Posted 26 July, 2010 in IL News
Courtesy of the Entertainment Economy Institute:
Chicago Sun Times via The Huffington Post
Fran Speilman
June16, 2010
“Transformers 3″ – the sci-fi action thriller filming in Chicago this summer – will pump $20 million into the local economy and create 200 jobs, including ten internships for inner-city students, Mayor Daley said today.
Joking about landing a walk-on roll, Daley welcomed producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura to Chicago 30 years after the premiere of the landmark film, “The Blues Brothers.”
“Transformers 3″ is scheduled to open in late June or early July of next year. It will film in Chicago from July 10 until Aug. 19.
Then-Mayor Jane M. Byrne, Daley’s political nemesis, took a lot of heat for allowing a car to crash into the Daley Center during the filming of “The Blues Brothers.”
“Transformers 3″ is certain to include even more scenes of death and destruction on the streets of Chicago.
“You’re gonna see a little bit of mayhem. You know, I mean it wouldn’t be ‘Transformers’ without it,” Di Bonaventura said.
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