Since the 1980s, many motion pictures have been filmed in the city, most notably The Blues Brothers ; Ferris Bueller's Day Off ; Home Alone ; The Fugitive ; I, Robot ; Wanted ; Batman Begins ; The Dark Knight ; and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

* Dark Star, an issue of the comics series The Transformers

A new track titled " The Bottom " appeared on the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack.

* Transformers: Dark of the Moon – The Album ( 2011 )

* The 20 highest-grossing films of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Avatar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Spider-Man 3, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Nemo, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Shrek the Third.

In 2011's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a N. E. S. T.

* Transformers: Dark of the Moon ( 2011 )

His retirement from acting has not included voice acting, as his appearance in the third season of Fringe includes his voice ( his character appears only in animated scenes ), and he provided the voice of Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

* The snipers in Transformers: Dark of the Moon are shooting from the 26th floor of Tribune Tower just below the buttresses.

** Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin

A year later, director Michael Bay was inspired by IMAX's use in The Dark Knight to feature big-screen sequences in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Bay later partially filmed the third Transformers film, Dark of the Moon in 3D but without IMAX.

* Transformers: Dark of the Moon

** Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

* Transformers: Dark of the Moon ( 2011 – present )

A movie tie-in game for the sequel to the 2011 movie " Transformers: Dark of the Moon " was released a few weeks prior to the movie on June 14, 2011.

The Decepticons return in Transformers: Dark of the Moon with the plan to use a Space Bridge to bring an army to Earth and transport Cybertron into orbit to rebuild the planet with Earth's natural resources and human population as slaves.

On May 23, 2011, it was announced that the band had recorded a song for the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon called " All That You Are ", and was released on the film's soundtrack on June 14, 2011.

McDormand starred in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the sequel to the hit film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

O ' Reilly and The Factor are also featured in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, where O ' Reilly berates Agent Simmons for advocating war with the Decepticons.

However, he turned down the offer to reprise the role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, so the part was given to Frank Welker, who also voiced Soundwave.

" Iridescent " serves as the theme song for the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, continuing the streak of the band's songs serving as the theme songs of the Transformers films.

Cheez TV aired a number of Marvel based cartoons such as X-Men, The Marvel Action Hour, The Incredible Hulk ( 1982 series ), and Spider-Man: The Animated Series plus several anime series, including Teknoman, Transformers, Eagle Riders, Medabots and in more recent years Pokémon, Beyblade, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptors, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Sonic X, Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh.

* Moon ( Transformers ), a character in the series Beast Wars II

He also confirmed that a shorter version was made for the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which is circulating around the internet.

In June, Linkin Park held an artwork contest for " Iridescent ", in which the winning artwork will be shown in the band's stage in their concert at Red Square in Moscow at the premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

* An episode of Transformers: Armada ( 2003 ) –, entitled " Mars ", features some of the Transformers visiting the planet in an effort to locate a Mini-Con.

The single was also included on the successful Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album released in late June, 2009.

* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album ( 2009 )

* September 16 – Beast Wars first airs and becomes a milestone in the Transformers franchise through the use of CGI.

The Smoot – Hawley Tariff Act is referenced in multiple films, including the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Dave Barry's Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, and a scene in the Transformers Animated episode " Transform and Roll Out " depicts the Tutor-Bot educating Sari Sumdac about the bill.

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** Transformers – Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn

* The Transformers ( 1984 – 1990 USA ) ( 1984 – 1992, UK / Canada ) ( 1985 – 1992, Japan )-retroactively called " Generation One " or " G1 " since then.

Super Robot Lifeform Transformers ) ( 1985 – 1986, Japan )

Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 ( 1986 – 1987, Japan )

Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Headmasters ( 1987 – 1988, Japan )

Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Chōjin Masterforce ( Super-god Masterforce ) ( 1988 – 1989, Japan )

* Transformers: Generation 2 ( 1992 – 1995 USA ) ( 1994 – 1995 UK / Canada )/ Transformers: G-2 ( 1995, Japan )

* Beast Wars: Transformers ( 1996 – 1999 ) ( 1997 – 1998 ; 1999 – 2000, Japan ) ( released as Beasties in Canada )

* In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the final battle between Optimus Prime versus Megatron, The Fallen, and Starscream takes place in the hypostyle hall at Karnak.

The subsequent prequel novel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday revealed that Starscream seized command of the Decepticons after Megatron's disappearance.

The building is also seen in the movie Knowing, where it is destroyed along with the rest of New York City, and in the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ( 2009 ), where Megatron orders Starscream to launch a full-scale attack on the planet.

Although the Constructicons did not appear again in the US Transformers title, they were not among the Transformers deactivated by the Underbase-empowered Starscream, and briefly appeared as part of the Autobot-Decepticon Alliance, both in group shots and as part of their last stand against Jhiaxus ' forces.

Starscream is a fictional character in the Transformers franchise.

Galvatron tolerated his service with amusement, aware of the irony in the situation — Starscream thought that working with Galvatron would ensure his future, but thanks to Galvatron, Starscream had no future, since he was destined to die at his hands in 2006 ( in the comic's alternate-future rendition of The Transformers: The Movie ).

Now imbued with incredible amounts of power, Starscream turned his attention to Earth, and deactivated scores of Transformers who attempted to stand against him.

Issue # 248 of the Marvel U. K. Transformers comic featured a story called " Fallen Star ", where Starscream began to doubt himself, despite being among the most powerful Transformers.

In the U. S. comics, Starscream went on from his rebirth as a Pretender to join up with Shockwave in instigating the Decepticon Civil War, and was transported to Cybertron along with all the other Transformers in preparation for the battle against Unicron.

Following the Transformers ' victory, Starscream and Shockwave fled the planet in a restored Ark.

Acting as second-in-command of the elite troops Megatron took with him aboard the Nemesis, Starscream was among the Transformers trapped in stasis on Earth for four million years after the Decepticons attacked the Autobot craft, Ark, causing it to crash on the planet.

In the year 2005, ( the storyline year for the events of the 1986 release, The Transformers: The Movie ), Starscream, along with many other Decepticons, hijacked an Autobot shuttle bound for Autobot City ; Megatron's plan being to slip past the city's early warning systems and decimate the Autobots there.

Starscream was featured in the 1993 Transformers: Generation 2 coloring book " Decepticon Madness " by Bud Simpson.

In Transformers: Timelines volume 2 # 2, " Games of Deception " Megatron detects the arrival of Bugbite's ship on Earth and sends Starscream, Skywarp and Ramjet to investigate.

Genesis: The Art of Transformers, while by no means a primary source of story information, does contain several illustrations of Starscream.

Winding up in stasis aboard the Autobot spacecraft, the Ark, along with the other Decepticons when it crashed on prehistoric Earth, Starscream was reactivated in 1984 with the other Transformers.

Starscream hinted that he had discovered some of the secrets in the Transformers ' history that Megatron and Shockwave had learned in the past, but unfortunately, Dreamwave went bankrupt and closed its doors before resolution to this storyline could be offered.

Starscream also appeared in Dreamwave's Transformers / G. I.

Predictably attempting to betray Megatron when the Transformers broke free of Cobra's control, an animosity developed between Starscream and G. I.

Starscream also appeared in the Japanese exclusive Transformers: Robot Masters series.

Chronologically, Starscream first appears in # 3 of The Transformers: Megatron Origin series, which details the rise of the Decepticons.

It was also revealed in The Transformers: Devastation that Starscream also spent some time as Megatron's bodyguard.