Batman Movie Scene in Hong Kong Harbor Scratched Due to Pollution

  • The latest installment of the Batman series will start filming in [Hong Kong] this month, but already the movie has hit several snags.

    A scene in which Batman was to drop from a plane into the harbor has been axed after the movie's producers found the water quality could pose a potential health risk, the South China Morning post reported in its Sunday edition.

    "The plan was for Batman to be seen jumping into the water and then climbing up some bamboo, or something similar," the Post quoted an unnamed production official as saying.

    "But when they checked a water sample, they found all sorts of things; salmonella and tuberculosis, so it was canceled. Now the action will cut to inside a building," the official said.

    Hong Kong's harbor has long been polluted by industrial and residential sewage, and swimming is not recommended