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New Spider-Man Trailer Is Latest To Feature This Summer's Biggest Star: The Williamsburg Bridge
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Jen Carlson
Published May 15, 2012
Modified May 15, 2012
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If we've learned anything from the latest super-length trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man it's that no matter how many times we've seen edge-of-your-seat action scenes on one of the city's bridges it never gets old. It's a testament to the action genre, and specifically the comic book-turned-summer blockbuster genre. Why... just the other day in the latest Dark Knight Rises trailer we saw the Williamsburg Bridge get blown up, but the structure is under Hollywood's spotlight in more than one IMAX-friendly movie this year—in the below four-minute trailer you'll see Spider-Man and a number of vehicles hanging from it...
So is the Williamsburg Bridge finally getting its due in Hollywood? Just last year we composed this little list of which bridges have been filmed on and (even though the list is not totally comprehensive) the Williamsburg Bridge has been one of the least utilized in large productions. "We were filming the Williamsburg Bridge back in 2005, man." — Someone with a vintage 8mm film camera in Williamsburg somewhere, probably.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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