Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Closely watch these clips from the new Superman movie shot around Kendall County in 2011 and look for some local filming locations.
- LOCAL CONNECTIONS
- Steven Jack
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A release date of next summer may be months away, but producers of the Superman Man of Steel film shot around Kendall County in the summer of 2011 have released another trailer hyping the film. In this 2:33 minute clip you may see a couple local spots used for the filming and nearly all of the star-studded cast who were also seen in the area, including Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. Click here to view on your mobile device. According to film site IMDb.com, the estimated budget for the movie is $225 million. It is set to be released June 14. The film's first trailer was released in July. Read more of our Summer of Superman coverage from 2011.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Here are the 10 stories that drew in the most readers this year, from a murder-suicide to a 6-year-old beating cancer, from a World War II plane crashing down to the filming of a movie about a man who can fly.
Montgomery Patch launched on Feb. 8. Since that date, we’ve published just about 1,800 articles. Some have been pretty popular, some haven’t. (Our least successful post had a total of six page views. Ouch.) But enough about the unpopular kids. A quick tour of our most-read stories of 2011 is like seeing the year in miniature, touching on many of the most important events. You voted with your page views. Here are the 10 stories that drew you in more than any others this year. 1. Our most-read story of the year wasn’t even ours—it was this tale of an Oswego woman, Suzette O’Donnell, found dead at a Sybaris in Frankfort on July 29, as covered by Tinley Park Patch. More than 2,700 of you checked this story out. 2. Perhaps the biggest event …
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo writes and sings a superhero theme song for the city of Plano, and the movie shoot that transformed it for a summer.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kevin Trudo
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Summer of Superman is wrapping up. To celebrate, we’ve brought in Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo, and asked him to do a special installment of Kevin Sings the News. If you’re not familiar with our weekly Kevin Sings the News feature, well, it’s like this. Every Friday, local musician extraordinaire Kevin Trudo writes and sings a song based on the last seven days of Patch headlines. (Here is the latest.) For his Superman song, he’s decided to try his hand at a superhero theme. Complete with cape. The song is called “Superman’s Gone,” and it’s a wistful farewell to a movie shoot that transformed the city of Plano. Lyrics are reprinted below for your convenience. For more Kevin Sings the News, come back to Patch every Friday morning. For …
robert veach
11:17 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Jen, you can email me the deleted scenes:) more ›