BREAKING NEWS!!! Transformers 3 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!!

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!! Transformers is coming back for a third installment AND.....wait for it...Michael Bay is coming back to shoot the third film (He announced this on Thursday). The new Transformers film is set to showcase in theaters exactly one year to July 1, 2011.

Stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are slated to return to the Paramount/DreamWorks project, as is Ehren Kruger, the co-writer of this year's hit sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Bay wrote on his Web site that he met with George Lucas' ILM effects house in San Francisco Thursday morning, and then flew with Kruger to talk new characters with Hasbro executives in Rhode Island. "Well, it's official: We have a great 'Transformers 3' story," Bay said on his Web site. "Today is Day One."

I knew that it was not going to let another opportunity pass by to make billions of dollars! The first two were just too good for Bay to let go and pass on to someone else. He is the man for the job no doubt about it. I am excited about the third installment and will be patiently waiting!!

*Seems like it will be a GRAND year for Paramount/Dreamworks in 2011...Paramount's summer 2011 is shaping up to have four tentpoles: Marvel features Thor and First Avenger: Captain America bow May 20 and July 22, respectively. And the DreamWorks Animation sequel Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom hits theaters June 3.

Biggest Movies of Summer 2009!!

Well its obvious that the economy has been suffering but there is one thing for sure making movies does lose out in the battle of money. People may be broke or trying to pinch pennies, but somehow we make room to see a good movie!

According to YAHOO! Movies, they have put together the WINNERS, losers, and Surprises of this summer's movies. It has been stated that 2009 is shaping up to be the biggest box-office year of all time. The total gross to date is over $7.2 billion, up 6.7% over last year at this time.

BIGGEST SURPRISE:
THE HANGOVER
Total U.S. Gross: $270,237,753


BIGGEST LOSER:
LAND OF THE LOST
Total U.S. Gross: $49,438,370


BIGGEST WINNER:
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Total U.S. Gross: $399,416,040


BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL HIT:
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Total Foreign Gross: $613,790,529


BIGGEST INDEPENDENT FILM:
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Total U.S. Gross: $25,203,886


BIGGEST WORLDWIDE:
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Total Worldwide Gross: $895,958,075


And just so you can see the major impact from this summer's flicks, here is 2009 Top 10 U.S. Box Office results:
1) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $399,416,040
2) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $294,258,075
3) Up $289,639,811
4) The Hangover $270,237,753
5) Star Trek $256,673,273
6) Monsters vs. Aliens $198,351,526
7) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $193,250,211
8) X-Men Origins: Wolverine $179,863,544
9) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $176,461,908
10) The Proposal $160,154,402


*Numbers provided BoxOfficeMojo.com