Shia LaBeouf

HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 35 ‘New York, I Love You’ Chicago Passes to New Powerhouse Cast Film

HollywoodChicago.com — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:09:43 -0600

CHICAGO – In our latest romance/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new film “New York, I Love You” from an eclectic group of some of today’s most imaginative filmmakers. This film also features a powerhouse of today’s hottest stars!

“New York, I Love You” stars Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan, Emilie Ohana, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thilrlby, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Ugur Yucel, Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett, Shu Qi, Burt Young, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn, Eva Ammuri, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.

The film is directed by Natalie Portman, Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner and Randall Balsmeyer.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “New York, I Love You” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

“New York, I Love You” stars a powerhouse cast including Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thilrlby, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn and more.
Image credit: Vivendi Entertainment

Here is the “New York, I Love You” plot description:

Directed by an eclectic group of some of today’s most imaginative filmmakers (including Jian Wen, Mira Nair, Shunji Iwai, Yvan Attal, Brett Ratner, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Khapur, Natalie Portman, Fatih Akin, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmyer), “New York, I Love You,” invites audiences into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love.

In the Diamond District, an intercultural romantic fantasy transforms the purchase of a precious stone. Meanwhile in Chinatown, a desperate artist pursues a reluctant muse. Within an Upper East Side hotel, a sophisticated guest and a mysterious bellboy journey outside of time.

After an unexpected night in Central Park, a young man’s prom date has a surprising revelation. Traveling toward the Village, two lovers speed by taxi, subway and foot to meet for the first time after what they thought was a one-night stand. In Tribeca, a pickpocket finds the tables turned when he follows an alluring girl.

In Brooklyn, a moment of Coney Island bliss envelops an octogenarian couple. These stories and more are all woven together to form a colorful and lyrical collage not only of the city but of the deep yearning for love and human connections that sustain everyone within it.

Bringing to life the film’s host of unforgettable New York characters is an all-star cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan, Emilie Ohana, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Olivia Thilrlby, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Ugur Yucel, Taylor Geare, Carlos Acosta, Jacinda Barrett, Shu Qi, Burt Young, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn, Eva Ammuri, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.

Following on the heels of the acclaimed “Paris, je t’aime,” the project is the second in a series of “cities of love” movies conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy who produced this film with Marina Grasic of “Crash”.

The “New York, I Love You” movie trailer can be watched now below.

To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:

What do you strongly love or dislike about New York?

Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 35 people randomly via e-mail for our “New York, I Love You” Hookup. Winners needs to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ DVD, Blu-Ray Release Date Announced

BrianTT — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:23:12 -0600

CHICAGO – Our wonderful DreamWorks contact just sent over the DVD and Blu-Ray details, along with the cover art, for the biggest movie of the year, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. The Michael Bay blockbuster with Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson will land in exactly two months, on October 20th, 2009.

Filled with special features, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” will be available on Blu-Ray and DVD in two-disc sets. Grossing over $820 million to date worldwide, the Michael Bay directed and Steven Spielberg produced film currently ranks in the top twenty of all time worldwide and the top ten domestically.

Special features on the film include a commentary and a multi-chapter documentary that chronicles the entire creation of the film and includes interviews with the cast and crew called “The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen”.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 20th, 2009.
Photo credit: DreamWorks Home Video

Here are the official details:

The TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen two-disc Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray will be presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. The disc breakdown is as follows:

Disc 1:
Commentary by Michael Bay, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman

Disc 2:
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen—This multi-chapter documentary chronicles the entire creation of the film and includes interviews with the cast and crew:

o Seeds of Vengeance - Development and Design - After the overwhelming success of 2007’s Transformers, how do the filmmakers top themselves for the sequel?
o Domestic Destruction – Production: United States - Michael Bay believes in going big: Big action and big explosions. Cast and crew are pushed to the limit as they traverse the U.S. from New Mexico to Pennsylvania.
o Joint Operations – Production: Military - No other filmmaker in the world enjoys the kind of military access and cooperation Michael Bay has. Here we see just how efficient our armed forces are and the awe and respect shown by the cast.
o Wonders of the World – Production: Middle East - You can’t really reproduce Egypt anywhere but Egypt so off we go to Giza and Luxor.
o Start Making Sense - Editing - In order to turn over the massive amount of film as quickly as possible to VFX, four editors work tirelessly in a unique tag-team approach to shape the film.
o Under the Gun – Visual Effects – Revenge of the Fallen features the most complicated VFX in film history. So complicated in fact that the filmmakers were unsure they would make the deadline. The DEVASTATOR VFX alone required 83% of ILM’s total render farm capacity.
o Running the Gauntlet – Post-Production and Release - Working seven days a week, Michael Bay and company usher the film through sound design, Digital Intermediate color-timing and a globe-trotting whirlwind of premieres.

A Day with Bay: Tokyo—An intimate and fun all-access journey with Michael Bay as he travels to Tokyo, Japan tor the world premiere of the biggest film of the year.

25 Years of TRANSFORMERS—Access an all-new featurette celebrating a monumental milestone for one of Hasbro’s most successful and popular franchises.

NEST: Transformer Data-Hub—Explore conceptual artwork created by the production for 12 of the most popular AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from the film.

Deconstructing Visual Bayhem with Commentary by Pre-Vis Supervisor Steve Yamamoto— A series of multi-angle pre-visualization sequences allowing viewers to learn how some of the film’s most spectacular scenes were created with an introduction by Michael Bay.

Extended Scenes

Music Video: Linkin Park’s “New Divide”

BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE:
The ALLSPARK Experiment—Viewers get their chance to unleash the power of the recently recovered ALLSPARK shard on Earth vehicles. Begin by selecting and customizing a vehicle with a selection of parts and accessories. Then apply the ALLSPARK to this creation and watch what happens. Applying the ALLSPARK to certain custom combinations enables four new robot characters with special powers. If viewers discover all four, they unlock a fifth vehicle, which reveals a top secret message about the future of the TRANSFORMERS movie franchise.

NEST: Transformer Data-Hub—A database of some of the TRANSFORMERS characters that appear in the new film, offering users access to each robot’s confidential file including:

o Innovative 3D spin galleries of each robot
o A timeline for each TRANSFORMERS character charting its origins, back story and design evolution from toys to animated series to comics and finally feature films

Giant Effing Movie – A very personal look at the making of the movie.

The Matrix of Marketing—An archive of the film’s promotional media including trailers, posters and television spots.

By BRIAN TALLERICO
Content Director
HollywoodChicago.com
brian@hollywoodchicago.com

‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ Trailer Playing With ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

HollywoodChicago.com — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:59:14 -0600

CHICAGO – If you’re seeking an extra (or single) reason to see the overwhelmingly poorly reviewed “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” this weekend, here’s one for you.

We have learned that some showings of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” will preview the new trailer for the “Twilight” sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen.

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rainn Wilson, John Turturro, the voice of Hugo Weaving, the voice of Peter Cullen and Tyrese Gibson. The film opened on June 24, 2009. Read our full “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” review here. Read our interview with the “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” visual effects supervisor here.

The official poster for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Image credit: Summit Entertainment

So you’re not disappointed if you’re reading this and expecting the trailer for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” in front of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” make sure you contact your local theater first and ask to be sure. If you want to watch the first “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” trailer immediately, you can view it on HollywoodChicago.com here!

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed and Bronson Pelletier from director Chris Weitz. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is slated to hit theaters on Nov. 20, 2009.

Read about Robert Pattinson being hit by a New York City cab.
Read about Michael Sheen joining “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read about the teaser poster for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read about Dakota Fanning in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read about DVD release parties for “Twilight”.
Learn how to win a walk-on part in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read about Bronson Pelletier in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read our story about the release date of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”.
Read about the new name and logo for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”.
Read about why Catherine Hardwicke left the “Twilight” franchise.
Read our story about AnnaLynne McCord auditioning for “New Moon”.
Read our story about Dakota Fanning talking about “New Moon”.
Read our story about the open casting call for “New Moon”.
Read our story about Lucy Hale auditioning for “New Moon”.
See our 2009 Summit release slideshow with “New Moon”.
See our high-quality, 28-image “Twilight” slideshow.

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ is Galaxies Away From its Predecessor

Ebeth — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:07:38 -0600

CHICAGO – There are often many reasons sequels should not be made. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is one of them. Seeking that “Allspark” exhilaration pumped into many of us from the original “Transformers,” moviegoers will flock to the sequel with anticipation.

Rating: 1.5/5.0

The first 20 minutes or so (skipping the ridiculous introduction) will feel like preparation for lift-off. Sam (Shia LaBeouf) and Bumblebee (voice by Mark Ryan) reappear in two familiar scenes, Mr. and Mrs. Witwicky (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) return with their well-executed bicker-banter and Mikaela (Megan Fox) remains with all the assets she brings to the screen.

Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in our reviews section.

We’re introduced to our first three Decepticons and they’re all impressive. From a ferocious tiger-looking beast to a beautiful and all-too-eager temptress (Isabel Lucas), the Decepticons are assembling a vicious team.

Then, before the audience even leaves the ground, alarms sound, the foundation shakes and this invigorating shuttle ride is cancelled. The audience is herded into what feels like a two-hour Segway tour. We’re led where we don’t want to be and forced to wear goofy helmets of boredom. The plot is – sigh – difficult to piece out of this rubble.

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rainn Wilson, John Turturro, the voice of Hugo Weaving, the voice of Peter Cullen and Tyrese Gibson, opened everywhere on June 24, 2009. The film is rated “PG-13” for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material and brief drug material.

Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in our reviews section.

Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox, left) and Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf, right) are once again caught up in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
Photo credit: Jaimie Trueblood, DW Studios, Paramount Pictures

Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” in our reviews section.

Interview: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar

PatrickMcD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:20:11 -0600

CHICAGO – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, opening June 24th, is the second film in the series based on the Hasbro toy/cartoon. Scott Farrar, whose long career has roots in the first “Star Wars”, supervised all the complex visual effects.

HollywoodChicago.com spoke to Farrar, who gave a precise overview of the challenges and proven results in upping the ante from the first Transformers film.

The Human Element: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf in ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’
Photo credit: ©2009 Paramount Pictures

HollywoodChicago.com: First things first for the geeks…What will be the most noticeable difference between the look of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen versus the first Transformers film?

Scott Farrar: The lighting is better, also the texturing on the robots and we’ve made big strides forward with more realism. There are sequences shot on IMAX so the resolution is 8 times higher than the first one, as far as how much render time is required for each frame of film.

There are close-ups of Optimus Prime that surprised us, when we would zoom in and say, ‘I can’t believe the quality and detail of the burnish on the metal.’

HC: For the uniformed, what are the distinct contrasts between a Visual Effects Supervisor and a Special Effects Supervisor?

SF: Special Effects, as handled by John Frazier, are physical effects, meaning if you need a car flipped it’s a cable that gets pulled. He does the pyro plants and the explosions, bullet hits, different mortar effects. Everything that is physical and arranged on the day is triggered by his team as the cameras roll.

The Visual Effects, which I handle, is essentially things that are not there on the day that I’m going to put in later. For example, a robot has to stand on mark ‘A’ and walk to mark ‘B’.

For that, I use what is called ‘low tech for high effect’, window washer poles with Production Assistants standing there. Then I might have a person walk from A to B, or have those poles extended to the proper height of the robot, because the camera operator needs to know what to look for, where to frame for a robot when they are looking through the camera. We can at least establish where a robot will be and how high he is.

I am there as a visual referee. I can imagine those robots much better than most, because that is what I’ve been doing for long time. It’s all imagination.

HC: Knowing that the essence of the Transformers are derived from a cartoon and a toy, how did your team maintain visually the innocence of the source while working in a real-world type of robotic look and power?

SF: Once you go from cartoon to photo real, a whole bunch of rules come into place. Some of the things that work in a cartoon just fly out the window when doing it in photo real. So many design decisions are made for you right off the bat.

They’ve got to look heavy, they’ve got to look like real metal and they’ve got to photograph as real. They have to look like car parts, and car finishes. When the camera gets up close, you’ll see the metal fleck paint with clear coat finish over the top of it with all the appropriate glints and gleams. That’s how exacting we got.

To compare changing the cartoon idea it’s like taking an oil painting and turning it into a photograph. Realism forces you to go that route.

HC: When creating realistic movement for something as subjective as a transforming robot, what man, animal or machine in real life did the effects team use to inspire that movement, and why did you think it works so well?

Transformers Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic

SF: For inspiration we looked at Japanese anime, and our animators are very keen on this sort of thing. We do a lot of research before the project and we love seeing what has been done before, to see the ideas out there. In anime, there have been some fabulous transforming effects, very animal-like.

There also is this one animator from Japan on our team, Keiji Yamaguchi, who is an amazing ‘transformer’ guy. He can figure out the puzzle of transforming elements all by himself.

HC: Michael Bay is famous for his attention to a certain look and feel in his visual palette. How closely do you advise him on the approach to this palette during filming and what type of communication process with you is he most comfortable with?

SF: I’m one of the first people to start meeting with him once there is a script in place. As head of the visual effects team, I’m the first in and the last out. We finished the picture last week [two weeks before the release].

Everything we do starts with artwork. And Michael Bay is a fine artist and an excellent photographer in his own right. He is ultra strong visually and has an opinion about it.

For me, he guides us very quickly. He’s great about making decisions, and if he doesn’t know he tells us to figure it out and show him the result. And then he selects from that. For an artist like myself, it’s a very rewarding method.

HC: The term ‘green screen’ seems to be a catch-all word for a number of visual effects. What is your definition of green screen today based both on its evolution and its use as a tool in modern filmmaking?

SF: Green or blue screen is something you put behind an actor when you want to render in a different background, and then you bring the two elements together – the actor you film and the background put in later.

On the Michael Bay show, we use little of it if none at all. Essentially we use no green or blue screen whatsoever when shooting live action photography.

For a nighttime scene, for example, we have the actors and the real physical elements in place, like the truck before it transforms, with real set lighting. If you were to use blue or green screen, you get rid of all of the lighting, you wreck all the refraction and actor realism.

We fly by the seat of our pants with this technique. It’s dirty, live, with the flares right in the lens. And then we hope to heck we can match it later (laughs).

All the difficult articulate roto-animation is done around the hair, clothing and actors, whatever is required. It’s all hand work, but what it yields, with the lighting, is actually a much higher quality look.

HC: What type of coaching do live actors need the most when working against the “fill in the blanks” interaction with the yet-to-be-developed robot counterparts?

SF: I spend a lot of time with the actors when we’re doing all these set-ups. And Shia LaBeouf, he’s a great guy. He wants to know the bits and pieces of what I’ve got in mind.

I’m going to give you a trade secret. When I first met Shia, I told him when looking at the robot, whose face is 5 feet wide and 10 feet high, don’t just lock eye-to-eye, search around with your eyes around the robot’s face. And he really sells that. He is tremendous at it.

HC: I wanted to ask you a few career questions. “Artificial Intelligence: AI” was famously a collaboration between Steven Spielberg and the late Stanley Kubrick. What visual elements did you use to successfully conjure up a Kubrick feel through the lens and eye of Spielberg?

SF: That again goes back to artwork. There was this British fellow who had been working with Stanley, as the project had been in the cooker for awhile. So we had hundreds of storyboards the two had produced together. When Stanley passed away, we still had his artist on the production and basically we used a lot of their ideas.

HC: In your bio it states that when you were a freelance cameraman in Los Angeles in the mid 1970s, you were privileged to visit the visual effects set of the first Stars Wars movie. What do you remember most about that experience and how did it inspire your journey towards what you are doing now?

SF: I was working on this cheap sci-fi film in Canoga Park, about two miles away. I was doing frame-by-frame flight effects, with no playback, using tape markings in the hopes I was getting it right.

Their was a friend I knew from UCLA who was working on what was to become Star Wars. He asked me to come to the set, and I got to meet Dennis Muren [Miniature and Optical Effects] for the first time and I was stunned.

They had this technique called icebox, which was a method of recording moves and playing them back – radical technology in 1975. It was like a bolt of lightning from the sky. It was so cool I thought to myself, ‘I want to do this’.

You see a good idea and you think ‘that makes so much sense’.

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ opens June 24th everywhere and features Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez and Rainn Wilson, directed by Michael Bay.

Read our “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” film review.

By PATRICK McDONALD
Staff Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
pat@hollywoodchicago.com

Slideshow: 30-Image Gallery For Premiere of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ With Megan Fox

BrianTT — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:57:25 -0600

CHICAGO – This 30-image slideshow contains red carpet photos from the London premiere of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. Celebrities in attendance include the sexy Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Michael Bay, Ramon Rodriguez, and Danielle Lloyd. The film opens on June 24th, 2009.

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. Photos credited to Tim Whitby/ Getty Images for Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Transformers_London_01: Megan Fox attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_02: Megan Fox attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_03: Megan Fox attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_04: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_05: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_06: Danielle Lloyd attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_07: Danielle Lloyd attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_08: Megan Fox attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_09: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_10: Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_11: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and director, Michael Bay attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_12: Shia LaBeouf attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_13: John Turterro attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_14: Ramon Rodriguez attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_15: Kate Walsh and Philip Taylor attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_16: Josh Duhamel attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_17: Josh Duhamel attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_18: Ramon Rodriguez attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_19: Shia LaBeouf attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_20: Tyrese Gibson attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_21: Tyrese Gibson attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_22: Tyrese Gibson attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_23: Actors, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox with Starlight Wish-child, Kai Hamilton at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_24: Actors, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox with Starlight Wish-child, Kai Hamilton at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_25: Actor, Megan Fox with Starlight Wish-child, Kai Hamilton at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_26: Atmosphere at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_27: Atmosphere at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_28: Atmosphere at the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_29: Bianca Gascoigne attends the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.
Transformers_London_30: Tyrese Gibson, Ramon Rodriguez, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, John Turterro, Josh Duhamel and Matthew Marsden attend the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England.

By BRIAN TALLERICO
Content Director
HollywoodChicago.com
brian@hollywoodchicago.com

HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Passes to ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Screening in Chicago

HollywoodChicago.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:19:11 -0600

CHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 admit-one tickets to the one and only advance Chicago screening of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” starring Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf!

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which opens on June 24, 2009, also stars Tyrese Gibson, Rainn Wilson, John Turturro, Hugo Weaving, Josh Duhamel, Isabel Lucas and Peter Cullen from director Michael Bay. We have 20 admit-one tickets for the Chicago screening of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” on June 22, 2009 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago.

To win your “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” ticket courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is be one of the first 20 people to submit a comment in this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf.
Image credit: Paramount Pictures

Here is the synopsis for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”:

In the highly anticipated “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” following the smash-hit film “Transformers” in 2007, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies: the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

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“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Rainn Wilson, John Turturro, Hugo Weaving, Josh Duhamel, Isabel Lucas and Peter Cullen from director Michael Bay opens nationwide on June 24, 2009.

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Slideshow: 25-Image Gallery For Premiere of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

BrianTT — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:17:09 -0600

CHICAGO – This 25-image slideshow contains red carpet photos from the Tokyo premiere of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. Celebrities in attendance include Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Michael Bay, Ramon Rodriguez, and Isabel Lucas. The film opens on June 24th, 2009.

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. Photos credited to Kiyoshi Ota/ Getty Images for Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Transformers_Tokyo_01: Actress Megan Fox signs autographs for fans.
Transformers_Tokyo_02: Actor Tyrese Gibson poses for photographs upon his arrival.
Transformers_Tokyo_03: Director Michael Bay signs autographs for fans.
Transformers_Tokyo_04: Actor Ramon Rodriguez poses for photographs upon his arrival.
Transformers_Tokyo_05: Actor Shia LaBeouf signs autographs for fans.
Transformers_Tokyo_06: Actor Shia LaBeouf signs autographs for fans.
Transformers_Tokyo_07: Actor Josh Duhamel poses for photographs upon his arrival.
Transformers_Tokyo_08: Actress Megan Fox blows a kiss as she poses for photographs upon her arrival.
Transformers_Tokyo_09: Director Michael Bay (L) and actor Shia LaBeouf pose for photographs upon their arrival .
Transformers_Tokyo_10: Actress Isabel Lucas poses for photographs upon her arrival.
Transformers_Tokyo_11: Actress Megan Fox attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_12: Director Michael Bay (2nd L) attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_13: (Front L-R) Actress Megan Fox, director Michael Bay and actor Shia LaBeouf and (Back L-R) actor Ramon Rodriguez, actor Josh Duhamel, actor Tyrese Gibson and actress Isabel Lucas pose for photographs with a large model of the Autobot Bumblebee.
Transformers_Tokyo_14: (Front L-R) Actress Megan Fox, director Michael Bay and actor Shia LaBeouf and (Back L-R) actor Ramon Rodriguez, actor Josh Duhamel, actor Tyrese Gibson and actress Isabel Lucas pose for photographs with a large model of the Autobot Bumblebee.
Transformers_Tokyo_15: Actor Tyrese Gibson attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_16: (Front L-R) Actress Megan Fox, director Michael Bay and actor Shia LaBeouf and (Back L-R) actor Ramon Rodriguez, actor Josh Duhamel, actor Tyrese Gibson and actress Isabel Lucas pose for photographs with a large model of the Autobot Bumblebee.
Transformers_Tokyo_17: Director Michael Bay attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_18: Actress Isabel Lucas attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_19: Actor Ramon Rodriguez attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_20: (L-R) Director Michael Bay, actor Shia LaBeouf and actress Megan Fox attend.
Transformers_Tokyo_21: Actor Josh Duhamel attends.
Transformers_Tokyo_22: Actor Shia LaBeouf attends .
Transformers_Tokyo_23: Actor Shia LaBeouf (L) and actress Megan Fox attend.
Transformers_Tokyo_24: (Front L-R) Actress Megan Fox, director Michael Bay and actor Shia LaBeouf and (Back L-R) actor Ramon Rodriguez, actor Josh Duhamel, actor Tyrese Gibson and actress Isabel Lucas pose for photographs with a large model of the Autobot Bumblebee.
Transformers_Tokyo_25: A large model of the Autobot Bumblebee is displayed.

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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 VIP Passes to ‘Transformers,’ 1 For ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:50:08 -0600

CHICAGO – For those stoked to see “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” after “Transformers” in 2007 with Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf smashed box offices, its release date of June 24, 2009 might still feel like light-years away. We are pleased to help bring it a little bit closer with a very unique edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film.

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The movie poster for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf.
Image credit: Paramount Pictures

Here is the synopsis for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”:

In the highly anticipated “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” following the smash-hit film “Transformers” in 2007, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies: the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

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Video: Teaser Trailer for ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Game

BrianTT — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:29:11 -0600

CHICAGO – Activision recently released a teaser trailer for their movie tie-in, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” video game. What’s a good summer blockbuster without a video game tie-in? The Michael Bay-directed movie starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Hugo Weaving, Rainn Wilson, and Isabel Lucas opens on June 24th, 2009. The video game drops a day earlier on June 23rd, 2009. Check it out.

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