Where to watch Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Trivia & production notes

• Michael Bay initially agreed to direct Transformers 3 for a 2012 release date, but Paramount Pictures announced the film for July 1, 2011 without confirming the year with him first, forcing Bay to scramble with pre-production timing.
• Original screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman declined to return for the third film, with Kurtzman explaining that the franchise deserved fresh creative voices rather than repeating themselves.
• James Cameron personally convinced Michael Bay to shoot in 3D by framing the technology as a creative tool rather than a gimmick, even offering his Avatar technical crew to assist with the production.
• Bay and his team spent nine months developing a more portable 3D camera rig after finding the existing Fusion camera technology too cumbersome for his filming style.
• A planet-eating Transformer character named Unicron was briefly featured in a secret preview on the Revenge of the Fallen Blu-ray disc, but the producers ultimately decided to exclude this plot element from the final film.
• Megan Fox was replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley after comparisons Fox made between director Michael Bay and Adolf Hitler; though Bay later claimed Steven Spielberg told him to fire Fox, Spielberg denied this account.
• Voice actor Corey Burton, who had previously voiced Shockwave in the original Transformers television series and Transformers: Animated, turned down the role for the third film due to his busy schedule and reluctance to join a blockbuster franchise.
• The film's final title, Dark of the Moon, was officially revealed in October 2010 after it had been referred to as Transformers 3 throughout development.
• Jenni Konner was brought on to rewrite portions of the script with a focus on developing the female characters and adding humor, addressing criticisms of the previous film's "dorky comedy."
• Patrick Dempsey's character Dylan Gould was originally written as the employer of Megan Fox's character before Fox's departure required the role to be rewritten for a new actress.

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