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Worst Summer Blockbusters Ever

Matt Cantor — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:35:21 CDT

The summer blockbuster: proof that, when it comes to movies, budget is often inversely proportional to quality. In Time , Everett Rosenfeld and Gilbert Cruz reflect on the worst of the worst: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen : Director Michael Bay’s only priority: explosions. Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace : “This...

Transformers Nails $372M, No. 3 Opening Weekend

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:06:42 CDT

Transformers: Dark of the Moon notched a smashing weekend, pocketing an eye-popping $372 million from around the globe and grabbing the No. 3 opening weekend of all time. The third in the franchise pulled in $162 million domestically, but it's proving to be a blockbuster overseas, notes the Hollywood Reporter....

Hitler Slam Got Megan Fox Fired

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:20:00 CDT

A key insider has finally confirmed what many suspected: Megan Fox got bounced from the Transformers series that made her famous because she compared her director to Adolf Hitler. The order to fire her came directly from producer Steven Spielberg, reports the Telegraph . The 25-year-old actress claimed last year that...

Transformers Filming Suspended After Crash

Rob Quinn — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:48:59 CDT

The character "Bumblebee" was involved in an unscripted crash during the filming of a Transformers 3 car chase in Washington DC. A police SUV slammed into the yellow Chevy Camaro as it drove through an intersection that had been cordoned off by police, Fox reports. The officer, an explosives technician...

Pentagon Unleashes 'Transformer'

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:39:00 CDT

Pentagon designers working mightily to create their own brand of "Transformers"—vehicle-warriors that can morph from robot to boat or plane—have unveiled an origami-like model of a small, thin sheet of metal that can change itself itno a rudimentary boat shape to something resembling a paper airplane. OK, so...

Meet Megan Fox's Transformers Replacement

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:39:00 CDT

Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the new Megan Fox…in Transformers 3 , at least. The Frisky runs down 10 must-know facts about the 23-year-old Brit: Love life : She’s been linked to Kylie Minogue ex Olivier Martinez and Ronnie Wood’s son, and she’s currently dating action movie star Jason Statham. Extracurricular...

Montag 'Auditions' for Transformers 3

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:43:34 CDT

Is she kidding ? A deluded Heidi Montag hopes to snag the next top spot in the Transformers franchise with an audition tape showing her awkwardly moving around targets and shooting. "This is for you, Michael Bay," she announces to the director before she begins the video, which is posted...

Megan Fox Dropped From Transformers

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:51:00 CDT

Without Megan Fox, what exactly is the appeal of Transformers 3 ? The world will soon find out, because the sultry actress has been dropped from the July 2011 film. After her highly-publicized comments against director Michael Bay, many aren’t surprised to hear the news—but Bay himself had welcomed...

10 Most Obvious Movie Product Placements

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:11:53 CDT

Iron Man 2 —with its “$100 million marketing bonanza” featuring tie-ins and cross-promotions with Burger King, Dr. Pepper, Audi, 7-Eleven, and more—proves that “selling out has officially become the way to get movies made,” writes Jo Piazza on PopEater . With that in mind, the 10 most blatant examples of...