Posts Tagged ‘Transformers’

Remember how a few months ago Michael Bay stated that both Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox would be back for ‘Transformers 3′.

Well he may have jumped the gun a little bit there.  Paramount confirmed this afternoon that Ms. Fox’s contract option will not be picked up for the third film thus leaving thousands of guys heartbroken.

Paramount is stating that the direction of the script has LaBeouf’s ‘Sam’ falling for a new girl.  However, E! is reporting per Fox’s rep that leaving was all her idea “It was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise the best.”

So far no one has been named as the next leading lady for the Transformers film.

‘Transformers 3′ is set to start shooting next month for a summer 2011 release.  No details about the script or shooting locations have been released.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b181947_megan_foxed_out_of_transformers_3.html#ixzz0oRKbqi8R

Patrick Dempsey aka McDreamy is breaking out of the RomCom genre and jumping into blockbuster action films.

Paramount confirmed today to EW.com that Dempsey has been cast in ‘Transformers 3′ to be directed by Michael Bay.

The film will start shooting next month in various locations worldwide and is set for a Summer 2011 release.

All we know about the role is he will play the boss of Megan Fox’s character.

The actuals are in and once again Optimus Prime and the gang dominated the top of the box office.

According to Hollywood.com ‘Transformers’ raked in $42.4 million over the 3-day period while ‘Ice Age 3′ brought in $41.6.

When it came to this 4th of July weekend, movie goers just couldn’t quite make up their mind on what they wanted to see.  In the end, we have a tie, according to Box Office Mojo, ‘Ice Age 3′ and ‘Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen’ both grossed $42.5 million dollars this weekend.  This will most likly change once the actuals come in tomorrow.

This weeks other new comer, the Bale/Depp ‘Public Enemies’ came in at #3 with $26.1 million.

Now if you factor in the 5 day weekend, the totals are very different.  Within the last 5 days ‘Ice Age 3′ came in on top with $67 million and ‘Transformers’ fell to #2 with $64 million.  ‘Public Enemies’ also grossed around $41 million.

In the good news side of things for ‘Transformers’ its total grossing number is $293 million, making it the top grossing movie so far for 2009, beating out ‘UP’ which has grossed $264.8 million to date.

Weekend’s Top Ten

1 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – $42,500,000
2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – $42,500,000
3 Public Enemies – $26,172,000
4 The Proposal – $12,779,000
5 The Hangover – $10,415,000
6 Up – $6,579,000
7 My Sister’s Keeper     WB     $5,255,000
8 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 – $2,500,000
10 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – $2,100,000

Next weekend we have Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Burno’, his follow-up to ‘Borat’, and the Hayden Panettiere ‘I Love You Beth Cooper’.  Both are out on July 10, which also happens to be my birthday!!!

Like no one saw this one coming!!! ‘Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen’ took in $ 112 million in it’s 3 day opening weekend, bring its 5 day total to $201.2 million.  Making it the second biggest 5 day opening release ever (‘The Dark Knight’ still holds first place with $206 million).  With is 5 day total grossing over $200 million that will also cover the $200 million dollar budget!!!

This weekends other new release was ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ based of the novel by the same name.  The movie which was brave to go up againist the robots grossed $12 million and comes in at #5.

Last weeks number one ‘The Proposal’ fell to second place with $18.4 million, with ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Up’ coming in at #3 and #4.

Weekends Top Ten:

1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – $112,000,000 ($201,246,000)
2 The Proposal – $18,466,000
3 The Hangover – $17,215,000
4 Up – $13,046,000
5 My Sister’s Keeper – $12,030,000
6 Year One – $5,800,000
7 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 – $5,400,000
8 Star Trek – $3,606,000
9 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – $3,500,000
10 Away We Go – $1,678,000

Opening this week we have the Christian Bale/Johnny Dep ‘Pubic Enemies’ and ‘Ice Age: Age of the Dinosaurs’ on Jul 1st  and ‘I Hate Valentine’s Day’ on Jul 3rd.