Holy Smokes, Batman, Is That a Location Downriver?

River Rouge will be one of the locations for the Zack Snyder-directed “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” movie, but officials with Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. are tight-lipped about whether the port facility will be featured in the film. (Photo: Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co.)

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Downriver communities will be in the thick of some of the “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” film action.

Warner Bros. has confirmed that River Rouge, an industrial city with a population of 7,900, will be a location shot for the Zack Snyder-directed film, possibly as soon as after Labor Day, MLive reports. The exact location hasn’t been finalized, though talks have been in the works since spring.

However, crews have been spotted scouting Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. at the Port of Detroit on the Detroit River, though company officials told MLive there was nothing to rumors that it would provide a location.

However, On Location Vacations, which aggregates TV and movie filming locations, celebrity events and movie-related travel, offered this:

“Those telltale CCP crew signs have been spotted around the site and set construction is reportedly underway. Though, there is still no word exactly when filming begin at Nicholson, located at 60 E Great Lakes St, River Rouge, MI.”

The shipping yards have been a location for some other films, including “Transformers 4,” “The Double,” “Real Steel,” and “Kill the Irishman.”

The OLV web site also has a running thread on “Batman v. Superman” film locations in metro Detroit.

The film stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. It is expected to be released on March 25, 2016.