TDK Blows Up Brach's Candy FactoryAugust 29, 2007 - 11:49pm.
WDEF.com News 12, Mack Rawden of Cinemablend.com
Additional text by Phyllis
For the last few months, film crews from the upcoming Batman bonanza have taken over Chicago. They imploded the Batmobile; they flipped a semi-trailer, but that was all small potatoes compared to this afternoon’s outrageous shenanigans.
It’s been unclear what the city was planning on doing with Brach’s deserted candy factory on the West Side, left behind when the company consolidated 6 years ago and left the old Chicago headquarters in favor of new headquarters in Chattanooga.
On Wednesday, the Windy City watched the old Brach's legacy blow sky high, well . . . its parking garage, anyway. In the name of good old fashioned Hollywood entertainment, the once epic monstrosity is now reduced to rubble.
Early this morning (Tuesday, 29 August 2007), although principal cast has wrapped their Chicago shooting, producers for the upcoming Dark Knight began dressing the building to look like Gotham General Hospital. Then the deserted candy company was filled with explosives, and helicopters filmed overhead as it was blown to smithereens. Several news stations were able to tape the entire ordeal, and the video is nothing short of cool.
"The Dark Knight" starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger is scheduled for release on July 18, 2008 and is expected to make an absolute fortune.
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