Newark NJ transformed into Gotham City (Pictures & Video)

Signs in Newark were changed to represent Gotham City

Batman has come to Newark, NJ.

Scenes for the “Dark Knight Rises”— the follow-up to Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster hit — are being filmed Thursday and Friday at City Hall.

Newark's City Hall during filming of "Dark Knight Rises." (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Morgan Freeman's doppleganger walks off the set through a crowd of onlookers as the real star is ushered out the front of City Hall into a waiting SUV. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Gotham Police Cars brought into Newark

Dark Knight Rises Teaser Poster - 2012

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