the script. it was a real accident. tonight the production of transformer 3 is off d.c. streets until further notice. thanks for joining us. i m shawn yancy. and i m brian bolter. the first day of filming in the district ended with that accident and it involves one of the movie s main characters. fox 5 s will thomas live in virginia where the movie crew resumed shooting over there. reporter: that main character you mentioned, a car. tonight we come to you from the spectacular u.s. air force memorial. the base of it served as sort of a local wood backdrop for a couple hours tonight. it s a hollywood backdrop at least for a couple hours tonight. it s just gorgeous. earlier in downtown d.c. we saw action no one expected. a yellow camaro named bumblebee, a star in the transformer franchise. downtown d.c. serving as a backdrop for the third installment, our camera rolling for multiple takes. a semi truck or prime careens down third street. bumblebee is following close behind