Yesterday, Collider caught up with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to talk a bit about Transformers 3.
Collider: You mentioned Bay and you mentioned Transformers 3. So how are things going on that shoot?Lorenzo di Bonaventura: It’s going really well. It was very complicated to imagine the movie without the Mikaela character and that was something that took all of us a lot of time and effort. But the truth is we’re very excited what happened as a result is…it’s not just with casting Rosie (Huntington-Whiteley), but with casting John Malkovich and we’re Frances McDormand and we’re casting Patrick Dempsey and Ken Wong and it goes on and on and on. And so the movie feels like which you always fear in making the 3rd movie is it’s not replicating what’s been done before. And the breath of the new cast is I think helping you avoid that pitfall.
Collider: I also wanted to know how’s the 3D going? Because for me, and a lot of people, we’re just very excited that the franchise is…that Bay is shooting with at least some of the scenes with 3D cameras, which just seems really cool.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura: He is shooting a lot with 3D cameras and he is, as usual, a master of camera and he learned it very quickly. And it is going to be very exciting for all. I’ve had an opportunity to see it and it just looks fantastic. And so you know Michael is really enjoying shooting it, too. So it’s hats off to him because it’s working fantastically.
Visit Collider for the entire Interview about Transformers 3, Red, the next Jack Ryan movie Moscow and The Associate (which Shia Labeouf’s attached to).
interceo
well, two things can happen, she will die in attack by decepticons but under the fact that they will use cgi i think she would be a robot that was made to look for Sam and maybe would die at the same manner, under decepticon attack.
Night Flame
In the first movie, she essentially made Sam look like a little bitch by being badass all over the place. In the second movie, she was relegated to movie female idiocy. I doubt we'll even get an explanation for her disappearance after the huge buildup their relationship got at the end of TF2. We'll probably get Sam looking sad for thirty seconds, then the new non-acting model will appear and that'll be that.
Ash from Carolina
Given the franchise so far I'm guessing it will be something like Mikaela is too busy with the BDSM relationship she has with Wheelie for Sam any more. Maybe we will see her stunt double in a leather catsuit asking Wheelie "who's a bad robot".
grimlock1972
I agree but i think she eloped with Wheelie.
Drake
Wouldn't it be funny if the opening scene is Grimlock stepping on a Megan Fox stunt double?
Enigma2K2
… HOW?!?!? How in the hell is SHE so important to the plot?!?!?
Arcee 69
Ah, you know how girls are, one day they love you, then the next day they're bangin your best friend. Then they still want to "just be friends".
Break up or get stepped on by a Decepticon, either way, I'm glad Megan is gone, she was ultra annoying. She's only hot/sexy as long as she doesn't talk.
Rhinox
Not true at all. We can fairly safely assume now, thanks to this comments, that Megan Fox's character has not been recast, but is now out of the movie one way or another. That's something we did not know.
Ash from Carolina
Sorry but it's still having to put glasses on over your glasses. On the bright side they are rather oversized so I don't have any problem fitting them over my glasses. Feels a bit funny on my nose and they want to slip a bit but other than that not too much fuss.
Quality of the 3D seems to have an effect though. I saw Alice in Wonderland in converted 3D and I felt rather sick during most of the film, but when I watched Toy Story 3 in 3D I felt just fine. I'm not sure yet if it's live action, converted film, or what making me feel sick since I've got to be excited about a film to shell out for 3D and there hasn't been much to get excited about this summer.
Rogzilla
Unless you have HUGE cokebottle glasses, you should be fine. I wear 3-D glasses over mine. And I can't think how 3-D effects would set off your seizuring.
Right now, the only 3D that doesn't need glasses is the new Nintendo 3Ds. And you have to be the one playing it.
Also-WOOT! Post 1000!!!!!!!!!
VAwitch
As far as I know, all the movie-tech 3D requires glasses still. And my mother & several friends that wear eyeglasses wear the current incarnation w/ little to no problem.
As for the seizures… I wouldn't think 3D would increase your risk. It would be more the nature of the movie & scenes (I say this as my mother has to look away from any strobe effects & even serious lighting changes back & forth can set her off).
VAwitch
I really hope that it's a case of poor transcribing. Usually LdB is much more coherent in both print interviews as well as the vid-clips that pepper the Net. Nto saying he doesn't backtrack or repeat words, but, yeah – this thing was hard to slog thru.
jestermon
So, how does 3-d work now?
I have seizures and it would be a pain to wear any kind of "glasses" over my glasses.
Or is it just in 3-d now without the glasses?
jamjam101
As far as Tf3 goes, it was a pretty shitty interview. He didn't say anything we didn't already know
Starscreamownz
Heres to hoping she gets killed by a decepticon !!
Ash from Carolina
I hope Comic Con starts some of the movie spin about the robots instead of just spin about who is playing bit parts in the film. Yea it's some really nice choices they have made but I don't think any of us are wanting parts like the hackers from the first film so it's fingers crossed the new talent will actually add something to the story.
Nice to hear that Bay has taken to 3D after he didn't seem too crazy about it at first. Still unless the movie is really great I don't think I'll shell out the extra money to actually see it in 3D.
Anodythe
What's the problem? Just call the new actress "Mikaela" and that's that. Television (soaps specifically) and movies have been doing it for years. It's just hype.
I highly doubt these folk (movie) can see the forest for the trees…there is no problem. Of course, they ould get rid of the civilians and keep NEST and the Transformers…the movie would be better by far!
NeilD83
3D is the Auto-tune of the movies
Rhinox
this renews my hope that they kill Mikala off.
shroobmaster
Four years and I still don't know how to pronounce that guy's name.
You go Lorenzo!