Starting July 4 and filming for seven weeks, director Michael Bay’s “Transformers 3” will shoot in Chicago, which along with Moscow, will be “the focus of the big action sequences,” according to Bay’s official website.

Chicago Film Office director Rich Moskal calls the upcoming big-budget shoot “a blockbuster in every sense of the word; in terms of economic impact, stunts and special effects.”

In a sit-down with the producers last winter, Mayor Daley was agreeable to their city location requests “as he saw the multiple value in this big movie shooting here,” says Moskal. They will shoot along Michigan Avenue and throughout the Loop.

Starting May 10 “T3” will work out of Chicago Film Studios Chicago (the Ryerson steel plant), occupying 300,000 sq. ft. for offices, stages, construction, wardrobe, transportation, etc., according to studio manager Alex Pisseos.

Scheduled for a July 1, 2011 release, “T3” is expected to provide the greatest amount of local union employment since “Public Enemies” filmed here in 2008.

While the plot is being tightly held under wraps, Michael Bay did say in a Blu-ray extra that “T3” can’t get any bigger, so it will have to go “sideways,” in terms of overall scope and action.

He also revealed that the new Autobot being introduced will be a Ferrari 458 Italia.

“T3” will shoot in six other world cities in the continuing saga of the admirable Autobots and dastardly Decepticons, who disguise themselves by transforming into everyday machinery.

Cast members are Shia Labeouf as Sam Witwicky, Megan Fox as his girlfriend, Mikaela, John Malkovich as Sam’s boss, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Frances McDormand, and Ken Jeong.

Source: Comic Book Movie

Tyrese Gibson’s production company HQ Pictures is looking for interesting, attractive, colorful Asian-Americans to cast in a reality show similar to JERSEY SHORE, REAL WORLD, THE HILLS, etc.. We need beautiful Asian-Americans with lively, strong, and unique personalities between the ages of 18 to 30 with equally interesting life stories and perspectives to share, especially individuals who know about and/or experienced the Koreatown life.

Please email us headshots/photos and a cover letter in the body of the email briefly describing yourself and why you should be included in this show. Competition is fierce as we are getting thousands of applicants so do your best to grab our attention! Be sure to include basic contact info such as name, age, phone #, email, and any other bits of interesting information that will make you stand out. Please feel free to include information and pictures of any of your friends that you think will also be a good candidate for this reality show.

We will be casting and filming on-camera interviews in LOS ANGELES or HOLLYWOOD, CA this month so please send in your info ASAP!
Email us at asianrealityshow (at) yahoo.com.

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Tyrese Gibson’s cameo in Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video featuring Beyoncé surprised a lot of folks, including Tyrese. Even though the singer/actor revealed on Twitter (@Tyrese4Real) beforehand that he’d be playing the male lead. But how exactly did he end up there?

The actor/singer told VIBE that director Jonas Akerlund contacted him and said that Gaga and Beyoncé wanted him as their guy.

“I was like, ‘Wow, I’m flattered, I’m honored. And then he told me what he wanted me to do in the video,” Tyrese told VIBE. “I was like, ‘Okay that sounds cool.’ And then he was like, ‘At the end, you die.’ [Laughs] I said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, you die. They poison you and you die. Are you willing to do the video?’ I said, ‘Of course, I’ll do it!’ They’re only two of the biggest powerhouses out, and although I would rather not die in a music video to be seen around the world, I didn’t mind that I was poisoned from Gaga and Beyoncé.”

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Hey, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Just been a little busy.

Transformers 3 has been going very well. We are going to shoot in LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow, and China. On the talent front, we just locked in Frances McDormand and John Malkovich. Both amazing actors I’ve always wanted to work with. We also just got Ken Jeong, he is the super funny actor stuck in the trunk from “Hangover” and the Doctor from “Knocked Up.”

We start shooting pre-shoots in about one month.

I also was at a Ferrari charity event this week raising money for a hospital being built by Ferrari in Haiti. I announced that night the newest Autobot to join Transformers: the Ferrari 458 Italia.

I also want to thank everyone on this site that donated to the Make -A-Wish charity. We raised $20,000 which I will personally be matching. This is a great charity where they make wishes come true for kids who are very ill. We have had many Kids from Make-A-Wish visit us on our Transformers sets and this time we will be posting video of their visits on Transformers 3.

Michael Bay

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CinemaBlend.com caught up with Transformers star Josh Duhamel at ShoWest today, and he offered an update on the status of Transformers 3. In case you’re were wondering, it sounds like he’ll be in it.

What’s more Duhamel says he met with Michael Bay yesterday and the Transformers 3 script is now complete. They’re preparing to start filming it this summer. If Bay sticks to what he told us a few weeks ago, that should mean at some point this summer Duhamel and the Transformers cast will show up in Chicago and Moscow, where scenes from the film are slated to be shot. Chicago Blenditos: Beware of evil transforming robots.

Spielberg is back to work again.

Release Date: July 1, 2011
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)
Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Plot Summary: Bay and Spielberg are working on the plot for the next chapter in the Transformers saga due in theaters 2011

Pre Casting Starting, ***Contact Casting 1-877-464-9526*** For Background Scene work. Extras Are needed. No Experience Req. Union and Non-Union OK.

* Location: Los Angeles
* Compensation: 200 a day

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After appearing for pre-order at Amazon.com over the weekend, Legion was officially announced this morning for a Blu-ray and DVD debut scheduled on May 11.

Legion stars Paul Bettany, Lucas Black and Tyrese Gibson in a story about strangers at a truck stop who must stop an apocalyptic assault by a demonic legion. It hauled in just shy of $40 million at the domestic box office.

On Blu-ray, Legion will be presented in 2.4:1 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Picture-in-picture will be exclusive to Blu-ray as outlined in the complete list of supplements:

* Creating the Apocalypse
* Humanity’s Last Line of Defense
* From Pixels to Picture
* BD Exclusive: Bringing Angels To Earth: Picture-in-Picture
* BD Exclusive: movieIQ+sync and BD-Live
* BD Exclusive: Digital Copy

Click here to pre-order Legion on Blu-ray for $24.49 at Amazon.com.

Source: The HD Room

MichaelBay.com has posted some production information on Transformers 3. The project is shooting in the states and overseas:

Spoke with Michael today and got some little info on TF3: there will be big action sequences shot in Chicago and Moscow this time around.

Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg are working on the plot for the next chapter in the Transformers saga. It comes to theaters July 1, 2011.

Returning cast members are Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Tyrese Gibson.

Source: Movie Web

Tyrese Gibson is gonna act like the innocent man he’s always been.

Miami prosecutors have dropped a felony citation against the “How You Gonna Act Like That” crooner for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident last month. The move came after his lawyers presented photos and other evidence showing Tyrese did nothing wrong.

“They will take no further action,” the 31-year-old R&B star’s attorney, Jayne Weintraub, tells E! News.

Gibson’s accident occurred on Jan. 4. The woman he hit, Sheena McCleary, claimed she suffered injuries and cops were called to the scene for a routine investigation and the usual exchange of insurance info.

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