Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a American science fiction film based on Hasbro 's Transformers toy line. The film is the third installment in the Transformers film series and the sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger.
In the film, Optimus Prime , Bumblebee , and Sam Witwicky must lead the Autobots against Megatron and the Decepticons as they battle to possess powerful technology abandoned on the Moon , in order to restore Cybertron. Development on a third Transformers film began by May The film employed both regular 35 mm film cameras and specially-developed 3D cameras, with filming locations in Chicago , Florida , Indiana , Milwaukee , Moscow, and Washington, D.
The film was 3D rendered specifically for 3-D, and the visual effects involved more complex robots which took longer to render. Dark of the Moon 's release date was moved from July 1 to June 29, in order to monitor an early response to footage.
Exclusive early premieres took place on June 28, by Paramount Pictures , one night before worldwide release. It became the fifth highest-grossing film in history at the time, the second highest-grossing film of , and the highest-grossing film in the franchise to date. It was followed by Transformers: Age of Extinction in The Ark spacecraft escapes from the planet Cybertron carrying an invention capable of ending the war between Autobots and Decepticons.
It was shot down and crash lands on the dark side of Earth's Moon in Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft. In , the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon and secretly inspects the Ark before returning to Earth. In the present day, the Autobots assist humanity in preventing major conflicts. During a mission to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to investigate suspected alien technology, the Autobots are attacked by Decepticon scientist Shockwave and his giant worm Driller.
