City was paid for Batman filming
NOTTINGHAM City Council is refusing to reveal how much money it received for closing Wollaton Park during filming of the new Batman movie.
The park is closed to the public for the week while shooting for The Dark Knight Rises takes place. It is due to reopen on Sunday.
The council has refused to say how much money it has received from the film-makers, but say it is less than £1 million.
A spokesman said: "The city council has negotiated a fee for filming to take place at Wollaton Park but the figure cannot be disclosed as it is commercially sensitive.
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"However, we can confirm it is less than the figure of £1 million which has been suggested elsewhere, which may be to do with the wider impact of the film on the local economy.
"This filming is a fantastic opportunity for the city and the council, not only to make much needed income, but also to promote Wollaton Hall to a potential international audience and attract future visitors."
Comments
by neilant
Tuesday, July 05 2011, 12:32AM
“Are we to presume that you have in fact actually "negotiated a real business deal in your life"..
& your obvious psychic powers tell you that.. "clearly, I have never" done?....
Well.. As you say, it "explains quite a lot really".. It really does.. Because, funnily enough, I wouldnt trust the majority of businessmen/women any more than I trust the majority of MPs & Council Officials.. & i did say the majority, NOT all..”
by FormerlyW
Monday, July 04 2011, 11:40PM
“Yes, exactly. You don't know how much a customer might be willing to pay. So you don't give away any unnecessary information, like what your last customer paid. And actually your last customer is likely to have put a confidentiality clause into the contract so that they, in turn, can negotiate the best deal they can when they next need to.
Clearly, you have never negotiated a real business deal in your life, which explains quite a lot really.”
by neilant
Monday, July 04 2011, 11:31PM
“So FormerlyW, let me try & understand your point.. The "next lot" may be "willing to pay twice as much" as the secret "commercially sensitive" amount, you say.... Quite right....
But then again, they may only be offering HALF as much as the "c s"amount, because they dont know how much we charged the last "lot".. That,s only a quarter of your estimate, .... & Im not being negative, Im being realistic.. Its a buyers market..
So what is your point, apart from agreeing with the council secrecy, & gambling with the amount of money offered by any "next lot" of film people..
Do you always "whine" about anyone who questions the council on any particular matter, or disagrees with your views?.. Its called "freedom of speech", & doesn`t warrant personal insults..”
by torvilldean
Sunday, July 03 2011, 1:41PM
“Cool :D”
by FormerlyW
Sunday, July 03 2011, 10:01AM
“"Why is it that the fee paid to the City Council (OUR public servants) for the use of a park that WE own, is "commercially sensitive"?.... & what purpose does it serve keeping it secret?..."
Of course it is commercially sensitive. There is no set rate for this kind of thing. So if the next lot who want to use a City landmark as a film set were willing to pay twice as much, the Council would be pretty incompetent if they had put in the public domain the information that they need only pay half that amount. And in those circumstances I am sure you would be amongst the first to whine at their incompetence. It's almost as if whining about the Council were an end in itself...”
by neilant
Saturday, July 02 2011, 6:56AM
“Yet another Blockbuster Movie, that the Nottingham economy is going to benefit greatly from.. just as we did/are doing from the Robin Hood one.. & FormerlyW is just going to think Im another "negative whiner".... But no matter..
Why is it that the fee paid to the City Council (OUR public servants) for the use of a park that WE own, is "commercially sensitive"?.... & what purpose does it serve keeping it secret?..
In the meantime, we,re all supposed to be extremely excited that a bunch of overpaid, overrated, & over here film people, have been given permission to close one of our largest public parks for a week.... & No, I dont use the park myself, & my opinions aren,t based on any self-interest.. Im just concerned about the "public interest"(as they often quote in the media)..”
by mattgaltress
Friday, July 01 2011, 4:59PM
“And the NEP's point is what?
I can't say I'm the world's biggest Batman fan, but I think this is something Nottingham should be proud of.”
by FormerlyW
Friday, July 01 2011, 1:58PM
“Fortunately, jennywitch, the World is not entirely populated by negative whiners. So, no, people are unlikely to travel half-way around the World to visit Nottingham on the strength of visiting a location from a Batman movie. If, however, they are deciding between city breaks in any of half-a-dozen places in the UK, it could help tip the balance. But why find anything positive when you have the opportunity to complain endlessly?”
by dooglepip1
Friday, July 01 2011, 1:09PM
“And the real place is pronounced Goat- am, not Goth- am”
by jennywitch
Friday, July 01 2011, 12:18PM
“This is so true. I bet when this movie comes out,kids all over the world will be annoying cinema audiences in th emiddelof the thing by shouting saying "Mum, what's that place where they filmed this? Where is it? When can we go there, Mum? and in far-off Shangri-La, Ruritania or Xanadu mums will be rushing out of teh cenema straight to the travel agent to book tickets to take their kids to Nottingham. I can just see it now.....”