Hollywood has increasingly turned to Scotland – and especially Glasgow – as a location.
Ray Tallan, the head of film at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, previously told BBC Scotland News architecture in Glasgow and Edinburgh “lends itself beautifully” to the big screen.
That has helped Glasgow stand in for Gotham City – typically portrayed as grim, crime-ridden and Gothic – on more than one occasion, although infamously one production shot in the city has never seen the light of day.
Batgirl was filmed entirely in Glasgow at the end of 2021 and throughout the early months of 2022, only to be scrapped by bosses at Warner Bros Discovery without ever being released.
More successfully, Glasgow also doubled as Gotham in another superhero film, The Flash, as well as The Batman.
However, it was a Marvel Comic hero who stole the spotlight last year with scenes from Spider-Man: Brand New Day shot in the city and Glasgow this time acting as New York City.
Star Tom Holland chatted to fans while on set for the shoot, and crowds regularly gathered to watch sequences with the web-slinging hero in action.
Not everyone has been impressed though – a review published by The Times this week said the locations would not fool anyone, and no CGI could “transform Merchant City, George Square and Trongate into Manhattan”.