As we had previously announced, Inception is filming in Paris today around the Pont de Bir-Hakeim. We have obtained six photos of the shoot. Leo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Marion Cotillard are pictured here, as well as, Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, and a few other crew members. Whatever they were filming earlier today, it looked as if there were a several extras involved too.
If you’d like to dig into some spoilers, check out People Magazine’s story.
Update: Excitement was turned up a notch in Paris today as Chris Nolan and his crew filmed an scene involving explosions and flying debris. Ellen Page and Leo DiCaprio were on set for the scene.
Check out our full gallery below. We’ve compiled 223 images for your enjoyment. Note – some of these images could be considered spoilers. Nothing real crazy, though.
Images from ComingSoon.net, (twice), Just Jared, @HyacintheR, CloneWeb.
Full Gallery:
on August 17, 2009 at 11:12 am
The text is from the article on People magazine website, by the way.
on August 17, 2009 at 11:15 am
Awesome…Maybe you could hide the spoilers..
on August 17, 2009 at 11:24 am
Sorry about that one. I was trying put up a quick little hiding feature like the forums’. While I was messing around with it, the text was being displayed. I’ll have it working correctly in a moment, but for now, no more spoilers.
on August 17, 2009 at 11:37 am
Add these ones as well
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=58145
on August 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm
More images added.
Thanks GamingFreak.
on August 17, 2009 at 1:17 pm
More pictures are being added to the Comingsoon site.
on August 17, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Those images have been added here too.
on August 17, 2009 at 2:03 pm
And now even more images. We’re up to 70 total. The page two link on ComingSoon is broken, but you can fix the url to see the new images: http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Inception_Set&page=2
on August 17, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Beautiful pix, thx !
Do you know where they’re gonna be filming tomorrow?
thx
on August 17, 2009 at 3:32 pm
=) !!!!
on August 17, 2009 at 3:56 pm
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on August 17, 2009 at 4:16 pm
14 more images added. 84 is the current total.
on August 17, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Holy moley that is a lot of pictures.
on August 17, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Another 36 added.
120 is the new total.
on August 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I’m not going to watch all of these photos, but I’m really glad that they exist
on August 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Thanks for sharing all those pix
on August 17, 2009 at 5:37 pm
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on August 17, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Jeezus, do you guys know how to put a slideshow up?
on August 17, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Nah, this is way better.
We’ve never had to post tons of pictures with this system before. We’ll be better prepared for next time.
on August 17, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I didn’t mean that to read so rudely.
Just asking.
on August 17, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Oh okay.
on August 17, 2009 at 8:17 pm
If anyone know where they’re shooting tomorrow, plz share !!! I’ll be wandering around Bir-Hakeim tomorrow in case they’re still there…
on August 17, 2009 at 8:24 pm
George posted on the forums that they were going to film at Rue Bouchut. He said that they set up a bunch of fake shops and restaurants. I’m not very familiar with that area, me living in Florida and all, but I don’t think any of the pictures we saw today were at Rue Bouchut, everything seemed like it was either on or near the bridge. They could be filming there tomorrow.
Email us at nolanfans@gmail.com if you’re able to get any pictures. We’ll stick ‘em on the front page asap!
on August 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I went there but I couldn’t see a lot cause we can’t approach the shooting. We were very far.
on August 18, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Alex, photos from the restaurant shoot are now online
(although they are slightly spoilerish)
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/08/18/leonardo-dicaprio-explosion-on-set/
on August 18, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Awesome explosion pictures.:D
on August 18, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Updated my twitter with my own pictures taken on today’s set and links to other sites which also uploaded pics http://twitter.com/HyacintheR/statuses/3390221281
on August 18, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Seem they’re gonna shoot on the same location tomorrow… I’ll be there in the morning ! Hope I’ll be able to take more pics !
on August 18, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Cool, thanks for the link Hyacinthe!
on August 18, 2009 at 5:27 pm
20 more images added.
Thank you Hyacinthe!
on August 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm
It’ll be great if you credit me in the article’s main text by linking me to my twitter account… (http://twitter.com/HyacintheR)
on August 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Yea, I added your credit. I wasn’t done editing the article. Haha. Didn’t mean to leave you out.
on August 18, 2009 at 5:54 pm
What does that paper say?
on August 18, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I took 3 years of French during high school and I can barely make my way through a few of those sentences. Someone should dump that text into a translator.
Wait. Hyacinthe, you took that picture, right? Can you tell us what it says?
on August 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm
How long are they shooting in Paris?
on August 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Yes of course, i forgot to translate !!!
the first one is a notice of shooting for people living in the neighborhood… It says they’ll be shooting in those streets on Tuesday and Wednesday between 8AM and 8PM. It’s also written that one of the scene will imply explosions and loud noises (I can tell it was a bit loud !)
But the most important part is this line : “The scene we’ll be shooting, takes place on a dream when a supernatural breeze blows the props.”
Personally, I was a bit surprised by the production being so descriptive : ‘a dream’ ‘a supernatural breeze’…
The second one is a reminder of the procedure they were using (two horn sounds) to announce the imminence of the explosion.
So. I’ll be there again tomorow morning ! Hoping there will be more explosions
on August 18, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Takes place on a dream? Huh.
on August 19, 2009 at 12:30 am
13 more photos have been added.
152 is the new total.
on August 19, 2009 at 4:31 am
http://www.nolanfans.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/parisfilmingmoreexplosions9.jpg
I love this one ! It was just after Ellen had a break around 2PM. She must have taken a nap ‘cos she looked soooo sleepy ;D
on August 19, 2009 at 8:32 am
Was on the set, or close, at lunch time.
We saw Chris Nolan filming a scene with Di Caprio and Ellen Page walking in the street closed to yesterday’s set.
Leonardo signed a couple of autographs before lunch break.
It was really cool to see all of them working there.
If you understand French, I wrote a bigger summary here
http://www.cloneweb.net/actualite/chris-nolan-a-paris-en-photos/
Hope to get some photos in the afternoon, thanks to a friend of mine. I’ll let you know.
on August 19, 2009 at 10:42 am
A translation of above article
Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight, was in Paris a few days ago very nice company. He turned in effect with Leonardo di Caprio, Marion Cottillard and the lovely Ellen Page Inception a scene of his next film oriented science fiction. For Parisians and connoisseurs, the scene was shot on the bridge of Bir Hakeim. A photo gallery is visible by clicking here.
Inception fate on 4 August 2010.
Updated: If you are in Paris, the shooting is still scheduled for today 19/08. It will take place near the metro Sèvres Lecourbe as stated the communiqué. A big thank you to Hyacinthe who took some photos available here.
Update 2: I went in the 15th district this afternoon to try to see the shooting. Petit report …
Account of the shooting of Christopher Nolan Inception in Paris on 19 August 2009
Under a blazing sun that Chris Nolan turns Inception in Paris. So I went near the subway Segur in the 15th arrondissement, near the headquarters of Unesco.
First trucks everywhere, really everywhere. Dozens of trucks, equipment, with clothes hangers, a crane, gas cylinders (for the scene shot yesterday?). Le quartier de la rue Bouchut was literally drowned in the filming equipment.
First, a first remote barrier blocking the road César Franck (plan to better understand the topology). Photographers (paparazzi?) Armed with huge telephoto lenses trying to take pictures of Leonardo di Caprio faces a French security leaves nicely done. It still does not much …
I decided to go round by the street Haüy to see what happens at the corner of César Franck and rue Bouchut. That was yesterday you could see Di Caprio attablé with Ellen Page on the terrace of a café. During this scene, a car exploded and debris are shown. According to the signs warning residents, it is a scene taking place in the dream of one of the protagonists.
Today, no explosion, but a much more sober scene. I could just see Leo di Caprio and Ellen Page filmed walking in the street a few meters, Christopher Nolan watching from afar. The scene is shot twice. First the characters who walk on foot or by bicycle and then the two players. And it is turned several times, including through the cars of the sun.
Clap end. Announcement of the lunch break. Di Caprio sign some autographs for the children and goes away. The Badeaux who took photos from afar, watched by molosse the safety and shooting, are gone. End of story.
All the photos of the first two days and probably today, too, are centralized on NolanFans.
on August 19, 2009 at 10:50 am
Thanks for translating it.
I’ve updated my article with a few pictures taken earlier this afternoon thanks to a friend. No cast. The crew was only filming extras.
But the last pic is a sheet of cast/crew/locations and stuff. Interesting.
Of course, AlexHaas, feel free to use them
on August 19, 2009 at 11:01 am
does anyone know if the last day of shooting is today wednesday or tomorrow thursday?? i really wanna go tomorrow because i cant today. ive been there yesterday but didnt see dicaprio nor ellen page. i really wanted to see them:(
on August 19, 2009 at 11:08 am
Today. You should try quickly, wrapping is at 7pm
on August 19, 2009 at 11:11 am
oh well i cant i have an appointment in 1h.
i should try their hotel tonight if i find out where they’re staying at.
on August 19, 2009 at 11:16 am
BTW, some of the character names are revealed in a pic
on August 19, 2009 at 11:59 am
Characters name and some stuff about Ellen Page’s character and her ability to make dreams, or something like that.
on August 19, 2009 at 12:59 pm
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on August 19, 2009 at 4:32 pm
what happened to the pictures from bauergriffin? the links are dead.
on August 19, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Who wants some explosions? I made a short video from this afternoon scene… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJn5UzHMtaw
on August 19, 2009 at 8:31 pm
It’s weird, ‘cos if you look carefully at the explosions photos or video, you’ll noticed that anyone but Leo DiCaprio seems to be affected by the explosions…
on August 19, 2009 at 9:56 pm
@apw They sent us a nice little copyright infringement notice. You’ll have to visit their site if you want to see those pics.
on August 19, 2009 at 10:10 pm
there are more pics here
http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Inception_Set_2
on August 20, 2009 at 12:41 am
Hyacinthe – did you manage to get any new pictures from wednesday?
on August 20, 2009 at 9:21 am
“It’s weird, ‘cos if you look carefully at the explosions photos or video, you’ll noticed that anyone but Leo DiCaprio seems to be affected by the explosions…”
Yes, I also noticed that!
The waiter behind remains untouchable.
on August 20, 2009 at 11:41 am
70 more images now, 215 total.
on August 20, 2009 at 6:12 pm
and another video, much more interesting than mine… ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7CyUekbXRE (found via http://www.ellenpage.org, THE best website about the tiny canadian)
on August 20, 2009 at 6:27 pm
@apw I spent only 1h on the set on Wednesday (instead of almost 8h on Tuesaday O_o), so didn’t have time to take pictures. Just saw two explosion scenes, but I just got there when the 1st one begin shooting, and my digital camera was out of my pocket only after this scene was shot… Too bad !
on August 20, 2009 at 7:21 pm
More and more and more and even more pics, found via http://www.ellen-page.org/news/newsscript.php?rssid=169
here: http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/leonardo-dicaprio-and-ellen-page-filming-in-paris-216923/
here: http://www.accidentalsexiness.com/2009/08/19/dicaprio-plays-the-waiting-game/
there: http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?action=quicksearch&ppid=93672&version=int
and finally there: http://people.premiere.fr/Photos-people/PHOTOS-Leonardo-DiCaprio-est-toujours-un-acteur-en-danger/
on August 21, 2009 at 5:20 am
okay, so I found 2 more videos on YouTube, you can get ‘em here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AA4D1DA626ED0DB2 (it’s a playlist with all four videos taken on the set)
on August 21, 2009 at 5:22 am
BTW, It seems that my previous comment with 4 links to more and more pics has been considered as SPAM ?!
on August 21, 2009 at 8:44 am
That is probably just the automated system.
Why not come and join the forum and post the links there?
on August 21, 2009 at 12:05 pm
8 images added, 223 total.
on August 22, 2009 at 9:47 am
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa7uac_inception-tournage-paris_shortfilms
my own video near the set wenesday august 19
on August 23, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Awesome video, postman!
on August 24, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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