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'Batman v Superman' mania escalates on north campus, social media

October 15, 2014
<p>MSU Police block off East Circle Drive Oct. 14, 2014, for the construction and setting up of the Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice movie to be filmed at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. CATA buses had to be rerouted to work around the block off. Erin Hampton/The State News</p>

MSU Police block off East Circle Drive Oct. 14, 2014, for the construction and setting up of the Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice movie to be filmed at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. CATA buses had to be rerouted to work around the block off. Erin Hampton/The State News

Photo by Erin Hampton | The State News

The area in and around the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is in a frenzy. 

A student walking by will see blocked off streets around East Circle Drive to Farm Lane, filled with semi-trucks, miscellaneous equipment, workers, food trucks and pickup trucks. It's all being guarded by police and MSU special events staff 24 hours a day, turning away students on the way to class.

Sidewalks both on campus and in front of the Broad on Grand River Avenue are also blocked off, all for the filming of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," which was confirmed by The State News two weeks ago. But MSU officials are mum about the museum's use regardless 

One exit out of Berkey Hall is also marked as off limits, as it spills out into the Broad's front courtyard. Berkey will also be affected by the event, as large parts of the outside of the building are also fenced in for filming. A cleaning worker inside Berkey Hall said the building will shut all of its lights off tonight for filming.

Earlier this year, the film's director Zach Snyder visited the Broad museum, sparking rumors that it would be a location in the movie. These rumors again erupted at the end of September and on Oct. 7 The State News was able to confirm from an anonymous source that Batman v Superman was indeed going to be shot at the museum. 

Construction on parts of the set started towards the beginning of October, as well as calls for walk-on roles in the movie, before it was actually confirmed that filming would occur.

More speculation arose even after filming was confirmed, such as what exactly the museum was going to be used for. Some suggested it would be used as Lex Luther's LexCorp, sparking lookouts for a bald Jessie Eisenberg, who is protraying Luther. A truck with the LexCorp logo was spotted outside the Broad yesterday. 

Limited detours around the museum popped up earlier in the week, however only Tuesday night did both car traffic and foot traffic around the museum get completely cut off.

Social media sites like Twitter are similarly in a tizzy, with streams of tweets alleging sightings of Batman himself — Ben Affleck — throughout campus.

Yesterday, unconfirmed rumors spread quickly through social media that Ben Affleck was around campus. The man, according to tweets, seemed to be everywhere at once, apparently starting with lunch in Case Hall, a quick hangout at the MSU Union before grabbing coffee at the Starbucks in Wells Hall. 

More information is on the way. Stay tuned.

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