Monday, May 23, 2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Bay
Produced by Steven Spielberg
Michael Bay
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Ian Bryce
Tom DeSanto
Don Murphy
Written by Ehren Kruger
Starring Shia LaBeouf
Josh Duhamel
John Turturro
Tyrese Gibson
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Patrick Dempsey
Kevin Dunn
Julie White
John Malkovich
Frances McDormand
Lester Speight
Voices
Peter Cullen
Hugo Weaving
Leonard Nimoy
David Warner
Frank Welker
Mark Ryan
Tom Kenny
Bill Fagerbakke
James Avery
Music by Steve Jablonsky
Cinematography Amir Mokri
Editing by Roger Barton
William Goldenberg
Joel Negron
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 29, 2011[1][2]
Running time 153 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $195 million[4]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) is the 2011 film in the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and is scheduled for release on June 29, 2011.[1][2] The film will be presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX,[5] featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound.[6]
Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro are set to reprise their starring roles, with Peter Cullen returning as the voice of Optimus Prime and Hugo Weaving returning as the voice of Megatron. Ehren Kruger, who collaborated in the writing of the last film, was again involved in the writing. Despite having initially been confirmed for the film,[7] and with the film already into principal photography, it was announced that Megan Fox would not be reprising her role from the previous two films. With Fox's character Mikaela being dropped, Sam was assigned a new love interest, who will be played by English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Also, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, having written the last two films, did not return for this installment in the series,[8] which Orci had earlier somewhat anticipated, fearing the duo would "risk getting stale".[9] Bay has stated this would be his last installment in the series.[10] In May 2011 it was announced that Paramount Pictures had bumped Transformers: Dark of the Moon 's release date of July 1, 2011 two days earlier, June 29, in order to receive an early response to footage.[11][12] It has been announced that Transformers: Dark of the Moon will be released one day earlier, June 28, in 3D and IMAX theatres, nationwide