Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third film in the live-action film series. It was released in 3D and IMAX at 9PM on June 28, 2011[1] and in wide release on June 29, 2011[2] in the United States, and between June 29 and July 1 for other markets.

The film is set three years after the events of Revenge of the Fallen. The Autobots continue to work for NEST, but no longer in secret, and for the goal of keeping peace between humans by taking out volatile overseas political targets. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

And SCENE!

“ We will kill them all. ”

—Michael Bay Optimus Prime, Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Synopsis

Quotes

"Here we are. Fight us now."

—Megatron, pulling the evil overlord cliche on us while sitting atop the Lincoln Memorial


"The Decepticons have my trailer. I need that flight tech!"

—Optimus Prime, selling toys


"In any war, there are calms between the storms. There will be days when we lose faith. Days when our allies turn against us... but the day will never come when we forsake this planet and its people. For I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to the universe: We are here. We are home."

—Optimus Prime's closing narration.


Main cast

Autobots Decepticons

Errors

  • The Moon does not rotate with respect to Earth, and Mare Tranquillitatis is near the middle of the near side. Therefore, Tranquility Base could never be described as being on the far side/dark side, and Earth is never as close to the horizon as shown in the movie.
  • When the modern day site of the Apollo 11 landing is seen, the ascent module (the cabin Buzz and Neil flew back to orbit in) is still there.
  • Sam is supposedly living in Washington, DC, but skyscrapers appear in background shots outside his loft. That city has no skyscrapers.
  • Also, Washington, DC almost entirely lacks old industrial buildings that could be converted into lofts.
  • In the Highway Scene, Bumblebee enhances his front wheels to evade Hatchet, yet in the next scene he's fully in Stealth Force.
  • When the Autobots are boarding the Xantium, it's said that nine of them are leaving. Wheelie and Brains apparently don't count. Poor little guys!

Transformers references

  • When the worker at Accureta systems is trying to make the photocopier work, it plays a tune like the original cartoon's theme song.
  • The idea of bringing Cybertron to Earth via space bridge and enslaving humans was the plot of the well-regarded Generation 1 multi-part episode "The Ultimate Doom."
  • Likewise, the idea of an influential and powerful human joining forces with the Decepticons, resulting in the Autobots being exiled from Earth by the government via a spacecraft, only for that spacecraft to be destroyed, was the plot behind another popular Generation 1 cartoon multi-part episode, "Megatron's Master Plan."

Real-world references

  • When Brains and Wheelie are watching Star Trek: The Original Series, the screen features Mr. Spock, portrayed by Leonard Nimoy — who voices Sentinel Prime. They comment that it is "the one where Spock goes nuts," which foreshadows Sentinel's heel turn.
  • Sentinel Prime says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." The voice actor said the same line in the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Mr. Spock. However in that movie, Nimoy's character dies a hero.
  • To finish the Spock trifecta, when Bumblebee says his goodbyes to Sam, he uses a clip of Leonard Nimoy, as Spock, saying "I will always be your friend.", another line from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • Que's name may be a reference to Q from James Bond novels and films. Que also gives weapons to NEST soldiers while explaining the advantages and abilities for the weapons much like Q does for James Bond.
  • Part of the scene of the car-chase battle in Washington DC is "borrowed" from the 2005 film The Island, another film by Michael Bay.[7][8] Bay admitted, stating it was nothing wrong for the energy saving and carbon reduction.[9]

Other editions

Prequel material

Adaptations

Soundtrack

Main article: Dark of the Moon: The Album

Score

Main article: Dark of the Moon: The Score

Home video releases

Theatrical posters

Reception

On June 23, 2011, the world premiere of Dark of the Moon was held in Moscow, Russia, with band Linkin Park performing a concert that included their title song for the movie, "Iridescent".

The official release date was movie up from July 1 to June 29 to allow breathing room between its release and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. On June 28, 2011, the film was released in 3D and IMAX at 9pm in the US. Some theaters cheated a little and showed it at 8:45.

Dark of the Moon launched with nearly 10,000 copies in 4011 theaters nationwide. On its opening day, the movie earned $37.3 million, making not only for the best opening day of 2011 up to that point, but also ranking as the sixth most successful opening on a Wednesday ever, while at the same time ranking well behind Revenge of the Fallen, with $60 million on its opening day (also a Wednesday).[10] As of July 5, 2011, Dark of the Moon has earned over $194 million domestically, and $454 million worldwide.[11]

Rodger Ebert gave the film one out of four stars, criticizing the acting, effects, and pretty much everything to go with that. Ain't it Cool News on the other hand gave the film a good review, stating it was the best of the Michael Bay established franchise.

The fans of the series are generally divided, giving the film mixed reviews.

Production staff

Visual effects

Locations department

Development details

Cast and crew signing on

Featuring a surprise appearance by Optimus Prime!

On May 30, 2007, a month before the official release of Transformers, DreamWorks announced that two sequels were already being planned.[12] On March 16, 2009, over three months before the premiere of Revenge of the Fallen, Paramount announced the third movie for July 1, 2011.[13] Director Michael Bay promptly backpedaled, as he had intended for the third Transformers movie to be released in 2012.[14] He officially changed his mind in October 2009, agreeing to the release date set by Paramount.[15]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, two of the previous two movies' screenwriters, had already announced in March 2009 that they would not return for a third part.[16] In September 2009, their Revenge co-writer Ehren Kruger was confirmed as the screenwriter of Transformers 3.[17] Kruger had already impressed both director Michael Bay and Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner with his knowledge of Transformers mythology prior to working on Revenge.[18]

In an interview with Wonderland magazine in September 2009, Megan Fox, the main female star of the previous two movies, discussed the harsh conditions on the sets and compared director Michael Bay to Adolf Hitler.[19] Bay initially played down the affair and still welcomed Fox back for the third installment a month later.[15] Even though Fox was still spotted on the Transformers 3 set in May 2010[20], Paramount announced a few weeks later that she wouldn't return for a third movie after all.[21] Still that same month, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was confirmed as her replacement.[22] Her character's name was confirmed as "Carly" by Nelson Lauren, the webmaster of Michael Bay's official website, in July 2010.[23] In 2011, Michael Bay finally confirmed in an interview with GQ magazine that it had been Steven Spielberg, executive producer of the Transformers movies, who had urged him to fire Fox following the Hitler comparison.[24]

In March 2010, Oscar winners John Malkovich and Frances McDormand as well as Comedian Ken Jeong were confirmed having signed on for supporting roles.[25]

In April 2010, Kevin Dunn and Julie White were confirmed as returning as Sam Witwicky's parents.[26]

In May 2010, Paramount confirmed that Patrick Dempsey has been cast in Transformers 3 to play Mikaela Banes' boss (this was before Megan Fox was fired from the production).[27]

In July 2010, Nelson Lauren confirmed that former American footballer Lester Speight would play a soldier in the movie.[28]

Leonard Nimoy was confirmed as the voice actor for Sentinel Prime in March 2011.[29] Nimoy, who had previously voiced Galvatron in 1986's The Transformers: The Movie and is married to Michael Bay's cousin Susan, had previously been under consideration for The Fallen's voice in Revenge of the Fallen, but Bay had been hesitant for fear of offending his relative with the relatively low pay allotted to voice actors.[30] Even though Nimoy openly asked Bay to simply give him a call[31], it ultimately never worked out, and The Fallen was voiced by Tony Todd instead. For Dark of the Moon, Bay finally overcame his anxiety and hired Nimoy, who accepted the offer.[32] In return, screenwriter Ehren Kruger included several nods to Nimoy's well-known character as Mr. Spock from Star Trek in the movie.[33]

Writing and production

After having defended the almost universally critically panned Revenge of the Fallen for a long time, Michael Bay finally acknowledged flaws of the script, but blamed the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike prior to the movie for many problems. As a definite error, he singled out the "dork comedy", which he promised to avoid with Dark of the Moon.[34]

Principal shooting began in May 2010. Shooting locations were Chicago, Moscow,[35] the Kennedy Space Center in Florida[36], Milwaukee (Wisconsin)[37], Detroit[38], Washington, D.C.[39] and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.[40]

For the scene where Lennox and his soldier jump out of a V-22 Osprey using wingsuits, Michael Bay used real parachutists and thus avoided unnecessary CG effects. In fact, he had been inspired for this scene in the first place by watching the parachutists in their wingsuits on television[41] and wrote the scene with the intention of using the parachutists in the movie.[34]

For the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in the flashback sequence at the beginning of the movie, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are played by actors Don Jeanes and Cory Tucker, respectively. In the present day timeline, Aldrin himself appears briefly as his own older self.[42]

Two accidents happened during shooting: In September 2010, while shooting in East Chicago, Indiana, a female extra was severely injured when a stunt scene went wrong, leaving her with permanent brain damage, the left side of her body paralyzed and her left eye stitched shut. Paramount was subsequently sued for damages by the victim's family.[43] While shooting in Washington, D.C., in October 2010, one of the Chevrolet Camaro prop cars that serve as Bumblebee's alternate mode crashed into a police car. Nobody was seriously injured this time.[44]

Dark of the Moon is the first of the Transformers movies to be released in 3D. Despite early considerations to shoot the movie in 2D and convert it into 3D later, Michael Bay ultimately shot 60% of the film in native 3D, another 15% were done digitally, and the rest was shot in 2D and converted later. James Cameron assisted Michael Bay with the 3D effects. The movie's budget amounted to $195 million, which is about the same budget Revenge of the Fallen had. About $30 million went into the 3D effects.[45]

Sponsors and partners

Hasbro

Hasbro, licensor of the Transformers brand, hoped that the third movie would once again boost toy sales, after profits had dropped in the first quarter of 2011.[46]

US military

Like the previous two movies, Dark of the Moon featured real military personnel as extras, supported by the US Department of Defense.[39] Shooting locations were Hurlburt Field and Edwards Air Force Base.[47]

General Motors and other car manufacturers

General Motors once again provided several vehicles. All recurring Autobots retain their alternate modes from Revenge of the Fallen despite some minor tweaks, such as Sideswipe now being a convertible, and Bumblebee now sporting a rear spoiler. Once again, the cooperation was mutual, with General Motors using Bumblebee for TV commercials. The first of those, aired during the 2011 Super Bowl, also revealed some minor tweaks to Bumblebee's robot mode.[48][49] According to Chevrolet, the Transformers movies notably affect car sales, as about ten percent of all Camaros sold in the preceding year were yellow, twice as many as with other models.[50]

New additions for Dark of the Moon are a Ferrari 458 Italia (Dino) and a Mercedes-Benz E550 (Que). Both robots sport names in the movie which aren't recycled from existing Hasbro toys. In the Ferrari's case, the reason for this is that Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys.[51][52] "Dino" is named in reference to Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari, as per Ferrari's request. The Mercedes-Benz E550, meanwhile, was specifically customized for the movie.[53] "Que" is named in homage to Q from James Bond.

Since the heavily armed Chevrolet Impalas that serve as the Wreckers' alternate modes are directly based on existing NASCAR race cars, the prop versions of Roadbuster, Leadfoot, and Topspin made an appearance at 2011 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, four month before the movie's release, appearing both off the track as display cars, and on the track, participating in the ceremonial first lap.[54] Director Michael Bay, actor Josh Duhamel and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley also attended the event, and during the television broadcast of the race, a new Dark of the Moon television spot was aired.

Changes before, during and after production

  • In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in June 2009, Michael Bay suggested that Ramon Rodriguez would reprise his role as Leo Spitz from Revenge of the Fallen for the third movie.[55]
  • As stated above, Megan Fox was originally intended to reprise her role as Mikaela Banes from the previous two movies. She was still spotted on the Dark of the Moon set during the previsualization stage in May 2010[20], but was fired from the production shortly afterwards due to a falling out with director Michael Bay. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's character of Carly Spencer was written in as a replacement, though the fact that her part was originally written for Mikaela still shows in some parts: For example, Carly is overseeing Dylan's car collection, which could be viewed as an extension of Mikaela's history with working with cars. Furthermore, Sam and Carly not only have Wheelie (who had been previously "domesticated" by Mikaela) as a "pet", but also her dog Bonecrusher (played by Michael Bay's eponymous real-life dog).
  • In January 2010, James Avery claimed in an interview that he would be playing a new Autobot named Silverbolt.[56] In June 2010, representatives of James Avery, responding to a bizarre rumor that he had passed away, confirmed that the actor was indeed alive and would be playing Silverbolt in Transformers 3.[57] Despite this, neither Avery nor Silverbolt ultimately appear in Dark of the Moon.
  • In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is serious when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the novelization and the comic adaptation.
  • The Twins, Skids and Mudflap, were originally supposed to return for Dark of the Moon. Even though General Motors provided two Chevrolet Sparks to serve as their alternate modes[58] which were still spotted on the set as late as October 2010[59], the two were mostly edited out of the final movie (their vehicle modes can barely be glimpsed in a brief shot). Michael Bay even went so far as to offer a $25,000 reward for anyone who would see the Twins "perform" in the movie.[60] In the novelization and the comic adaptation, Skids and Mudflap still appear.
  • The Wreckers were originally intended to have a robot pet dog, whose working names also included "Warpath".[63] Hasbro's official Transformers website identifies the dog as "Steeljaw".[64]
  • In an interview with MTV.com, actors Shia LaBeouf and John Malkovich hinted at at some smaller scenes that were cut from the final edit of the movie. In addition to some add-libbing by the actors, one scene would have featured Malkovich's character, Bruce Brazos, attempting to get Carly's phone number.[65]

Leaks and disinformation

The movie's title, then "Transformers: The Dark of the Moon", was first discovered on October 6, 2010 via listings for childrens' books on Amazon.com. The title was further confirmed by a whois check for "www.transformersdarkofthemoonmovie.com".[66] On October 31, the official website for all three movies, transformersmovie.com, was updated to show the Transformers: Dark of the Moon logo as well as international release dates.

Shockwave was heavily touted as the new main villain, no doubt in an attempt to conceal Sentinel Prime's unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in official plot "summaries" was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of Cybertron while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.[67] The last bit could be written off as a case of chinese whisper: Shockwave got announced as the villain for Dark of the Moon, mainstream media (such as USA Today[68]) who aren't versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his Generation 1 namesake's role in the cartoon, included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the official plot summary by Paramount's German branch (which also claimed that Shockwave was the robot discovered inside the Ark as seen in the trailer).[69]

Michael Bay and other official parties tried really hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes SLS AMG given to Carly by Dylan turning out to be the new alternate mode of Soundwave. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley exiting it[70], the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the video game, which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car kibble such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, issue 3 of Rising Storm depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's [sic] really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."[71] On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the Spider-Man: Edge of Time and Transformers: Dark of the Moon video games was held in London. As part of this, High Moon Studios released promotional stills from the Dark of the Moon game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site egamer.[72] The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various Transformers fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's official Transformers website was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new Vector Sigma database. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode.

On May 5, 2011, several weeks before the trade paperback collection's official release, preview pages from IDW's Dark of the Moon comic adaptation were discovered on Amazon.com. Through some bizarre system error, several dozen pages were made available, which included the major plot twist of Sentinel Prime showing his true colors and killing Ironhide. Unsurprisingly, this discovery was quickly posted on several major Transformers fan sites, often without a spoiler warning.

Notes

  • A 126-page script for the movie was leaked in December 2009[73], causing much discussion among the fandom. It was later confirmed as fake.[74]
  • When word hit that Megan Fox was off the picture, Heidi Montag put an "audition" for her part on YouTube. Sir Ben Kingsley and Ashton Kutcher made fun of her, because life is rad.

Foreign names

  • Japanese: Transformers/Dark Side Moon (トランスフォーマー/ダークサイド・ムーン Toransufōmā/Dāku Saido Mūn)
  • Finnish: Transformers: Kuun pimeä puoli ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
  • French: Transformers 3: La Face cachée de la Lune ("Transformers 3: The Hidden Side of the Moon")
  • German: Transformers 3
  • Polish: Transformers 3
  • Portuguese: Transformers: O Lado Oculto da Lua ("Transformers: The Hidden Side of the Moon")
  • Russian: Transformery 3: Tjomnaja storona Luny (Трансформеры 3: Тёмная сторона Луны, "Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon")
  • Serbian: Transformers 3: Tama Meseca ("Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon")
  • Spanish: Transformers: El Lado Oscuro de la Luna (America, "Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
  • Swedish: Transformers 3

Footnotes

  1. ↑ See Dark Of The Moon One Day Earlier on IMAX 3D | MichaelBay
  2. ↑ Paramount Moving Up ‘T’formers 3′ Release – Deadline.com
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mirage and Wheeljack, known by those names in the toyline and essentially all supporting media, are respectively named "Dino" and "Que" in the film. While Dino is simply credited as such, Que is listed in the credits as "Que/Wheeljack".
  4. ↑ Roadbuster is listed as "Roadbuster/Amp" in the credits, a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not used in the film, but he is called "Roadbuster" in the toyline and supporting media.
  5. ↑ Leadfoot is listed in the film's end credits as "Leadfoot/Target", a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not spoken in the film, but he is called "Leadfoot" in the toyline and the supporting media.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Skids and Mudflap only appear during the convoy scene at the beginning of the film
  7. ↑ Michael Bay : Used old clips for Transformers 3 ?
  8. ↑ Michael Bay Borrows The Island Footage for Transformers 3 | TheHDRoom
  9. ↑ Recycling Old Footage for Transformers: Dark of the Moon Gets Busted by Internet Users Michael Bay: I Did It For the Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction. at NOWNEWS (Traditional Chinese)
  10. ↑ "'Transformers' Suboptimal on Wednesday", Box Office Mojo, June 2011.
  11. ↑ Transformers: Dark of the Moon a Box Office Mojo.
  12. ↑ Digital Spy article from May 2007, confirming that two sequels were being planned
  13. ↑ Pamela McClintock: Variety article from March 2009, confirming Transformers 3 for July 2011.
  14. ↑ Michael Bay's reaction to Paramount's July 2011 date for Transformers 3, March 2009.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Michael Bay officially confirms the 2011 release date, October 2009.
  16. ↑ Slashfilm quoting Roberto Orci that he and Kurtzman would not return for a third movie, March 2009. (Original post on Don Murphy's message board appears to no longer exist.)
  17. ↑ Michael Bay's website admin Nelson Lauren sorta-confirms Ehren Kruger as TF3's screenwriter, September 2009.
  18. ↑ Zap2it story about the ROTF writers
  19. ↑ Los Angeles Times article about Megan Fox's fatal interview with Wonderland magazine, September 2009.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Megan Fox on the DOTM set, May 2010.
  21. ↑ Deadline article confirming that Megan Fox had been dropped off Transformers 3, May 2010.
  22. ↑ MTV.com article confirming Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the new female star of Transformers , May 2010.
  23. ↑ Nelson posts about his visit to the Chicago set at shootfortheedit.com's forums, July 2010.
  24. ↑ GQ interview with Michael Bay, June 2011.
  25. ↑ Michael Bay confirming John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Ken Jeong for Transformers 3, March 2010.
  26. ↑ 'Dunn, White sign on for 'Transformers 3, Variety, April 2010.
  27. ↑ "Patrick Dempsey confirmed for Transformers 3", Hollywood Insider, May 2010.
  28. ↑ Photos of the Chicago set by michaelbay.com webmaster Nelson Lauren, July 2010.
  29. ↑ Entertainment Weekly announces Leonard Nimoy's involvement, March 2011]
  30. ↑ Michael Bay Afraid To Offend Leonard Nimoy With ‘Transformers’ Family Reunion Offer, MTV.com Movies blog, April 2009.
  31. ↑ Leonard Nimoy To Michael Bay: "Call Me!", Latino Review, April 2009.
  32. ↑ "Leonard Nimoy joins 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' voice cast -- EXCLUSIVE", Entertainment Weekly, March 2011.
  33. ↑ "'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon': Behind The 'Star Trek' Nods", MTV.com, July 2011.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Collider.com article about DOTM, December 2010.
  35. ↑ "Transformers 3 Headed to Chicago and Moscow", Comingsoon.net, February 2010.
  36. ↑ "The Transformers 3 Shoot at Kennedy Space Center", SuperHeroHype.com, May 2010.
  37. ↑ "'Transformers 3' takes over Milwaukee Art Museum", Journal Sentinel Online, July 2010.
  38. ↑ "Photos From the Detroit Transformers 3 Set", SuperHeroHype.com, September 2010.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=473674758199&id=114648515718 US Department of Defense casting call for Dark of the Moon, October 2010.
  40. ↑ "'Transformers 3' To Be Shot in Cambodia", Agence Kampuchea Presse, January 2011.
  41. ↑ Yahoo! Movies article on the wingsuit parachutists, June 2011.
  42. ↑ Yahoo! Movies article on Buzz Aldrin's appearance in DOTM, July 2011.
  43. ↑ Chicago tibune article on the injured extra and the subsequent lawsuit, October 2010.
  44. ↑ Jalopnik article on the Camaro crash, October 2010.
  45. ↑ "Michael Bay Reveals James Cameron's Secret Role in the Making of 'Transformers'", The Hollywood Reporter, May 2011.
  46. ↑ Yahoo! Finance article about weak Hasbro toy sales in 2011's first quarter, April 2011.
  47. ↑ "'Transformers 3 Filmed at Hurlburt, 1SOW Included as 'Extras'", ShadowSpear Special Operations, July 2011.
  48. ↑ "'Bumblebee' appears in Chevrolet's Super Bowl ad", USA Today, February 2011.
  49. ↑ "Video: Chevy drops new ad touting Transformers 3 tie-in", Autoblog.com, June 2011.
  50. ↑ "'Transformers: Dark of the Moon': How the Sequel's Star Cars Were Cast", The Hollywood Reporter, June 2011.
  51. ↑ Mattel license information, Ferrari.com.
  52. ↑ Michael Bay's website Admin explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage", TFW2005, May 2011.
  53. ↑ "Mercedes-Benz E550 for Next Transformers Movie - Web Exclusive", Eurotuner.com, February 2011.
  54. ↑ "'TRANSFORMERS' cars on display at Daytona", Hendrick Motorsports, February 2011.
  55. ↑ "Ramon Rodriguez will have bigger role in third ‘Transformers’ movie, Bay hints", Los Angeles Times, June 2009.
  56. ↑ James Avery interview on Unscripted, January 2010
  57. ↑ James Avery isn't dead after all, The Examiner, June 2010.
  58. ↑ Left Lane News article on two Chevrolet Sparks spotted on the DOTM set, May 2010.
  59. ↑ "Transformers 3 DC Parking Lot Gallery", Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, October 2010.
  60. ↑ Collider.com article on Michael Bay's "reward" for spotting Skids and Mudflap "perform" in DOTM, May 2011.
  61. ↑ "Chicago Call Sheet For Ultra Magnus", Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, June 2011.
  62. ↑ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog, July 2011.
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.
  64. ↑ Vector Sigma Database Hasbro.com.
  65. ↑ MTV.com on deleted scenes, July 2011.
  66. ↑ Transformers 3 Title Revealed? @ TFW2005.com
  67. ↑ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed", TFW2005, October 2010.
  68. ↑ "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch", USA Today, June 2010.
  69. ↑ [http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site including faulty plot summary.
  70. ↑ DOTM Set Photos, ComingSoon.net, July 2010.
  71. ↑ Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes., April 2011.
  72. ↑ egamer's preview of the Dark of the Moon video game
  73. ↑ The Allspark: Transformers News Movie Comics Animated - Script Treatment for Transformers 3? Bogus or Not, Here You Go!
  74. ↑ Script
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