O'Brien introduced a character called The Sears Tower Dressed In Sears Clothing when the show visited Chicago in 2006. The building is also featured in History Channel's Life After People, in which it and other human-made landmarks suffer from neglect without humans around, collapsing two hundred years after people are gone. In the 2008 film The Dark Knight, it is part of Gotham City. In the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, it is featured in a number of scenes. In the 2013 film Man of Steel, the tower is the location of the offices of the Daily Planet. Position in Chicago's skyline See also Architecture of Chicago List of buildings with 100 floors or more List of tallest buildings and structures in the world List of tallest buildings by U.S. state List of tallest buildings in Chicago List of tallest buildings in the United States List of tallest buildings List of tallest freestanding structures in the world List of tallest freestanding steel structures List of tallest towers in the world Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex References Citations Sources External links Willis Tower office-space leasing website Willis Tower Skydeck website Willis Tower on CTBUH Skyscraper Center 1973 establishments in Illinois Airline company headquarters in the United States Bangladeshi inventions Colombian inventions Buildings and structures on U.S. Route 66 Central Chicago Former world's tallest buildings Office buildings completed in 1973 Peruvian inventions Retail company headquarters in the United States Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago Tourist attractions along U.S. Route 66 Tourist attractions in Chicago United Airlines Fazlur Khan buildings