After last weekend its been a bit quiet on the Transformers 4 news front. My guess is they started filming on private property so that allowed them to circle the wagons more effectively and keep the public away. However, that did change just a touch when production moved to Broadway Avenue on Wednesday and Thursday to film at the old style movie palace called the Uptown Theatre. No clue what was filmed at the landmark but Mark Wahlberg and TJ Miller were spotted at the location so a continuation of the early chase sequences in the film and not part of any China related action. A gallery of images can be found at Seibertron.com. Related is a compilation video from Chicago Tribune's Luis Gomez of last weekends filming. Also added an image of a new TF4 hat with claw marks spotted on a crew member, a likely reference to the Dinobots.

Update: It turns out that TF4 production "weekend" is Monday and Tuesday so that is why no filming on those two days. Also Gomez has posted an article about the filming. He noted that the interior of the theatre had a sign for "SXSW Music Fest Jun 8, 2002", the "Star of Texas Liquor & Wine" fake store front, and "Crew Bar & Grill" decorated with Texas state flag indicates that the settings is for theatre in Austin, Texas where the annual South By Southwest festival is held. Also, as indicated by a previous letter, there is a good chance that filming will return to Lake Shore East area on Saturday and Sunday.
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