Although a CG-augmented Chicago has stood in for Gotham City in both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, the Windy City reportedly won't be used for The Dark Knight Rises

Reel Chicago reports "that Detroit won out over Chicago as a location for writer/director Christopher Nolan's latest Batman entry, The Dark Knight Rises . Instead of shooting here, as originally announced, the movie will film in Detroit. Starting in May, it also will shoot in New Orleans, and two locations in the UK."Michigan has become a popular shooting location thanks to its enticing tax incentives for filmmakers. Some of the upcoming films to have shot there include Tranformers: The Dark of the Moon, Scream 4, Real Steel and A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas.Another report , this one citing Ravi Mehta, senior vice president of production at Warner Bros, claims the third Batman film will also lens in Los Angeles and possibly New York City, although they didn't rule out Chicago as well.Meanwhile, Batman-on-Film says there's been "scuttlebutt" that the Asian location Nolan was recently scouting was Tokyo. Nolan also shot part of Inception there.