Four years after The Dark Knight descended on the city, Hong Kong's skyline and Victoria Harbour are set to feature in another Hollywood film. But this time there is no superhero.
On Monday and Tuesday, subject to the Civil Aviation Department's approval, a film crew in a helicopter will be circling above the harbour.
Pop singer Rihanna will make her movie debut in the science fiction naval-war film Battleship, directed by former actor Peter Berg. One of the scenes will be set in Victoria Harbour, but Rihanna's fans may be disappointed - none of the cast will be in the city.
Line producer Chu Chen-on, from production services company October Pictures, said only some general aerial scenes would be shot. 'It is the characteristic dense skyscrapers that attracted the filmmaker,' Chu said.
The film was named after a pencil and paper game, in which players try to destroy each other's fleet.
In the film plot, a navy fleet must battle a group of aliens known as the Regents. The aliens, which are not aiming to conquer humans, want to build a power source in the ocean, but then they encounter the fleet.