With production set to start in May for a 2011 release date, very little is still known about the latest installment in the Transformers franchise tentatively titled Transformers 3. But at a conference with major players in the world of film sound mixing, director Michael Bay has this to say to the L.A. Times:
So can we expect more thunderous sound in the third installment? Although the number of robots increased significantly from the first film for the second, the third film — which will hit theaters in summer 2011, won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions, a tight-lipped Bay said after the Q+A.
“There will be a nice crescendo ending,” Bay said. “It gets much more into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.”
This coupled with a statement that can be found buried in the Transformers 2 DVD I think shows that Bay wants to develop the characters much more and actually take the focus off many of the giant action set pieces. I am really intrigued by this “cooler landscape” that he mentions. Could we be going to the demolished Cybertron in the third one perhaps? More should be known in May when the film actually starts production. Keep checking back with The Film Stage for more on the production of Transformers 3.