New photographs

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These photos appeared on the UK Telegraph newspaper and where taken by Spencer Murphy.

You can check out his web site at http://www.spencermurphy.co.uk

These are posted with permission. Please do not repost.

U.S. Servicemembers reaction of 'Transformers'

By John J. Kruzel/American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2007 – Under the cover of darkness in the nation’s capital last night, servicemembers from all branches deployed into theater -- the movie theater.

About 600 military personnel and family members …

China, meet Michael Bay

I am really excited about this partnership with Mtime and the exposure of my work and thoughts to Chinese movie fans, for whom I have great respect, as I celebrate the release of "Transformers" with them.

-Michael Bay

If you read Mandarin--or not--check out the site …

Transformers DVD

Nelson here...

The Transformers DVD...when does it come out you ask. What's it gonna have? What I can tell you is this: there will be 2 versions:

1- A regular version with no extras (just a director commentary).

2. - A multi-disc version with the movie w/ …

Meet Bonecrusher Bay

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I met with Mike this past Wednesday, and I managed to get a shot of Michael's new Mastiff: Bonecrusher.

Broken records

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Transformers has broken the box office record in China.... Transformers hit 100M Yuan.

Transformers breaks South Korean box office record....6 million viewers.

Editing with Michael Bay

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If you're interested on what went on behind-the-scenes with Transformers, click here to read this great article.

Source: FXGuide.com

Michael Bay: 1, haters: 0 (part 1)

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This is for all the losers (haters) that said this movie would tank.

From deadlinehollywood:

SUNDAY AM: Paramount says PG-13 Transformers officially made $22.7 million Friday and $25.9 million Saturday and a projected $18.9 million Sunday from …

Michael Bay: 1, haters: 0 (part 2)

'Transformers' dominates box office

Robust robots squash 'Spider-Man' record

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

With moviegoers transforming the July 4th holiday box office into non-stop fireworks, DreamWorks and Paramount's "Transformers" scored the highest seven-day …

Michael Bay: 1, haters: 0 (part 3)

'Transformers' morphs into money machine

Sci-fi saga makes $67.6 million debut

Associated Press

July 9, 2007

The shape-shifting robots of "Transformers" have taken on a new form: Huge piles of cash.

The sci-fi saga "Transformers," DreamWorks and Paramount's …

Michael Bay's Transformers: $246.1 million worldwide

? Biggest first-week gross ever for a non-sequel (beating Spider-Man's $151.6 mil)

? A global box office total of $246.1 mil, when you add in the $93.6 mil Transformers earned in 23 other countries

? Biggest Tuesday gross ever ($27.9 mil), as well as the …

Bad toys, bad toys, whatcha gonna do...

"Talk about getting your money's worth. There is so much action packed into every second of "Transformers" that by the time it's over, you may be tempted to go outside and give the box office another 10 bucks." - NY Dailynews.com

"Transformers has some of the best …

'Transformers' grabs $8.8 mil at box office

By Gregg Kilday

"Transformers," director Michael Bay's screen interpretation of the Hasbro toy line, rolled into theaters Monday and quickly amassed $8.8 million in North America.

Those returns came from showings that ran from 8 p.m. on in 3,050 …

Happy Independence Day!

We're taking the day off to hang out with family and friends, watch Transformers, watch fireworks, and celebrate Independence Day (United States).

If you're celebrating today, too, we wish you a happy and safe Fourth! To everyone else, we thank you for visiting …

EW: Optimus Prime Time

''Transformers'' director Michael Bay opens up about working with Steven Spielberg, the art of the action film, and the possibility of a sequel.

...'I've thought more about robots in a year and a half than probably anybody,'' sighs Michael Bay. Slouched in his …

$28 million on July 3

Nelson here...

I just spoke to Michael and he informed me that Transformers raked in $28 million yesterday, Tuesday.

Biggest amount ever for a Tuesday.

Transformers Box Office numbers

The DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures co-production TRANSFORMERS pulled in an unheard of 4.3% increase from Tuesday 7/3 to Wednesday 7/4.

In 4,011 theatres, we are estimating $29,100,000 for Wednesday 7/4/07.

We also have a revised final number for Tuesday …

EW: When Robots Attack article

Some think ''Transformers'' represents the future of the blockbuster -- and some are afraid they're right. Inside the megahit's explosive blend of action and advertising by Josh Rottenberg

Read the entire article.

Transformers Crushes Fandango's July 4th Ticketing Record

In a recent online survey on Fandango, several thousand moviegoers responded with the top reasons they are seeing Transformers. The results are as follows:

-- 75% were fans of the Transformers cartoons when they were kids;

-- 65% had played with the Transformers …

Ebert: Bay rocks 'em and socks 'em

Roger Ebert gives it 3 out of 4 stars. Read his review.