The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Transformers: Age of Extinction's Chicago leg of principle photography is planning to go out with a literal bang. The crew will return to the South Damen Avenue abandoned silo for what their source called the "mother of all bombs". While the site will probably not be open the public, it still might be visible from a distance. Meanwhile, filming this weekend including a car flipping into a bus with other filming at the South Wacker Drive location being used as a China street. The vids below shows some smaller pyrotechnics and cars flipping for a seen further down from the bus's location.

In addition a few new pics of a Chevrolet Suburban chasing the Pagani and Freightliner suggests the return of the Decepticon Dreads from Dark of the Moon. Rather then repeat that sequence I am more inclined to think it is Harold Attinger's soldiers. Last, cmraseye has posted another 50 pics from various Chicago TF4 sets over the last month up on his flickr account. You can find those new images here. Thanks to Wynton R. and Jeffrey Marshall for the links.
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An article in the Chongqing Evening News has revealed some of the locations that Transformers: Age of Extinction will be filming at the Wulong Karst which contains the Three Natural Bridges and Qingkou Tiankeng Scenic Area. Sounds like a nice prehistoric location to potential explain the origin of the Dinobots. Below is the google translation of the story reporting the info so you do not be surprised if some of it doesn't really make sense. For example, there is a suggestion the Chinese title of the film is "Transformers 4: Extinct Rebirth" but my guess that is the translation of a translation resulting in the weird english version that isn't correct. Read More »

On Saturday, Transformers 4 filming continued in Chicago, Illinois at South Wacker Drive and West Monroe Street for a stunt that involved sending a car through a bus. As the video and great images from cmraseye show the location seems to be for events set in China as the bus is covered in Victoria's Secret models and Chinese characters as is the surrounding set pieces. The particulars of the piece show "pyro horns" set inside the bus that get ignited as the car is tossed through it. My guess is a sizable robot is doing the flinging. The second set of pictures are other images cmraseye posted but not entirely sure if they were from Saturday's filming. The last image is a new official picture posted on MichaelBay.com of the core cast of Mark Walhberg, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor as they pose in nonsensical ways in front of an abandoned gas station. If interested in more pics from Saturday's filming, The Chicago Tribune has posted their own images here. Thanks to Jeffrey Marshall for the heads-up and Colin H. for the video and links.

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It has been a quiet few days as Monday and Tuesday was Transformers: Age of Extinction's weekend off and for now we don't really know where they are currently filming in the Chicago area. However, that doesn't mean do not have some interesting pictures to look at thanks to cmraseye. He has posted new images from filming at the Damen Avenue silo to go with his set from Saturday. The pics show part of an explosion set off that day but also a great look at the spacecraft prop that the cast has been filming on here and there for the last month or so. He also added a few bonus pictures that are worth checking out from filming last month. The last pic is a new official picture from Transformers 4 that shows Michael Bay in the middle of the action. The rest of cmraseye TF4 gallery can be found here. Thanks to Jeffrey Marshall for the heads-up and KennyD for corrected pic.

Update: Added few more images from the gallery, turns out it had a page 2 I missed. Also provided a flipped version of what many of figure is probably the Pagani Huayra. I am not sure where some of the photos were taken but they look cool. Most look better than the official over photoshopped, color-corrected Bay picture.
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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Transformers: Age of Extinction will be filming around 111 South Wacker Drive this weekend and that it will involve pyrotechnics. The article suggests this might be the last weekend in the city. Thanks to Colin H. for the link.

The robotos-in-disguise sequel starring Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer will be shooting around the 111 S. Wacker Drive building from 7 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Monday. According to a letter sent out to businesses in the area, “Filming will involve the use of live stunts and large pyrotechnics.”

And now for the boring part: Street closures will take place on Wacker Drive from Washington to Adams, Franklin Street from Madison to Adams, Monroe Street from Canal to Franklin and Madison Street from Canal to Franklin.

A special Hasbro Transformers Supplement for Toy News Magazine has provided the overall road map for Transformers: Age of Extinction for 2014. The main piece of news is that the 1st trailer isn't expected until Q1 2014 (January 1st to March 31). However, this doesn't mean that a teaser trailer isn't in the pipeline for a release during the holidays. The roadmap also indicates "product on the shelf on May 1st" which probably is referring to the wave of Age of Extinction toys. The plan also indicates the home video release of Transformers 4 is set for the holidays 2014, typical as most summer movies do that. Last is an "all new animated event" but no idea if that means a movie, a new cartoon series or what. So basically it looks like Transformers: Age of Extinction is going to follow the same release and marketing plan that proved successful for the previous three movies. (via TFW2005)

Hasbro has officially announced the release of Transformers Prime Season Three - Beast Hunters for DVD and Blu-ray as set for December 3, 2013. This is the 13 episodes of the final season of the series, not the Predacon Rising epilogue movie that will be released next week. The bonus content for the S3 release will include the Transformers Prime panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and audio commentary for unspecified episodes. The full press release is below.

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, BRING HOME THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE ULTIMATE TRANSFORMERS PRIME FAN AND COMPLETE THEIR HOME ENTERTAINMENT COLLECTION!

TRANSFORMERS PRIME: SEASON THREE - BEAST HUNTERS

Third and Final Season of Emmy® Award-Winning Series of TRANSFORMERS PRIME Debuts on Breathtaking 2-Disc Blu-ray Collection and Deluxe 2-DVD Set

SPECTACULAR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT LANDS IN STORES EVERYWHERE ON DECEMBER 3, 2013 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

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While in their rush to grab pictures from this site of this weekend's filming at the Damen Avenue abandoned silo without giving proper credit to Colin H, TFormers did manage to find a great video (below) of the explosives going off on top of the silo that destroyed the bridge joining the two sections. The boom was big enough to set off car alarms that were not exactly close to the site. In addition, TFW2005 used my link to cmarseye's TF4 gallery to catch something I didn't (dang it) - two pictures of two unknown Transformer robots from the first day of filming in Chicago on August 24th. The first is probably Bay approving something from ILM on his Macbook while the other was on the clapper (which is held upside down for some reason).

Update: Pictures pulled at the demand of Paramount Pictures

As indicated by a notice, Transformers: Age of Extinction filming moved to an abandoned silo off of Damen Avenue in Chicago for filming Saturday and Sunday. The silos have been dressed in Chinese characters with Chinese branded trucks and the like dressing the surrounding area. In the 1st set of pics by cmraseye, you can see that a conveyor belt bridge going between the two sections of silos and has been rigged with explosives. Also on the lot next to it are the gunship and obelisk props along with two rocket pieces. The 2nd set shows the aftermath of the bridge being destroyed.

The last set, taken by Colin H., was taken after most of the day's filming was completed. Filming will continue at the location tomorrow with what I assume will be more destruction. No images or videos so far of the explosions during the day but destruction at that level can be extremely dangerous so security is probably very tight. Cmraseye has more images from movies filming in the Chicago area, including TF4, here. Thanks to Colin for the pictures and Jeffrey Marshall for the link.
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A notice for this weekend indicates that Transformers 4 production will be using an abandoned silo site off of Damen Avenue in Chicago for "Stunts involving pyrotechnics including controlled explosions and a visible fireball will be part of several scenes." Full notice from OLN is below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

September 19, 2013

IDOT: Filming of Major Motion Picture near 2900 S. Damen Avenue in Chicago September 21- 22

Chicago- The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that weather permitting,

Paramount Pictures will be filming scenes for an upcoming motion picture on the following dates at the following locations:

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Last weekend the site was able to post fantastic pictures of Transformers 4 production was filming on Chicago's Roosevelt Road. The scene involves Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor running out of Bumblebee while a helicopter films it. Below is a video of the same scene before, during and after. (via TFormers)

The tall guy in the red shirt at 00:20 is Chicago Bulls basketball player Jimmy Butler. In the scene, you will see Mark Wahlberg and his co-actor Jack Reynor jumping out of Bumble Bee. It is shot by a helicopter. The white round ball in front of the helicopter is a camera. Later, at 02:13 you will see the same scene being shot close up from the ground. You will see the director Michael Bay at 02:18 [wearing all white]. After the scene, the actors hand out their microphones and leave. It is a great experience to watch how they shoot a scene. The whole movie team was very polite to people, so were the director and the actors. Can't wait to see it in the movie theater!

Not sure of the details but the Transformers China 2013 Exhibition is being held somewhere in the country. The main takeaway for fans is lots of Transformers from the last 30 years of the franchise in both in and out of boxes covering all eras. In addition it looks like they created diorama of scenes from the three movies using toys and other things. To check out the full details head to ACToys (mirror).

For reasons that confuse me, as part of articles about the next Terminator film getting bumped a week in 2015, several news sites felt a need to also report that Paramount has "officially confirmed" the release date of Transformers: Age of Extinction as June 27, 2014. Which is the same date Paramount announced last year in casting reports. And has been repeated in other press releases and promotional materials like the recent poster. In other words, its been official for about a year. The release date has not changed. Consider this a friendly FYI to ignore any articles about Transformers 4 changing dates.

A TFW2005 board member has posted the image (left) of four weapons that were spotted at a Pontiac, Michigan location being used as a storehouse for Transformers 4 production while they film in the state. These 4 are in addition to one that Mark Wahlberg's character has been spotted carrying. Exactly what the weapons are for remains unknown but their scale indicates they would fit fairly comfortably in a Transformer's hand. Any case speculate away in the comments.

Update: Picture pulled at the demand of Paramount Pictures. Which has the side effect of confirming that the 4 sword like weapons are part of Transformers 4 production.

Today Transformers 4 filmed on Chicago's Roosevelt Road that involved a helicopter filming Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor running out of Bumblebee (2014 Camaro) as extras ran behind them. Also on the set was the Stingray, Hound and nearby was white camaro. Colin H, who took the fantastic pictures here, also reported seeing the 1st Transformers movie Bumblebee (not a fan recreation) vehicle driving towards the set. They still use those vehicles for promotional purposes so doesn't mean its in the movie.
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IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for December 2013. Four comics and two trades are being released for the month. Dark Cybertron story (beats me on what that is), while the Beast Hunters comic concludes. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, Star Trek, and more click here.
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A new filming notice from Transformers: Age of Extinction indicates that production will be in the Wells Street to Roosevelt Road area on Friday and Saturday. As usual the notice gives no indication on what scenes will be filmed but it will have some Bayhem. According to the notice, "pyrotechnics and fireballs will be used. A violent car crash will be staged on Roosevelt." A helicopter will also be filming the scenes with its landing area in a nearby vacant lot.

Last weekend, Transformers: Age of Extinction filmed in the LaSalle Street area for two days. Exactly what was filmed remains mostly unknown as it was closed off to the public much more effectively than normal. It seems part of that was because the usual Bayhem was in play as a description from the Chicago Tribune indicates lots of pyrotechnics and exploding vehicles was filmed. Thanks to Colin H. for the link.

Most spectators, however, had to settle for listening to much of the action rather than watching it due to the barricades set up to keep people blocks away. Explosions could be heard echoing through LaSalle, but it's unclear what exactly was exploding. One production assistant claimed a Bud Light delivery truck was blown up during one scene, sending beer flying out onto the streets, but the Chicago Film Office was unable to confirm it.

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In a quick interview with MTV, Mark Wahlberg refused to confirm the Dinobots but he did talk about the cameo his kids filmed with Michael Bay (as he mentioned would happen a few months ago). He makes a reference to Transformers: Age of Extinction being $300 million movie. Its not. Probably in the $175 to $150 range just like the previous movies.

"You can't say that, dude. Did you leak it? Did you leak it? You leaked it," he said. "Somebody leaked it, dude. Somebody was on the set leaked it, and it is not OK. It's not cool."

So is that a confirmation of the Dinobots from Wahlberg? Not quite. "I don't know," he said. "I haven't seen no Dinobot, so don't put that on me."

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In addition to filming at a church, Sunday also including some scenes in Chicago's LaSalle Street area for Transformers: Age of Extinction. Its not really known what was filmed but as the images and video taken by Rob Reines show, it did seem to involve the Autobot fleet. The first images show the fleet part on the side of the road. While hard to tell, the white Camaro in the 2nd pic is parked in front of the Optimus Prime truck in the 1st pic. The car does seem to be part of production in some form or fashion as Rob noticed the car was getting the same special care as the Autobot vehicles with a wipedown to keep its shine. Since both 'Bees were there, I am wondering if 'Bee scans the white one to update himself from the '67 to 2014 Camaro. After the break is his video from the street with Prime cab taking a quick and doing a careful u-turn.


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Last month a source started posted here potentials spoilers from the first draft of the script for Transformers four. He revealed character names, story beats and more. Thanks to BennettPrime the anon source has provided a few more tidbits. Some a repeat but most of it new. As usual we have no way to confirm this info but feel free to discuss it in the comments. Summary after the break, so spoiler warning.
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KBKW Radio is reporting that Transformers: Age of Extinction will be filming at the Satsop Business Park in the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington state. The info was confirmed by Executive Director at the Port of Grays Harbor Gary Nelson who said "Paramount pictures has, you know they were going to be filming earlier this summer and they got delayed until late September, early October. In the agreement we had to sign they said they may refer to it as something other than Satsop." The business park is described by Alissa Thurman as "Satsop is a unique setting, from [two unused] nuclear towers to our surrounding forest, we can provide a variety of locations for filming all in one convenient park setting." It is not specified if the towers are part of the filming or not but it does seem like the kind of think that might be of interest to production. Thanks to Wynton R. for the link.

As posted Friday, filming for Transformers 4 continued in Chicago at an abandoned church located at Chestnut and Noble Roads. As these great images taken by Colin H. show, the location looks lovely, making it a little sad that the building is no longer used regularly. My guess is the filming at the Church involved only Jack Reynor while the other actors were filming at the same time in the LaSalle Street area that day. Monday and Tuesday is the cast and crew's "weekend" so have to wait and see what is coming next.

This weekend Transformers 4 is scheduled to film in Chicago's LaSalle street area but its not the only place they will be filming at. A new notice issued to residents and businesses indicates that on Sunday, September 8, a beautiful abandoned church located at Chestnut and Noble is another location that will be used. Exactly what will be filmed there and with who is unknown except production has done some work on the interior.

Supposedly the LaSalle filming will be all day Sunday also so either the location is 2nd unit or Bay wants to finish one location and hit the other without significant delays in between. Since a one day shoot, the location probably is only being used for a scene or two. As the notice indicate, the streets in the area will be a no parking zone the entire 24 hour period with some occasional street closures.

In what I think is a first, Kelsey Grammer spoke with Empire Magazine about his role in Transformers: Age of Extinction as Harold Attinger. Thanks to Feris O. for the heads-up.

"Malevolent" is the word Grammer uses to describe his big bad, Harold Attinger. "He’s a no-nonsense guy," he told Empire. "He’s lived his life in the shadows for 30 years in the service of his country, and he likes to be unremarkable yet very efficient."

What of his first collaboration with the ringmaster? "I don’t know if Michael has seen Frasier," laughed Grammer. "He’s been very respectful and funny. He’s a terrific guy and quite a filmmaker. He just said to me the other day, 'You’re Kelsey Grammer - you can do whatever you want to do.' So I guess he at least has some acquaintance with my work."

So what would Frasier Crane make of all the Bayhem? "Well, you know what? I think he might find it offensive in some ways, but there was always a bit of Frasier that wasn’t completely a snob. He always liked blowing up things, too, if he could! When he would discover his inner child, he would revel in it, and I think Transformers is one of those things."

Jeffrey Marshall of Pixel Rally is at it again with his Autobot version of the new Transformers: Age of Extinction poster that was just revealed yesterday. This poster is not from Hasbro or Paramount but I could see why some might think it was. If you are interested in getting a copy, you can find it here.

For years now Transformers fans have called for a cameo for Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, to play a holographic driver of the truck alt mode for Prime. The call has been renewed for Transformers: Age of Extinction in part because of a mention of a stunt driver named Peter Cullen that was mentioned on a TF4 call sheet. In an effort to get Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures to finally provide that cameo, a petition has been started on Change.org. Now Bay is going to do whatever he wants so I expect this to do absolutely nothing but I guess it can't hurt either. Below is the petition description, click here if you wish to sign it. Thanks to Zyfyre for the link. Read More »

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A letter sent by Transformers 4 production to local residents and businesses indicates that this weekend's filming will occur in Chicago's LaSalle Street area. The filming will include street closures starting at 6pm Friday to 6AM Monday morning. The nature of what is being filmed or which cast members will be involved is not specified but it will involve the helicopter again. The full letter is image to left and below.
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Paramount Pictures has officially confirmed that the official title of TF4 is Transformers: Age of Extinction. The title was discovered yesterday, along with titles of potential video game tie-in products. They also provided a poster that is just the known TF4 logo and the release date of 6/27/14. The desert look for the poster may be potentially hinting at the Dinobots, also recently officially confirmed as part of the movie's story. A spanish version of the poster is here. MichaelBay.com has posted various sizes of the poster here. Thanks Wynton R. and Luis R. for the links.

New images from Fan-Girl.org and @NicolaPeltzInfo shows more of the Transformers 4 gun ship prop that was spotted on two other occasions. The prop invokes the the look of the crafts from Dark of the Moon is being filmed with Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Peltz riding in it. Not sure if that means (from a story perspective) this is a human designed craft using Cybertronian technology or just happens to be a big enough cockpit for three cause of its previous TF occupant. (via Seibertron)

After learning one of the potential title for a future Transformers 4 tie-in video game as "Megatron Returns", a new imaged spotted by TFW2005's Evac167 has revealed the head of Megatron prop. Its unknown where the picture was taken (I assume Chicago) but the prop looks about like how Megatron's head looked like after all the damage it suffered in Transformers 2 and 3. No clue how this prop may tie into the movie but I would not be surprised if Megatron gets resurrected in some form or fashion yet again. Which for movies is kind of odd but kind of a norm for the character in the comics.

Yesterday we heard of three possible Transformers 4 titles that frankly just didn't feel right. However, TFW2005's search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office did turn up a title that does feel right. Especially considering it fits the title pattern of the previous movies and invoke the now officially confirmed TF cast addition of the Dinobots without mentioning them by name.

Transformers: Age of Extinction
In addition three titles from the Video Game category were found that includes a bit of a spoiler.
- Spirits Rising (patent ID)
- Megatron Returns (patent ID)
- Autobots Rising (patent ID)

In addition, a WHOIS search indicates that the TransformersAgeOfExtinction.com was bought by MarkMonitor on August 16, two weeks before those other domains. We still have to wait for official confirmation from Hasbro or Paramount Pictures but this one sounds right. So what do you think of the unconfirmed title?

Sunday filming for Transformers 4 continued at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower in Chicago. Spotted on set was Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz. As for the vehicles, in addition to two new concept cars, you had both Bumblebees (1967 Chevy Camaro SS and 2014 Chevy Concept Camaro) which makes me wonder if the transition from one to the other occurs here for whatever they are filming. For Sunday, a lot of filming was inside and outside the lobby of the building mostly with extras with some driving scenes with the Autobot fleet. The production also has the cars on display for the public to see but not touch when were not being used for various scenes. Which takes us to the gallery of images (below) thanks to Colin H. of the known Autobot fleet, Peltz & Reynor, extras and vehicle details.
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Transformers 4 producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has confirmed that the Dinobots are in the movie. This was already revealed through various leaks but always nice to get official confirmation. In an interview with the Beijing News (translation via TFW2005) he spoke about the Dinobots and said that TF4 action would take place in possibly 4 Chinese cities.

"I can not disclose the specifics, but you can be sure that the joining of the Dinobots will give the audience new excitement. In addition to Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, the appearance of these classic roles changed, today the world's coolest, most exciting cars will appear in the film, including China's vehicles, whether you are a car enthusiast, you will feast your eyes and be shocked by them."

"In China we have chosen Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as two more cities we are looking at."

In addition to new concept cars was spotted on the TF4 set in Chicago this weekend. One is a silver 201? Aston Martin Vanquish (below pics) while the other is a white 2014 China Concept E-Jet (above). Its unknown if they are Transformer alt modes but it seems likely they are, especially the E-Jet as I suspect China would insist on it as part of the "cooperation agreement".