Surprise! 'Transformers 3' Already in the Works
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We're still months away from the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (it opens on June 24) but Paramount and DreamWorks are wasting no time. According to Variety, Transformers 3 is already in the works, and it's got a release date: July 1, 2011.This is the first official word that Transformers is getting the trilogy treatment, although it really comes as no surprise. But Paramount cautions that nothing is set in stone yet -- they merely wanted to stake their claim on the date. There's currently no direct competition, and the arrival of giant robots pretty much means there won't be.
The studios wouldn't confirm whether Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf, and Megan Fox would return for number three, though Bay seems likely. However, LaBeouf and Fox are busy filling up their slates with John Grisham thrillers and Fathom adaptations, so we could see one or both of them drop out of the franchise. And would it matter terribly if they did? Does anyone really go to a Transformers movie for the human players and not the giant robots?
So, barring any other official word, here's where you can express your pleasure, speculate as to what a third installment would center on, whether Revenge of the Fallen will end on a major cliffhanger, and hope fervently that Megan Fox returns. It's just a guess, but I suspect she's almost as much of a draw as Optimus Prime.
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3-16-2009 @ 8:44PM
Chet said...
I bet this date slips a year -- and we'll get a better flick for it.
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3-16-2009 @ 9:21PM
Michael said...
I personally saw Transformers for Megan Fox
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3-17-2009 @ 7:51AM
Jim said...
"Does anyone really go to a Transformers movie for the human players and not the giant robots?"
I'd be willing to bet, especially in Shia Labeouf's case, that people went to the first movie DESPITE the human players.
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3-17-2009 @ 1:04PM
Keith said...
I could care less about the human players in it in all honesty. I just care to see one giant robot in the third movie unless he shows up at the end of two...
GRIMLOCK!!!
I want him to come in, talking the way he talks.
"Me Grimlock don't understand why Prime want to save humans."
Sorry, it had to be said.
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3-17-2009 @ 1:08PM
Shannon said...
I think they are thinking a little too far in advance. Though the first movie got great reviews, I don't know how the 2nd will stack up.
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3-18-2009 @ 12:02AM
Chet said...
The second movie could blow chunks (in the opinion of those who loved the first one), and the audience would give the franchise a chance to try again. And considering what else is on the summer movie slate, it'll do enough business to justify the investment in a third.