'Transformers 3' To Bring $20 Million, 200 Jobs To Chicago

'Transformers 3' To Bring $20 Million, 200 Jobs To Chicago
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"Transformers 3" -- the sci-fi action thriller filming in Chicago this summer -- will pump $20 million into the local economy and create 200 jobs, including ten internships for inner-city students, Mayor Daley said today.

Joking about landing a walk-on roll, Daley welcomed producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura to Chicago 30 years after the premiere of the landmark film, "The Blues Brothers."

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