Abrams and co-producer Steven Spielberg.

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Bay has previously said the next film will take a new direction, and he has been working on "a whole new re-imagining of Transformers" with the help of producer Steven Spielberg.

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Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS' all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.

ENGADGET: Transformers: Dark of the Moon clip breaks down shooting movies, special effects in 3D (video)

From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, in association with Hasbro, Transformers: Dark of the Moon explodes with high-octane action when a mysterious event from Earth's past erupts into the present day threatening to bring a war to Earth so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save us.

ENGADGET: Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-ray due September 30th, 3D version later