Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction-action film. It is the third film of the live-action Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and was released on June 29, 2011.^[2][3] The film was released in both 2D and 3D formats, including IMAX 3D,^[7] and featured Dolby Surround 7.1 sound.^[8]

Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro reprise their starring roles, also Peter Cullen returned as the voice ofOptimus Prime and Hugo Weaving returned as the voice of Megatron. Kevin Dunn, and Julie White have also reprised their roles as Sam Witwicky's parents. Ehren Kruger, who collaborated in the writing of the second film, was again involved in the writing.

Despite having been initially confirmed for the film,^[9] and with the film already into principal photography, it was announced that Megan Foxwould not be reprising her role from the previous two films. With Fox's character (Mikaela Banes) being dropped, Sam was assigned a new love interest, portrayed by English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Also, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, having written the last two films, did not return for this installment in the series,^[10] which Orci had earlier somewhat anticipated, fearing the duo would "risk getting stale".^[11]