Injured Extra in 'Transformers 3'

 

The production company filming “Transformers 3” has decided to cancel plans to shoot the final scenes in Chicago when  a bank teller working as an extra was seriously injured this week.
The filming of the action movie was set to finish on  Thursday, with final scenes being shot at Millennium Park, the city said. However, plans were scrapped when  Gabriela Cedillo, 24, was hit in the head Wednesday night while filming in Hammond, Ind.
“ ‘Transformers’ has completed their filming in Chicago,” said Richard Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office in the Mayor’s Office of Special Events. “The filming that was canceled was not rescheduled.”
According to relatives, Cedillo is still unconscious Friday, in serious but stable condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
Meanwhile, the production company  has issued  a statement saying, “Our thoughts and prayers are with Gabriela, her family and loved ones. We are looking into what caused the accident.”
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration started an investigation into the incident. OSHA must first determine whether Cedillo, as a paid extra, was hired as an independent contractor or as an employee. If she was hired as an employee, OSHA would have jurisdiction.
“We're looking into the general circumstances that led to the accident and the employment status of the victim,” Lotter said. “Once we determine the circumstances, we will look into if there were safety violations or training issues.”
Cedillo was hurt while  the movie crew filmed a scene in Hammond that has drivers moving along a busy highway as explosions went off in the opposite lane. A metal object struck through the windshield of her car and struck her in the head.
Her car did not stop, as it skidded along the inner median concrete barrier for about a mile before coming to a halt, Indiana state police said.
 

Shia LaBeouf & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers' set

Actor Shia LaBeouf came to  the set with co-star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to shoot scenes for Transformers 3 at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin on Tuesday, July 13.

The "Transformers" actor will fly soon to his next location as he is also scheduled to finish filming in Chicago for the new movie.

A recent poll has  named Shia as one of the hottest actors under 25 years of age.

The reader’s poll showed in this June’s InStyle magazine has Shia following Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Zac Efron on the list.

Megan Fox in 'Pirates of the Carribean' franchise?

"Transformers" star Megan Fox is not moping because Of the earlier reports that she is no longer part of the Transformers franchise.

Report says, it's because she is eyeing on another big franchise.

The sexy actress is very close to accepting a deal to join the cast in the new “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie with Johnny Depp.

If ever agreed, Fox will be playing a mermaid who will charm Captain Jack Sparrow, but this gorgeous mermaid has a dark plan.

Fox has yet to make her statement on the report, but as early as now, many Hollywood insiders are excited to know about the offer.

Megan Fox Booted out From 'Transformers 3'

A source from the production said that Megan Fox Shia LaBeouf's love interest in the film, would not return for the third movie.

The source said Samuel James Witwicky will be taking a new direction, and the production thinks it was better if Sam wasn't tied down to a love interest.

Wednesday night, spokesperson of the actress told People that it was Megan's decision to leave the movie.

"Megan Fox will not be starring in 'Transformers 3,'" the reps told the mag. "It was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise the best."

A spokesperson for Megan was not instantly available for any reaction when contacted by Access Hollywood on Wednesday.

Reports say that the decision was "ultimately" director Michael Bay's, but earlier speculations regarding Megan's leaving the franchise was after the

Earlier, speculations about Megan's leaving from the franchise was after the clash that happened  just months after  that erupted between Megan, unnamed "Transformers" crewmembers and even the director.

During an interview with Britain's Wonderland Magazine's September/October 2009 issue, Megan commented her director to "Hitler" and "Napoleon" .

"He's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation," Megan said at the time.

"He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is," she continued. "So he's a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward."

After that, members of the "Transformers" crew posted an open letter on the director's site, condemning the actress for her behavior on set, calling Megan, "the grump of the set," as well as "thankless, classless, graceless" and "unfriendly."

Bay wrote in his blog his views on the matter.

"I don't condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don't condone Megan's outlandish quotes," Bay wrote, "But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3."

"Transformers 3" has reportedly already begun filming.