Sam Raimi officially signed on to direct on 1 April 2002, more than a month before the first film opened. For a scene featuring fighting on the exterior of a subway train amidst a crowd of skyscrapers, portions of this film were filmed in Chicago, Illinois, on the famous elevated Loop standing in for New York City's 9th St. El in Manhattan, torn down in 1940, with routes transferred to underground subway lines. Chicago El trains were made up to appear as R-train cars, complete with MTA New ...[Read Story ]