“TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON” will open the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival

Paramount Pictures, Central Partnership and Moscow International Film Festival are delighted to announce that TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, directed by Michael Bay, will open the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival. Directed by Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, the film is produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. The executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian The MIFF Opening Gala will take place in Moscow at Pushkinsky Cinema Theater on Thursday, June 23, 2011.

The third installment in this highly anticipated franchise will be presented in Moscow by director Michael Bay, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce, as well as the film’s stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich. The world premiere of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON will be presented in 3D. Media from around the globe is expected to cover the event.

When a mysterious event from Earth’s past erupts into the present day it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save us.

The movie opens on June 29, 2011 in 3D and IMAX 3D in date to date with the United States. ©2011 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Leonid Vereschagin, General Producer, MIFF:

“TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON at the Opening of the MIFF is an exception event. This is the first time the MIFF is opened not just by an American blockbuster with a Hollywood cast but by a world premiere of the film. This event will have global coverage attended by more than 150 journalists from all over the world. All this indicates the recognition of not only the MIFF but the Russian film market in general by the world film industry”.