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Some info about part 3 courtesy of Collider.com (all of the "he" is in reference to Michael Bay):

After talking to Buzz Aldrin (who is involved in the movie), he thinks they really went to the Moon in the 60’s

The teaser trailer has no final effects footage. He wouldn’t even call any shot close to 80% done

He says you’ve got to massage every 3D shot

They’re ahead in the editing right now because he’s putting a lot of pressure on himself to do pristine 3D

Says “if you want to do proper 3D it’s a $30 million price tag.” Also “if you want to do dual eye-rendered robots, you got another 30% charge, because you got two eyes now, two different visual effects that have got to be blended. There’s more work on the visual effects shots.”

Did 5 months of research trying to decide between post conversion and shooting in 3D. Tested everything.

Says they will have shot 70% or so in 3D and they’ll post convert the rest

He has 3 full time editors working on the film due to how much has to get done in such a short period of time

Spends an hour and a half everyday talking to ILM via video conferencing to talk about the effects. Goes up there all the time to talk individually with the animators. Says 25% of the CG work is being done at Digital Domain and the rest at ILM

Regarding what they shot in 2D, says “we shot most of my close-ups with faces with anamorphic film, cause that stuff’s easier to convert and it’s just more beautiful than the digital.”

Read the full interview here. For the record, I HATED part 2. I find myself intrigued by the possibilities of part 3. Here's hoping.