After the Q&A session, we got back on the bus and headed to the studios on the north side of Vancouver. As we pulled up to the gate, I saw that it was "Lions Gate Studios". (It seems appropriate that Elektra is shooting here considering the deal that Marvel and Lions Gate recently put together to make comic movies.) After arriving, we were lead to a sound stage where they had recently been filming. It is there that production designer Graeme Murray started giving us a tour. He has worked on X-Files, Smallville, Never Cry Wolf, Iceman, and more.

Inside the stage, they were dismantling part of Mark Miller’s cabin set. It was a rustic beach cabin with an old Christmas tree inside. In the film, those pesky Hand ninjas attack our heroes here as well. After shooting in the woods, Jennifer Garner and the crew would be returning to this set in the evening to film a shot of Elektra facing off with one of the ninjas. In this particular scene, a ninja is seen crawling on the roof of the porch, and Elektra stabs him from underneath with, presumably, her sai. He then disappears in a cloud of smoke. After looking around the set a little, we moved on.

Next we were led to another sound stage where they were building the interior of the Natchios mansion. The mansion will be made to look like it has been shut up and abandoned for 15 to 20 years. There will be all sorts of pieces of furniture in the room covered in white sheets. Apparently at one point there will be a battle with more ninjas in there. The roof of the set is also open for wire stunt rigging. Big lights also sit outside the windows to give the room a look of daylight. The crew was still working there and shooting would take place at a later date. As we left the stage, we passed by a kitchen set that was still under construction.

We then proceeded to the art department in a nearby office building. As we stepped in, the halls were lined with artwork, costume sketches, and photos of locations around Vancouver. As we were given the tour, I checked out as much of the artwork as I could. On one wall were all the costume sketches. I saw the costumes for Kirigi, Tattoo (aka Tengu), Stone, Typhoid Mary, and Kinkou. Interestingly, one of Typhoid Mary’s costumes looked like a Japanese kimono and she had a white painted face like a geisha. It seemed to be a slight twist on her comic character’s white face. The other characters were all wearing white or beige robes.

I also got my first glimpse of Elektra’s red outfit. (Keep in mind this was before the photos of her outfit were released.) There were probably six or so drawings of her costume. They were all red variations and they included long pants, head scarves, or bandanas. All of them seemed stylish yet functional at the same time. The final version in the photo was slightly different than these, so I don’t know if they are versions we’ll see later or if they were early incarnations of the final costume.

Tattoo (aka Tengu) is one of the main characters in the film, and as you may recall his body is covered in tattoos that come alive magically. There was one board that was covered in photographic references of tattoos. There were Yakuza full body tattoos, pictures of animal tattoos, pictures of animals, etc. The photos looked like they were taken from various tattoo books and websites.