Archive for June, 2010

Plenty of photos from 2007 and 2008 have been uploaded today.

The Transformers promise they can change, baby.

With shooting underway on a third movie and plans to debut next summer, Michael Bay and Co. acknowledge missteps with the last one and aim to upgrade the shape-shifting robot franchise with a more coherent story, less goofball humor and a pledge that characters who die will stay dead. It will also be in 3-D.

Revenge of the Fallen was the No. 2 movie of 2009 (behind only Avatar), earning $836 million worldwide — clearly very popular, though complaints from some moviegoers and a negative fusillade from critics made the filmmakers take notice.

“I’ll take some of the criticism,” says Bay, standing at a set built to resemble a dilapidated nuclear reactor. “It was very hard to put (the sequel) together that quickly after the writers’ strike (of 2007-08).”
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has made her first appearance on the set of Transformers 3, after taking over from Megan Fox. The Victoria’s Secret model hid her costume under a dressing gown as she smoked a cigarette while waiting to film her scenes.

The 23-year-old was up against stars including Gemma Arterton, Ashley Greene and Zoe Salanda to take over after Megan resigned following the first two films. Transformers 3 is slated for release next year.

Rosie will be filming in Los Angeles for the next four weeks.

A mixed bag of random photos from Rosie’s editorials and fashion shows have been uploaded in the gallery today.

The gallery has been updated with loads of images of Rosie circa 2004-2006, including photoshoots, advertisements and magazine scans.

From Michael Bay’s official site:

I would like for all you S4TE fans to welcome Rosie Huntington Whitely to the world of Transformers. As some of you might know, she’s the new female lead in Transformers 3. She’s worked with Michael before in his Victoria’s Secret “A Thousand Fantasies” ad. You can view it here and here.

How did Rosie Huntington-Whitely beat out fellow beauties Miranda Kerr, Bar Refaeli, Gemma Arterton and Brooklyn Decker for Megan Fox’s role in Transformers 3? Easy. She wore lingerie to her audition!

The Victoria’s Secret model made a crafty clothing choice when director Michael Bay called her in to do a trial love scene with leading man Shia LaBeouf. “Rosie wore a white, see-through lingerie top and panties. Shia was there to run lines with her,” an on-set source tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “It was a formality, she had the part, but she had to meet Shia to see if they gelled. Having her in as little clothing as possible was just the icing on the cake. When she walked down a staircase in that outfit — wow.”
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Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley appears to have landed in Transformers 3 as Megan Fox’s replacement.

Paramount hasn’t confirmed the casting of the 23-year-old English model. But Victoria’s Secret released a 90-second video Monday congratulating Huntington-Whiteley — calling her “our angel” — for getting the part.

Paramount had announced May 19 that it had decided against picking up Fox’s option to star as Mikaela Banes in the third installment, opting instead to select another actress as the love interest for star Shia LaBeouf, who plays Sam Witwicky.

Bay’s directing from a script by Ehren Krueger with the storyline kept under wraps. Working title is Transformers 3 and shooting’s already started.

Pic, produced by Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce, is set to open July 1, 2011. Steven Spielberg is exec producing along with Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian.
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