Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Transformers 3)

[Guest xiphi]

Or at best ditch the lead actor.

Um, why? That's like ditching the singer of Aerosmith. You just don't do that.

[perochan]

Or at best ditch the lead actor.

no

[Rappy Veteran]

no

damnit you stole my reply :p but yeah....

no

[Motoko.]

These are all opinions.

Which are essentially meaningless if you have no power to change it.

[Growled Member]

I want more of the same, just done better.

[itzwolf]

I personally like them both for what they were. Sure some stuff was a bit fluffed and pointless in the 2nd movie but it was still entertaining to me. I look forward to the third installment.

Hopefully it's good all the way around like some information points too. I?m ready for some set pictures and such like TF2 had.

[Lqv2015]

I think Transformers is totally in need of a new director and a reboot already. I want James Cameron or Ridley Scott

Not gonna happen. I'd love to see either one of those two take over the franchise, but it's not gonna happen.

[bob_loblaw]

Bay is fine for the job. Don't expect Oscar-worthy content from a fun, action packed movie, with a bit of hot chicks mixed in.

[Rappy Veteran]

The first set report is in for Michael Bay's latest robot opus. There were clothing racks for various military characters, apparently the "Iranian Army" and the "Ukrainian Army." (That seems like an utterly random pairing, but we'll roll with it.) There was also a costume rack for a character called Matt. The snoop also reports:

There's some big stuff being built here, man. One end of the soundstage had some wooden structures. Another area they were chopping away at styrofoam to create a rocky terrain. And the crew was rolling along something that looked like a giant gear. I breezed on by the "model" shop and, while I couldn't get a good look inside, there were a lot of moon reference photos and NASA moon lander pics. I could have sworn I saw a Transformer, again, didn't get a good look.

[Transformers Live Action Movie Blog]

Also, Michael Bay has made it clear that the movie has to shoot in 2D to meet its July 2011 release date, but he's also unequivocally against a post-production conversion to 3D.

[IGN]

[Rappy Veteran]

Michael Bay is still refining (heh) the script for this sequel, and the filming in Chicago will account for anywhere between two weeks and two months, says Chicago Film Office chief Rich Moskal. Given that Chicago is a city that lets people blow **** up ? as evidenced by The Dark Knight ? you can expect to see "very high-octane stunts and effects" shot in the Windy City, Moskal says. [NWI.com]

[Sulphy]

.... wonder if megan fox will still be trying to get the makeup off from the last movie...! they should have let optimus slice the makeup off with his blade!!!!!

.... and she never gets dirty..... shia was burnt, bloody, dusty,,,, she looked like she just stepped out of a spa!!!

[Rappy Veteran]

.... wonder if megan fox will still be trying to get the makeup off from the last movie...! they should have let optimus slice the makeup off with his blade!!!!!

.... and she never gets dirty..... shia was burnt, bloody, dusty,,,, she looked like she just stepped out of a spa!!!

she's perfect ;) (except for her thumb)

[Rappy Veteran]

Businesses along Chicago's iconic Michigan Avenue, aka Magnificent Mile, have been told to prepare for Michael Bay to come and explode robot boobs all over their storefronts. This part of Chicago is especially famous for standing in for Gotham City ? is Bay planning a Batman homage/tweak here? [Collecticon.org via TFW2005]

[vincent]

Or at best ditch the lead actor.

Ditch Megan Fox imo

[Motoko.]

Ditch Megan Fox imo

Get Carmen Electra :laugh:

[Rappy Veteran]

As expected, Kevin Dunn and Julie White have officially signed on to reprise their roles as Ron and Judy Witwicky, the parents of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) in Michael Bay?s Transformers 3. We?ve previously reported that LaBeouf, and co-stars Megan Fox and Tyrese Gibson are set to return for the third installment.

Ehren Kruger penned the script, which has a working title of ?Transformers 3″, without series scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The movie is gearing up for a July 1st, 2011 release. Paramount/Dreamworks has been pushing to distribute the film in 3D, and Michael Bay has been testing out the options.

Source

[Antaris Veteran]

^ You couldn't have a transformers without mum and dad!

[Rappy Veteran]

So this movie has put out some casting calls for extras. And it's definite that Gary, IN is standing in for Ukraine, and it may indeed be Chernobyl as some have speculated. The production is seeking big, husky Ukrainian soldiers, plus random Ukranian townspeople, and also older, weathered, tattered "ethnically ambiguous" people, who are probably going to be random homeless people in some other scene. [TLAMB]

[Rappy Veteran]

Rumor has it that Bumblebee will be a Camaro convertible this time around. Which makes sense, since GM just put out teaser pictures of the new convertible, due out in 2011. Plus sources at ILM were talking about a new "upgraded" Bumblebee a while back. [TFW2005]

[SuperJediMedia]

I need the Dinobots, DAMMIT!!!

[Razorwing]

Rumor has it that Bumblebee will be a Camaro convertible this time around. Which makes sense, since GM just put out teaser pictures of the new convertible, due out in 2011. Plus sources at ILM were talking about a new "upgraded" Bumblebee a while back. [TFW2005]

A Convertible? HELL NO. :angry:

[Rappy Veteran]

There was a report that this sequel would be filming at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, but it's already been shot down. [TFW2005]

Shia LaBeouf doesn't sound too thrilled to be coming back as Sam Witwicky:

My mind battles with me all the time. My mind hates the fact that I'm going back to Transformers 3, but the kid in me loves it. The actor in me, who is looking to challenge himself, isn't going to get it on in Transformers and I know that. But that doesn't mean that I'm any less dedicated to that movie being perfect. I wasn't happy with the second movie and unless the third one is better than both, then we failed.

[TFW2005]

[Rappy Veteran]

Transformers 3 Hitting the Streets of Chicago on July 4

Reel Chicago reports that Michael Bay's Transformers 3 will start filming in Chicago on July 4th. The filming in the Windy City is expected to take seven weeks. Here are some excerpts:

Chicago Film Office director Rich Moskal calls the upcoming big-budget shoot ?a blockbuster in every sense of the word; in terms of economic impact, stunts and special effects.?

They will shoot along Michigan Avenue and throughout the Loop.

Starting May 10 "T3" will work out of Chicago Film Studios Chicago (the Ryerson steel plant), occupying 300,000 sq. ft. for offices, stages, construction, wardrobe, transportation, etc., according to studio manager Alex ****eos.

"T3" will shoot in six other world cities in the continuing saga of the admirable Autobots and dastardly Decepticons, who disguise themselves by transforming into everyday machinery.

Transformers 3, starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Ken Jeong, is scheduled for a July 1, 2011 release.

[Rappy Veteran]

Patrick Dempsey was recently interviewed by the Brazilian website BOH, and according to the google translation, the actor claims he has been cast in Transformers 3:

?I start filming later this month in ?Transformers 3″, which I play a character who is far more ?dark? than others.?

Also, tfw2005 caught Jamie Kennedy?s (Scream, Malibu?s Most Wanted, Ghost Whisperer) interview on 8KUPD Arizona, where the actor claimed that he ?had an interesting interview with the people behind the new Transformers movie and I may have a role in the movie.?

[Rappy Veteran]

First Set Photos!