would be used to film the night views along Victoria Harbour and

could include A Symphony of Lights, the interactive laser-light performance connecting buildings on both sides of the harbor. The distributor also told the district council disruptions to the service of the Central-Mid-Levels escalator would be minimal.

Apparently, our Hong Kong brothers and sisters in all things geek are pretty stoked about this. You can visit Butterboom to get a taste of how big a deal this is for yourself.

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