Well… I’m not sure if this is good news or not. Most likely not. Explosions and stuff director, Michael Bay dropped an update on his official site regarding Transformers 3. Bay informs Transformer fans that productions of the third movie will start shoot next month. Bay reveals random locations that they will be shooting at such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow, and China (again…). Curious enough, I’m pretty sure Bay is going to sucker punch us in the head by giving us another battle scene in the desert. On the casting side, Shia LeBeouf (Sam Witwicky), Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes), Josh Duhamel (Major Lennox), and Tyrese Gibson (Robert Epps… WHYYY!!!???!@#) is confirmed to return to the trilogy. On that note, Michael Bay has some how suckered in or “locked in” (as he describes it) superb award winning actors Frances McDormand (Fargo) and John Malkovich (Burn After Reading) to join the cast. Along with these two impressive actors, the HILARIOUS and INSANE Ken Jeong (if you don’t know who Ken Jeong is, you are pretty lame…) will be joining the cast as well. Michael Bay also confirms that the a new Autobot will be joining the Transformers who will be featured as a Ferrari 458 Italia. Most likely Transformers 3 is reaching outside the realm of GM vehicles as GM hasn’t made any great cars in a few years (Remember Skid and Mudflap?).
Regardless, as unhappy I am with the story telling and explosion-driven directing of Michael Bay, I am a bit excited to hear the new additions to the cast. I wonder is these three great actors/comedians can hold their own or will Michael Bay’s douche-ness destroy them as well…
