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New Blog Logo, Posters (Updated)

Brief blog note. Big thanks to Jeffrey of Pixel Rally for the new blog title, especially the sweet Autobot and Decepticon symbols with the Moon in them to match the new logo for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. What do you think?Update: Jeffrey was kind enough to make public his designs for the Decepticon and Autobot logos along with two posters of his own creation. These are not official designs for the movie, but inspired by the current title design. The four images can be found here. If you do snag em for your websites or whatever, just make sure to give Jeffery and Pixel Rally the credit

TFormers.com has posted a possible teaser poster for Transformers: The Dark of the Moon that "Bru No" spotted at a hotel conference room. It is hard to tell if it is the real deal but includes a good look at the head of Shockwave as floats behind the image of the moon emblazed with the Decepticon logo and the tagline "Be Afraid of the Dark."Update: Bumping up this post from 10/27/10 as to probably the surprise of no-one, the poster is a fake. Michael Bay did another one of his random drive-by on his official forums, posting, "Total fake poster. The story logline is also a misdirect." Thanks t

A series of tweets, along with picture, from Tyrese Gibson indicates that Transformers 3 may still be filming in LA.Back on the set of Transformers 3.!! Good to be back in LA I wrestled and had a pillow fight with my little girl last night!! Fun times !Follow-up from October 28th seem to indicate that not only are they still filming but they allowed honor students from three local high schools to visit the set.TF hat tip to the lucky students.Today is a BIGDAY. I arranged for 15 kids frm 3 High Schools in my town South Central Locke, Crenshaw & Compton! 2 visit our #TF3 set!!A total of 45

The official website for the Transformers movies has updated its look to reflect the upcoming movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon which was officially revealed via Entertainment Tonight. The only difference between the leaked news and now is the dropping of a "The", amazingly creating a better title. As the pic shows, the new logo uses the same font as previous movies but with a sharper looking black and silver color scheme (ironically following the Hasbro tradition of repaints schemes being better then original). I have already modified the blog's title to reflect the new logo via the compl

Transformers Prime Trailer and Clip.

The Hub finally decided it was time to reveal more information about Transformers: Prime by letting everyone know about the "mini-series" event that gets off with an hour long premiere on November 26th. Still no news on the exact time slot of the show. USA Today posted an article with a clip while IGN has the first trailer for the new cartoon. USA Today mentions that there will be toys with the new series but no release date for them. Based on what little is show in the videos below, the CGI seems more Beast Wars Season 1 then Beast Wars Season 3 in detail.Executive producers Alex Kurtzman

Entertainment Tonight has posted their article of video of the behind the scenes report from the Chicago set of Transformers 3. The video includes set footage, explosions and the sales pitch of the movie from Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, and Josh Duhamel. Pretty much no spoilers are revealed but the title does drop a "the" with official title being "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" which oddly enough does make a difference. If want to get a little meta, thanks to Colin Hinkle for the picture of behind the scenes of ET filming behind the scenes of TF:DO

The Hub network has issued a press release finally verifying the official launch date of Transformers: Prime as Friday, November 26th as previousily rumored. On the 26th, The Hub will air the first two parts of Darkness Rising with parts 3-5 airing on December 2nd through 5th. The press release breaks down the confusing schedule but there are multiple repeats with a mini-marathon on December 4th from 1:30pm to 4:00pm. Assuming I am reading the release's tea leaves correctly, after the "mini-series" event, Transformres: Prime's regular schedule will be Fridays at 6:30pm. Have to say, whoeve

In comic book stores now is Transformers: Sector 7 #2. The mini-series gives the history of the organization that was first introduced in Transformers. Click here to view the covers and first five pages of the issue.Written by John Barber, art by Joe Suitor, cover by Brian Rood.Twenty years have passed since SECTOR 7 discovered the so-called "Mega-Man" under Arctic ice. The Original Seven have scattered--some are dead, others simply missing. But on the site where the Hoover Dam will soon be built, Walter Simmons has discovered the Transformers' mighty Allspark -- and a very much alive JETFI

Tomorrow night Entertainment Tonight will air a report from the Transformers: The Dark of the Moon Chicago set. This seems like a good time to flashback to some of the sites from around the Windy City through the lens of Jeffrey Marshall of Pixel Rally who brought us much of the images we saw from the filming back in July and August. Below is the second ET commercial for their report and also select images from his image gallery. It is worth clicking to as he provides little bits of info on what the image is about and who is in it. The highlights include some Bayhem, close-up of the 3D view

More links to reviews and upcoming toys.New Masterpiece Rodimus Prime GalleryNew images of the upcoming Masterpiece toy. Rodimus has the ability to transform between Rodimus, Hot Rod and their alt modes. Rumors still live that Hasbro will also release the toy but without the trailer. Too early to say but this one has the potential to be the best Masterpiece toy yet. Sadly the cost remains a wallet draining $200 for the import. Hit the link for scan of the Figure King issue that shows other upcoming Takara Transformers.War for Cybertron CliffjumperOnce you have a Bumblebee design, it is almos

Transformers 3, ILM Specials (Update 2)

Two Transformers related programs will be hitting the airwaves soon. The first is a rumored report about Transformers: The Dark of the Moon for Canada's Entertainment Tonight for Thursday October 28th at 7PM EST. I assume that means the US may have the same report around the same time but not really sure. No details on what the report could be about so could be anything from a set report to maybe a preview of a teaser trailer. Assuming rumor is true, will find out then.The second related program comes from Encore Movie Channel which will air a documentary about Industrial Light & Magic

Transformers: Prime Premiere Dated?

TFW2005 is reporting that Transformers: Prime will premiere on Friday, November 26th at 8:00pm EST along with the G.I. Joe: Renegades at 8:30pm. The information comes from TV Tango's listing for the Hub. The information is sorta backup up by The Hub website which says the show will premiere in November but provides no date or time. Since the network continues to bizarrely treat their schedule as state secrets, no telling when official confirmation of Prime's premiere will be released.

IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for January. The month kicks off their "Infestation" storyline that has their version of zombies invading the worlds of their various properties including the TF universe. Overall 8 Transformers books and 2 trades are being offered. If you are interested in the books, just let your local comic book store know. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, Star Trek, Angel and more click here.TRANSFORMERS: Rising Storm #1 (of 4)John Barber (w) • Carlos Magno (a) • Brian Rood (c)Megatron has been on the run since Optimus Prime d

di Bonaventura: More Comedy Than Before

In an interview with IGN while promoting Red, Transformers 3 producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura spoke about 3D, comedy and action. At one point the he said the movie would have more comedy which seems to contradicts Michael Bay but he said he was "getting rid of ...the dorky comedy" so I guess that part is (hopefully) getting replaced with more natural comedy. Thanks to rumah for the link."[3D] captures scenes in a way they haven't been captured before and here's a different sensibility to the movie as a result" he explained. "Michael is so awesome at shooting, the question originally was how t

Transformers 3 in Real and Post-Converted 3D (Updated)

Cinematical is reporting that Transformers 3 will be in Real 3D (filmed with 3D cameras) and post-converted 3D (CGI does the 3D adaptation). The information comes from a highly placed source, in this case Vince Pace who is the primary expert on 3D technology and started the company that develops most of the 3D camera rigs being used today, including for Transformers 3.Vince Pace, director of photography on the Los Angeles unit of 'Avatar', told Cinematical that Michael Bay's upcoming 'Transformers 3', now titled 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon', is being both shot and post-converted in 3D. "

Even though current, but limited knowledge, indicates that Transformers: The Dark of the Moon is no longer filming in the states, the image taken by Denise T. shows Ironhide and Ratchet as they were transported on Monday around noon through Phoenix, Arizona in Eastbound lane. More than likely the destination is wherever the TFs are stored when no longer being used for filming or promotional use but maybe more is being done in LA.Speaking of production, below is another video from Washington, DC filming. This one is shows more of the filming at Lincoln Memorial and what else Shia and Josh wer

Transformers 3 Plot Summary

From the same source that revealed the official title of TF3 as Transformers: The Dark of Moon now provides us with the official plot summary for the movie. The information comes from Amazon, via TFW2005, with an early entry for Transformers 3 Push-Pops, which are books with pop-up pages based on the movie. Well "plot" might be too strong a word as it doesn't reveal a thing that Michael Bay didn't talk about more than four months ago in a USA Today article. With minor tweaks this could be used to describe many episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon series. Thanks to Kris for the heads-up.The Au

To my knowledge, production in Washington, DC has come to an end. It is also possible the United States side of filming has also completed. This doesn't mean that more images and videos from DC are still not popping up online. Thanks to Topherlyon who posted a nice gallery of images from filming, including confirming it was Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whitely filming at Constitution Hall on last Sunday. The full set can be found on Flickr.He and his brother also posted two videos (below) that they edited together of the first two days of filming in the area.

Time for another linkfest. More galleries with emphasis on upcoming Transformers: Generations toys along with a few reviews.Transformers United Kup and PerceptorHit link for few images of the G1 character re-imagined with new alt modes. "United" is Takara's name for the Generations line from Hasbro. A leak from Hasbro Malaysia indicates the figures will get a stateside release in February along with Wheeljack, Rumble, Frenzy, Wreck-Gar and few others (links to their galleries below).Transformers On SaleNot sure for how long but Wal-Mart has dropped the price on Deluxe and Power Core Combiner

A bit late for a preview but just in case have not hit your local comic book store the covers and first five pages of Transformers #12 are available online. You can find the preview at Seibertron.com.Written by Mike Costa, art by Guido Guidi, covers by Don Figueroa, Guidi."International Incident," part 4: The action-packed conclusion to the biggest TRANSFORMERS story of the year! Will OPTIMUS and the AUTOBOTS survive? Well... probably. But an internal betrayal at Skywatch changes a victory into a potential loss and puts a new leader directly in the line of fire.

The pictures and video continue to hit various websites and YouTube as Transformers 3 continues production around Washington, DC. Yesterday a big crowd showed up to the Lincoln Memorial as Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel and NEST members filmed.The set of images below come thanks to Shane W. who took them while visiting the city on Tuesday. The pics where taken at the 9th Street base camp. Also below are links to additional galleries with the 1st gallery from Bryan showing the fans ringing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while filming occurred with a break taken as Shia and Josh met fans inc

Despite the Bumblebee accident, the show must go on as it did last night in around the National Mall in Washington, DC. Michael Bay was able to get permission to bring his patented Bayhem to the scene with explosions and lots of gunfire as the videos below filmed near the Capital Building along Pennsylvania Avenue show. In addition he briefly spoke to a fan about the accident, joking around saying "there are always more" and "Washington cops wrecked my Bumblebee." Thanks to Eric Heise, Jeffrey from Pixel Rally and Katie for the video links.A thread from Revenge of the Fallen, carried over wit

Transformers 3 Cleared in Indiana Accident (Updated)

TMZ is reporting that Transformers 3 has been cleared in the accident that occurred in Hammond, Indiana. The accident led to a significant head injury to extra Gabriela Cedillo. Sadly they also reveal she is paralyzed on left side of her body. No details beyond that nor an update on the lawsuit which will probably take a while to get sorted out.A rep for the Indiana Occupation Safety and Health Administration tells TMZ ... an investigation into the September 1 accident -- in which a tow cable snapped and sliced through Gabriella Cedillo's skull -- concluded that producers operated by the book

It turns out that Washington, DC will not be the last stop in Stateside filming for Transformers 3. An email was sent out to Johnson Space Center employees looking for 130 extras for filming to occur on Saturday, October 16th. In addition, the announcement verifies that there is a definite late-1960s Apollo space mission angle to the plot as extra's will be costumed to fit the era's style. This is an official email from Building 30 Facility Management WANTED: Male extras for Paramount’s “Transformers 3” movie Paramount is seeking to cast approximately 130 non-speaking parts for the role of A

The news yesterday was mostly about the car accident between Bumblebee and a Washington DC cop, but that was not all that occurred yesterday. Transformers 3 was filming in several locations around the National Mall. Part of the reason Michael Bay was not spotted at the accident is because he was in front of the American Red Cross Headquarters, filming a retro scene that may tie into a rumored 1960s flashback that is related to space race. Meanwhile Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Kevin Dunn and Julia White drove around in the Datsun PL510 (from Chicago and Indiana) and other vehicles

Thanks to Allison, here are images of the Washington, DC parking lot that is essentially base camp for Transformers 3 production complete with make-up, costume trailers and so forth. It is located near the Old Convention Center Parking Lot on 9th Street, between New York Street and H Street. The crew, once again showing their friendliness to fans, allowed picture to be taken as long as didn't touch anything and treated the property with respect. Sadly the Wreckers remained in their trailers so no pics of them. I believe the pictures were taken before the Bumblebee car accident which is why

While filming in Washington, DC today for Transformers: The Dark of the Moon, the real Bumblebee car was involved in a car crash with a police vehicle responding to an emergency car. According to TMZ.com, D.C. police said the officer was part of the Explosives Ordinances Division, indicating he was responding to a bomb threat. He was also driven to a nearby hospital, no word on injuries. ABC WJLA reports that the roads were closed, including Maryland Avenue were the accident happened, but police will use the shortest route available to get to an emergency.Below are several different videos

Dark of the Moon Trademark Filed, Florida Info

A few new pieces that follow-up on previous posts. The first is yet more proof that Transformers: The Dark of the Moon is the official title for the new movie. TFW2005 found the US federal trademark filing from Hasbro for the name, "Wednesday, September 29, 2010, a U.S. federal trademark registration number 85140636 was filed for DARK OF THE MOON by Hasbro, Inc. with the description Toys, Games and Playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees." Thanks to Udana and Katie for the info.Also a site reader commented a little bit about

On Friday Transformers 3 filming continued at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida specifically at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). It also seems to quite possibly be the last day of filming at Kennedy as some of the Transformers vehicles participated in a photo op for KSC employees and their family. Not sure if that means they are still not doing more around Florida or if everything is getting packed up for Washington, DC starting Monday. The two pictures are from the photo op and found at KSC's website but so far I have not been able to get the gallery to load. Also below ar

DoD Extras Casting Call for DC Shoot

The Department of Defense's Facebook page (trying to wrap my head around that), has posted a extras casting call for Transformers 3 when it films on the National Mall from Tuesday to Thursday. The call is to cast only 33 military extras, limited to DoD volunteers so civilians and non-employees are out of the running. On a related note, ARL Now reports that Transformers 3 will be filming at or around Air Force Memorial from 5:00pm to 10:00pm. The casting call from Seibertron.com:Transformers 3 would like to have military extras for a big scene that's scheduled to be filmed in Washington, DC o

Today at the New York Comic-Con, IDW Publishing announced a crossover event for their licensed products that starts in January. Called "Infestation", it will be essentially a multi-universe zombie invasion (like Marvel Zombies) that will impact Transformers, Star Trek, G.I. Joe, and Ghostbusters. The zombies are based on IDW's Zombies vs. Robots comic book where the bad guys have the capability to zombify robots so the threat could cause problems for Transformers.The crossover event is being written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (Legion, Realm of Kings) with various artists for the books.

Transformers 3 production continues to film at the Kennedy Space Center. According to Sideswipe, they have spent the last two days at the launch pad filming scenes while NASA continues to prep Discovery for launch, most recently loading the Payload Canister. The camera feeds of the area have started to get cut when TF3 production starts. He also reports that helicopters have been filming around the pad, indicating that whatever the scenes are there is more to them than just a walk and talk. Below are links to various galleries, I recommend at least checking out the Orlando Sentinel where I

Transformers 3 Official Title Leaked (Updated)

It seems that someone TFW2005 might have discovered the official title of Transformers 3 thanks to a leak via Amazon.The title - Transformers: The Dark of the MoonThe discovery started with three children books posted on Amazon with the same suffix title. The books are called Transformers: The Dark of the Moon: Autobots Betrayed!, Transformers: The Dark of the Moon: Secret of the Autobots, and Transformers: The Dark of the Moon: Invasion of the Decepticons. Keep in mind a children's series of books were released with the second movie. The theory is further supported by the discovery that the

Transformers 3 production continues in at the Kennedy Space Center. A source provided a report including identifying the person in the wheelchair and a video they found of most of the Transformer car as they drove away from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The TF vehicles on site include Optimus Prime with trailer, Bumblebee, Ratchet, the Ferrari, and Mercedes, the 3 Wreckers, and Sideswipe.I was pretty close to the filming in the VAB yesterday as were about 150 extras. The guy in the wheelchair was John Turturro. I didn't snap any photos while they were filming because they are pret

As expected, a lawsuit was filed against Transformers 3 production by the family of Gabriela Cedillo who was injured on September 1st while an extra on the Hammond, Indiana set. Tragically, it seems the Mrs. Cedillo, did suffer permanent brain damage as a result of the accident and remains at Loyola Medical Center. The lawsuit alleges negligence in the welding of towing components, design of the bracket and allowing extras too close to a car stunt that was being filmed. Below is the description of the accident from Chicago Breaking News and the Cedillo family's attorneyCedillo was among 80 e

Transformers 3 continues to film at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Thanks to site readers we have a little bit of information and webcam images of some of what was done today. Filming started this morning at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) with the Autobot vehicles spotted outside the building. Sideswipe noted that observers thought it seemed like the plan is to have the Autobots communicate with Discovery. The Rotating Service Structure stage for Discovery was delayed to Wednesday night so if plan to film Discovery, that will have to occur on Thursday. Some noting that if the shuttle

Transformers 3's DC Schedule, Street Closings

The District Office of Motion Picture and Television Development (MPTD) has issued the official shooting dates for Transformers 3 production along with streets that will be closed and related parking restrictions. The shoot is schedule to run from October 11th to October 15th with closings centered on the National Mall area. Considering that the last time streets were closed in Chicago it led to lots of action sequences, it does seem to indicate that Michael Bay might be able to film some action sequences. Thanks to Allison for the details and chart below.Read More »

"The Dreads" In Indiana

Collecticon.org has posted two videos from the video shoot in Hammond, Indiana from last month. The first video has Agent Simmons' Mayback, Autobots and the Decepticon SUVs (called "The Dreads" by crew) as they filmed on the I90 Skyway. The second video gives you a good look at the digi-truck (not Prime) that was "later destroyed in a stunt where the front of the truck was heavily damaged." The truck's color is so it can be replaced by post-production visual effects.

The NASA Space Flight website is reporting that Transformers 3 production is scheduled to film Discovery on the Launchpad this Wednesday. Filming began at the Kennedy Space Center this weekend as the shuttle runs through the various steps necessary to be ready for the November 1st launch. The highly technical article gets into the specifics of prepping the craft but here is the Transformers 3 specific portion....flashes and bangs of a different nature can be expected at the pad over the coming days, as movie crews film scenes for the Hollywood blockbuster Transformers 3, with Saturday proces

John Malkovich On Transformers 3 Role

Way back in March it was revealed that John Malkovich signed on to the cast of Transformers 3 and yet the only detail learned was the character was the boss of Sam. Finally, in a interview with Hit Fix to promote Secretariat, the actor finally added a few small details including the name of the character as Bruce Brassos. Based on the description he is essentially playing the equivalent of the Rainn Wilson character from Transformers 2. If watch the video, the TF3 portion starts at 2:15.A newcomer to the series, Malkovich plays the boss of our hero Sam (the always present Shia LaBeouf) and sa

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