The Hollywood Reporter recently reported, via their Heat Vision Newsletter, that the upcoming Superman movie “will be doing a few days of additional shooting in Los Angeles in the near term” following a recent test screening. And while it’s completely normal now for a film to do reshoots, James Gunn says these aren’t really reshoots.
According to director Gunn when asked if the report was true, he said, “Sort of. Not a few days. We’re doing a day and a half of pickup shots. No scenes. No reshoots. Just a handful of individual shots to enhance the film.”
Pickup shots are minor shots that are filmed after the main filming of a movie has ended. They are used in a variety of reasons including: filling in gaps, logistical connections, improving quality, experimentation, establishing shots, close ups and matching shots. These are usually planned and scheduled into production and a day and a half of pickup shots on a film this big is probably not worth speculating on.
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Mandy Parker
From a long line, family of geeks, author of several unpublished geek girl books, writer for @BleedingFool. Recovering Game of Thrones fan, life-time Tolkien fan.
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