Via the Washington Post’s fledgling Capital Business weekly, we learn that Michael Bay’s next installment of the Transformers franchise is hoping to film on location here in D.C. sometime in September.

It’s no surprise that the production is reportedly hitting some snags dealing with the National Park Service (Bay apparently wants to film a number of effects-heavy stunts right on the National Mall, so many of the details are predictably still up in the air). But the bottom line is that the Transformers 3 circus will be in town for a number of days this fall, and all the temporary road closures that will surely come with it.

On the upside, the big budget movie looks to be pumping big dollars into the city. In addition to the usual hotel rooms and equipment rentals, Capital Business’s Jonathan O’Connell reports that as many as 50 D.C. residents will have the opportunity to be trained and hired as temporary production assistants, thanks to a program in the works from the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development.