The Hong Kong commissioner for television and entertainment licensing Maisie Cheng; and Jack So, chairman of the Film Development Council attended a press conference along with Batman's cast, director and producers to discuss the shoot. But there was criticism from some circles in the local film industry.
Renown HK director Johnny To spoke out against the preferential treatment given to big money HK productions over the local industry: He is quoted by Variety as saying the government 'can offer 100% support for them, but they can't even offer 1% to us locals. It's discrimination, because we Chinese are not worth as much cash to them.'