TF5 Movie (2017) production & filming details

[kup]

Looks like TF5 will be going back to Detroit as well as Chicago, with an apparent 21 million US dollars of tax-payer money as an incentive to come back to the old motor city of Michigan (a large part of TF4 was filmed there).

Isn't the city too poor to be giving away that much money ? I am sure TF5 will rake in the money in the same way 'ASS: The Movie' did in Idiocracy but I don't see anyone visiting Detroit because of it.

[Lord_Zed]

Is there anything to see in Detroit anyway? They still haven't put that Robocop statue up.

[griffin]

Isn't the city too poor to be giving away that much money ? I am sure TF5 will rake in the money in the same way 'ASS: The Movie' did in Idiocracy but I don't see anyone visiting Detroit because of it.

Yeah, that's why I was stressing the tax-payer bit, as that city was bankrupt and rundown, so that sort of money would go a long way to helping the needy and homeless... or investing in Detroit businesses to create more jobs (the movie studios will bring in their own people).
And it is definitely not a tourist destination, no matter how many movies and TV shows get made there. (my travel agent was almost amused when I suggested it last year when looking for a stop over city on the way to Chicago)

[Ralph Wiggum]

It depends on how well they've done the figures, as the incentives they offer is offset by the money that is spent by the studio which benefits the local economy. No different to how our governments offer money/benefits to stage certain events, which in turn generates revenue.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movi..._United_States

I'm more bleh about the movie once again being filmed in Chicago. Three movies in a row now...the scenery is getting a little repetitive and ends up looking like reused footage (which Michael Bay is notorious for anyway. I swear I saw some TF movie scenes in 13 hours).

[kup]

As long as it makes money, they will keep making them even if it's 3 hours of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee riding around explosions on unicycles.

[MayzaPrime]

As long as it makes money, they will keep making them even if it's 3 hours of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee riding around explosions on unicycles.

Thats the best plot of all 4 movies... I would pay to see that

[kup]

Thats the best plot of all 4 movies... I would pay to see that

You are correct. That sounds more interesting than the whole TF4 plot.

[shockNwave]

You are correct. That sounds more interesting than the whole TF4 plot.

So Optimus and Bumblebee can do that around a statue of Robocop that then proves to be the real Robocop and Robocop says "You're under arrest, creeps!"

[BigTransformerTrev]

As long as it makes money, they will keep making them even if it's 3 hours of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee riding around explosions on unicycles.

I would pay to see that

So would I - sounds awesome! And I'd watch the directors cut too where the did an extra half hour of riding anti-clockwise just to shake things up

So you know when tickets would go on sale?

Always look on the bright side of life - do do, do do, do do do do da da do do

[Skullcruncher]

As long as it makes money, they will keep making them even if it's 3 hours of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee riding around explosions on unicycles.

Replace the unicycle with a wrecking ball and you nailed it.