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Transformers 3 annihilates box office competition [4th July 2011 11:18:23]

Michael Bay's third Transformers smash-em-up well and truly conquered the US box office this week.

Over the weekend alone, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon took a hefty $97m. By then the film had already been in cinemas for over three days (it opened Tuesday evening), bringing its total to a mahussive $162m.

The threequel's also fared well internationally, taking an estimated $370m around the globe. Does that mean a T4 is just around the corner?

Both director Bay and star Shia LaBeouf have called time on their involvement in the franchise, though the latter has admitted he expects Paramount to reboot (re-robot?) the franchise in order to continue without them.

Other big hitters this weekend included Cars 2, which manoeuvred into second place ($25m), while Bad Teacher hung around in third ($14.1m).

The only other new-openers were Tom Hanks' Larry Crowne, which debuted in fourth with an underwhelming $13m, and Monte Carlo, in at fifth with $7.6m. Here's how the rest of the top ten looked?

1     Transformers 3     $97,400,000     $162.1
2     Cars 2     $25,110,000     $116
3     Bad Teacher     $14,100,000     $59.5
4     Larry Crowne     $13,000,000     $13
5     Monte Carlo     $7,600,000     $7.6
6     Super 8     $7,500,000     $108
7     Green Lantern     $6,270,000     $101.9
8     Mr. Popper's Penguins     $5,100,000     $50.1
9     Bridesmaids     $3,520,000     $152.8
10    Midnight in Paris     $3,438,000     $33.6 Source: www.totalfilm.com

Michael Bay hits back at "insulting" Transformers critics [26th June 2011 23:25:48]

Director Michael Bay jumped to the defence of his Transformers movies when journalists dared to brand first sequel Revenge Of The Fallen a flop.

During a press conference for the third Transformers film ? subtitled Dark Of The Moon ? Bay was asked if he was worried T3 would be a flop like T2.

Never one to mince his words, Bay responded: "Your comment is a little insulting to the artists who worked on this. The movie did make a lot of money."

"I admit it's not one of my better films. It's by far not the worst film ever made; that's just false... The movie doesn't make $835 million being the worst film."

The director went on to explain why Fallen wasn't quite as good as the first film in the franchise.

"We had a writer's strike during movie two, so it was a tough game getting it going," he says.

"It really wasn't fair to the writers because normally a movie like this would take eight months to write and, because of the strike, the writers had about three, so it was a complicated, rough process making that movie.

"On the third one we tried to get it right and really deliver and I think we did. It's the best of the three, personally, to me."

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon opens 29 June. Source: www.totalfilm.com

LaBeouf says no to more Transformers [10th June 2011 11:27:53]

Speaking to MTV at the MTV Movie Awards, Shia LaBeouf said that he won't be coming back to Transformers for a fourth outing.

He said: "I'm not coming back to another one." He also added that he doesn't think Michael Bay will return either.

LaBeouf further added: "It still is a hot property, I think, especially coming out of the third one. So I imagine they'll reboot it at some point with someone else."

The franchise is more about the action than the characters, so a reboot doesn't seem a necessary step.

A new director and cast could easily guide the Autobots into further adventures, but Shia was enthusiastic about the third film, calling it "our best movie."
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon opens on 29 June 2011 in 3D. Source: www.totalfilm.com

Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon gets a poster [8th December 2010 10:48:21]

The first official promo poster for Transformers 3 (or Transformers: Dark of the Moon, if we absolutely must call it that) has arrived.

JoBlo have the one sheet, and it's a little bit underwhelming to be honest.

Good points? Optimus Prime is looking pretty epic, with the scale impressing: it's easy to forget quite how bloody massive he is! It's also a good move to leave out the godawful subtitle for a streamlimed TF3.

Negative? It doesn't look much different to any other promo shot of Prime you might have seen over the last few years to be honest. There's also some unidentified glowing going on, and no hint to what the dark of the moon could actually be.

Michael Bay has added a load of new characters to the threequel: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaces Megan Fox as Shia LaBeouf's love interest, and John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Patrick Dempsey are among the franchise newbies.

The first official trailer is due to hit any time now, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is arriving in 3D in June 2011. Source: www.totalfilm.com

Michael Bay hits back at Transformers 3 trouble rumours [30th November 2010 15:25:21]

Transformers 3 hasn't exactly been the quietest of movie productions, what with Megan Fox's explosive departure - and, y'know, the actual explosions taking place on set. Source: www.totalfilm.com

Transformers 3 behind the scenes footage online [27th October 2010 04:41:08]

Transformers 3 has been quietly shooting for the past couple of months. Wait, that doesn't sound right. Source: www.totalfilm.com