Transformers 3 - Sneak Peek - Lakeshore East , Chicago

Almost a wrap for 'Transformers 3'


Movie producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura said the last day of shooting is now expected to be Sept. 1, though that could still change.

"It's funny, we keep extending it here because we're having such a good time, to tell you the truth," Di Bonaventura said. "We were supposed to leave a few days ago, actually, and we kept extending it. Right now, around Sept. 1, but if we have any say in it, we'll keep staying here."

While Love was running lenses, batteries and other equipment back and forth so camera operators could get perfect shots of star Shia LaBeouf and other actors duking it out with imaginary evil robots, the cast and crew were busy falling in love with Chicago, Di Bonaventura said.

"Last night, I tried to think to myself, 'How many cities have I shot in in the last seven or eight years,' and I got up to about 118," Di Bonaventura said. "The reason I thought about it was because all of us have felt this was the best city we've ever shot in."

That's OK with Daley, given the $20 million the "Transformers" production is said to have spent while in Chicago and all the publicity he said the movie will bring the city.

"You'll see the great beauty of Chicago, that's one thing you'll see, and let's be realistic, film does that to cities, gives them new identities continually, the film industry does," the mayor said.

Daley said he's not troubled by his lack of a cameo in the film, but added that if a Mayor Daley character were part of the script, there's only one person capable of pulling off the role.

"They would have to select me, and there's no way," Daley said.

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