Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth movie in Marvel's Spidey franchise, is currently filming in Scotland, and it looks like the production is shutting down entire chunks of Glasgow in order to turn it into New York City - as many as 60 local roads, according to the Glasgow Times. Why not just film in NYC? The answers are probably budget, relative proximity to London's Pinewood Studios, and the desire to shoot on location as much as possible instead of relying on greenscreens.
All of that is music to my ears, especially since Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle/Punisher will play a role in the film. A more realistic, vaguely gritty Spider-Man could be just what the doctor ordered to establish a new era for the hero after the world-saving adventures of the last two films in the series.
