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‘Transformers 5’ To Film at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac

Posted by Hellscream9999 Mar 1, 2016 at 5:50pm CST 49,039 views
Fellow Seibertronians, an article has surfaced, which announces that Transformers 5 is to be filmed, in part, at the Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac among several other locations across the state. The article may be viewed here, but can also be seen below.

Transformers 5, directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg and Peter Cullen, is expected to film in part at the Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac beginning this summer, along with several other locations across the state.

“They have filmed several Transformers productions (at the Michigan Motion Picture Studios) in the past, and I expect they would utilize some of the same locations,” says Jenell Leonard, commissioner of the Michigan Film and Digital Media Office, formerly the Michigan Film Office. “However, all production locations are tentative and fluid.”

Leonard says the film’s production will use Paramount Pictures’ last planned Michigan tax credit funds. She says even though the film tax incentive was cut last July, the state must honor existing deals with studios, like a multi-project agreement with Paramount.

She says Paramount offered to return half of a $42 million planned tax credit that was allotted for multiple films to the state. Doing so allowed the studio to allocate the other $21 million exclusively to Transformers 5.

“Paramount came to the table and said if they could apply half of their encumbered incentive dollars to Transformers, they would be willing to give the other half of the $21 million dollars back to the state,” Leonard says.

Michigan’s film tax credit program took the form of reimbursements awarded after filming was complete.

Leonard expects that production on Transformers 5 will start in the summer and will end in the fall. Transformers 5 will be the fourth film in the series shot in Michigan, joining the original 2007 film as well as Transformers: Dark of the Moon and last year’s Age of Extinction. In Age of Extinction, Paramount created a set in downtown Detroit on the site of the former Statler Hotel that was designed to look like Hong Kong.

Studios must prove they are spending their dollars in Michigan and hiring Michiganders in an independent audit conducted before filming, and be in regular communications with the Michigan Film and Digital Media Office.

Studios are required to hire Michigan residents and out-of-towners at a 1:1 ratio. Leonard says the Transformers 5 shoot will create around 228 full-time job equivalents.

“Studios submit a line-item budget with how many hires they would have and submit the script for review,“ Leonard says. “We base the incentive they would be eligible for off that application process.”

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Comment by Deadput Mar 1, 2016
That anywhere near Canada?



"Sigh" yeah I know the answer.
Re: ‘Transformers 5’ To Film at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac (view post)
Comment by Thegreatdamo Mar 2, 2016
Right down the street from my house!!!! :-D :-D :-D
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Comment by Stuartmaximus Mar 2, 2016
Uwe's right! he would do a far better job >:oP
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Comment by Burn Mar 2, 2016
Stuartmaximus wrote:Uwe's right! he would do a far better job >:oP

Stewie, no. Just no. Uwe Boll does not do anything better than anyone other than making incredibly crap movies.
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Comment by Stuartmaximus Mar 2, 2016
now now! his Rampage movies were actually pretty good ;)

but he certainly couldn't do worse than Bay! with Transformers. & YES! of course it's never gonna happen! but i wouldn't say no to seeing what a Transformers movie directed by Uwe Boll would look like, by comparison.
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Comment by ZeroWolf Mar 2, 2016
Stuartmaximus wrote:now now! his Rampage movies were actually pretty good ;)

but he certainly couldn't do worse than Bay! with Transformers. & YES! of course it's never gonna happen! but i wouldn't say no to seeing what a Transformers movie directed by Uwe Boll would look like, by comparison.

We don't need to, and uwe boll has never done a good movie and very few could be considered so bad they are kinda okay.
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Comment by Burn Mar 2, 2016
Stuartmaximus wrote:but he certainly couldn't do worse than Bay! with Transformers.

Yes.He.Could.
Re: ‘Transformers 5’ To Film at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac (view post)
Comment by Deadput Mar 2, 2016
Stuartmaximus wrote:now now! his Rampage movies were actually pretty good ;)

but he certainly couldn't do worse than Bay! with Transformers. & YES! of course it's never gonna happen! but i wouldn't say no to seeing what a Transformers movie directed by Uwe Boll would look like, by comparison.



Believe it or not Bay is a great director for these movies.


Only things we need are a better story a bit more focus on the Transformers and less sex jokes.
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Comment by Optimum Supreme Mar 3, 2016
Deadput wrote:That anywhere near Canada?



"Sigh" yeah I know the answer.



It's 32 miles north of Windsor, Ontario.
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Comment by Deadput Mar 3, 2016
Optimum Supreme wrote:
Deadput wrote:That anywhere near Canada?



"Sigh" yeah I know the answer.



It's 32 miles north of Windsor, Ontario.


I'm an Alberta guy so... yeah.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Mar 24, 2016
So am I the only one who wants to see Bruticus, Menasor, Defensor and Superion in the next film? Doesn't have to be all of them, maybe 1 on each side. I figured that with Bay's penchant for cars and the military, either Bruticus or Menasor would have shown up by now. They sure would have been easier to put on screen than that failed abortion we got in RoTF. And considering they were spearheading Hasbro's new toy lines, they need to have screen presence.
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Comment by Burn Mar 24, 2016
Thank you for your pointless not-related-to-TF5 post.

Because it's what this thread needed, ANOTHER "ermagherd one or more of the previous TF movies sucked <insert anti-Michael Bay rant if needed>" post. >:oP
Re: &lsquo;Transformers 5&rsquo; To Film at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Mar 24, 2016
Ignoring stus attempt at...something.

I would like to see some better done combiners but I would want them to work within the movie and not be shoe horned in (I know that's not what you meant rodimus but I fear that if hasbro pushed them in, they would be wasted)
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Mar 28, 2016
I would not mind a movieverse Superion. Actually, scratch that. I want a movie Defensor. He is my favorite combiner (Computron being a close second) So I would not mind in the slightest a Defensor in the movies :MAXIMAL:
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 13, 2016
We previously reported that Transformers 5 was set to be filmed partially in Michigan, but now thanks to the Acting Auditions website we have a plan for how Transformers 5 will be filmed as well as where!

Filming will begin June 15th, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan, anticipated to include the previously stated Michigan Motion Picture Studio. Principal Photography will later move to London where it will conclude on October 15th, 2016.

The movie release is set to be on June 23rd, 2017. Also mentioned is the anticipated release dates for the next 2 movies: June 8, 2018 and June 28, 2019.


Mark Wahlberg and Peter Cullen will be returning as Cade Yeager and Optimus Prime, respectively. To read over the whole article, follow the link Here . Read it over, and let us know what you think of the casting calls in the comments section below. And as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!
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Comment by Hellscream9999 Apr 13, 2016
Fellow Seibertronians, courtesy of The Wrap we learn that actress Isabela Moner is being eyed for a lead role opposite Mark Wahlberg in Paramount’s “Transformers 5”. The article, which can be found here, is also quoted below, summarizes her acting credits, and the basis of her potential character in the movie. So what do you make of this choice - if it does indeed pan out? Let us know in the comments below.

Up-and-coming actress Isabela Moner is being eyed for a lead role opposite Mark Wahlberg in Paramount’s “Transformers 5”, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

Paramount did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Michael Bay is returning to direct the action-packed sequel, which boasts the involvement of executive producer Steven Spielberg as well as a litany of writers including Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman.
Moner is poised to play the young female lead of Izabella, a street-smart tomboy who grew up an orphan and was raised in foster care. She counts a small Transformer as her only friend… until she meets Wahlberg’s heroic inventor Cade Yeager.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto will produce “Transformers 5” with Hasbro, and Paramount will release the film on June 23, 2017. Production is slated to start this summer in Detroit.
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 14, 2016
welp, 2 theories: Wheelie survived, or we may get movie-verse minicons! :MAXIMAL:
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Comment by Hellscream9999 Apr 14, 2016
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:welp, 2 theories: Wheelie survived, or we may get movie-verse minicons! :MAXIMAL:


Be cool if it was like the Armada companions... like a bike :lol:
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Comment by Hellscream9999 Apr 14, 2016
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I would not mind a movieverse Superion. Actually, scratch that. I want a movie Defensor. He is my favorite combiner (Computron being a close second) So I would not mind in the slightest a Defensor in the movies :MAXIMAL:


Hopefully it would be more tastefully designed than Devs was... :-s
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