After the two escape, Optimus Prime discovers that the technology is a fuel cell from the Ark, thought to have been lost after escaping Cybertron. During a mission to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine to investigate suspected alien technology, the Autobots are attacked by Decepticon scientist Shockwave and his giant worm Driller. In the present day, four years after Egypt, the Autobots assist the humans in preventing major conflicts. President Richard Nixon orders them to keep the details of this mission secret. In 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon and secretly inspect the Ark before heading home. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, crash lands on the dark side of Earth's Moon. The sequel, Age of Extinction, was released in June 2014. Like the first film, it was nominated for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards. Dark of the Moon grossed $1.124 billion worldwide, and it was the fifth highest-grossing film of all time and the second highest-grossing film of 2011. The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising the film's visuals and 3-D action sequences, while criticizing the runtime, storyline, performances, and screenplay.

Dark of the Moon 's release date was moved from July 1 to June 29, in order to monitor an early response to footage.Įxclusive early premieres in both RealD 3-D and IMAX 3-D theaters took place on June 28, 2011, one night before worldwide release in 2-D and 3-D (including IMAX 3-D) formats each featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 surround sound. The film was 3-D rendered specifically for 3-D, and the visual effects involved more complex robots which took longer to render. Dark of the Moon employed both regular 35 mm film cameras and specially-developed 3-D cameras, with filming locations in Chicago, Florida, Indiana, Milwaukee, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Wheelie, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, and Barricade. Set four years after Revenge of the Fallen, it shows the final days of the war between Autobots and Decepticons as they battle to possess powerful technology abandoned on the Moon, in order to restore Cybertron on Earth. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, and Frances McDormand. It is also the first Transformers film in 3-D. It is the third installment in the live-action Transformers film series, and is the sequel to Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay, and it is based on the Transformers toy line.

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