Shia LaBeouf was in a film in the Transformers franchise.
The same year he was cast in Michael Bay 's science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky , the main protagonist of the series.
It was produced by Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto , and is the first installment in the live-action Transformers film series.
LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen -LRB- 2009 -RRB- and Transformers : Dark of the Moon -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , both also box office successes.
