Transformers World Premiere June 21st

In a bit of news haven't found yet on another TF related website, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the world premiere of Transformers will occur June 21st in Taormina, Italy during the 53rd Taorminia Film Fest. Michael Bay and unspecified cast members will fly in by helicopter for a ceremony before the screening.

The article:

'Transformers' to conquer Taormina first
By Eric J. Lyman

ROME -- "Transformers," the big-budget summer action flick from Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, will have its world premiere at the Taormina Film Fest, Deborah Young, the event's artistic director, said Tuesday.

Young said the premiere would represent the first time a major U.S. film of that stature premiered at the 53-year-old Taormina event.

Bay, several cast members and executives from distributor Paramount Pictures will arrive by helicopter in an elaborate ceremony before the June 21 screening.

The science fiction film about an invasion of Earth by transformer robot armies will open elsewhere on the planet July 4.

"We think the decision to premiere 'Transformers' in Taormina shows a renewed interest in the festival, and it illustrates the strong ties between this Mediterranean festival and American cinema," Young, in her first year as artistic director, said in an interview.

Taormina, located on the Italian island of Sicily, will host the festival June 16-22.

A week after that, June 28th, the movie takes its bow in several countries around the world including Korea, Australia, Taiwan, and (just learned) Malaysia. Check the site title at the top for all the premiere dates currently aware of. The picture above is a Malaysian advertisement for the film courtesy of Asri.