McDormand, Malkovich, Jeong have joined "Transformers 3"

By Siewaun
Reference: Variety

Frances McDormand ("Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," "Burn After Reading") and John Malkovich ("In the Line of Fire," "The Great Buck Howard"), and Ken Jeong "The Hangover" have signed on to co-star in Michael Bay's third Transformers franchise.

Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are returning as the lead characters. Josh Duhamel, Ramon Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson also return to reprise their starring roles, and Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime in the first and second franchise, will again voice Prime.

Bay announced during a Ferrari charity event that the newest Autobot to join Transformers is the Ferrari 458 Italia.

Ehren Kruger, who co-wrote the script for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," also wrote the script for "Transformers 3". Plotline is still being kept under wraps.

"Transformers 3" which is set for July 1, 2011 release, is scheduled to begin shooting sometime in April, 2010.

Movie will be shot on location at various places around the world including Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Florida, Africa, Moscow and China.