So you thought Batman's Gotham City was a stand-in for New York, just like Metropolis in the Superman comics?
Turns out you're wrong. Gotham actually is Chicago -- at least in the eyes of Christopher Nolan and his upcoming film "The Dark Knight."
"Batman Begins," Nolan's first foray into comic book movies, took him home to Chicago, where he lived until his mid-teens. Impressed by the Windy City after three weeks of filming, he decided to spend four months shooting "Knight" there in spring and summer 2007.
One of the movie's strengths is its focus on realism. As a result, no longer is there the stylized Victorian or art deco version of the city seen in past Batman film[...]