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Transformers 2 Unfazed By Strike Prospect

The prospect of an actors' strike in late June isn't stopping Michael Bay, who plans to begin production on Transformers 2 for a June 26, 2009, release, Variety reported. DreamWorks would like to get underway with production of Transformers 2 in early June.

But Bay told the trade paper that the labor cloud has made the process harder. "If there is a strike, we shut down, but shutting down isn't that big a deal," Bay said. "You make accommodations, you make a deal with vending houses on equipment and on the stages where you are shooting. You hope for the best, but you can't be incapacitated by the possibility that there will be a strike. We've got to get this town back to work. I can't imagine anyone wants another strike; we're all tired. Hopefully clearer heads will prevail."

Bay said that the sequel is still recovering from the writer's strike, and that he's playing catch-up after getting back his trio of writers, Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.

"They did a detailed outline before the writers' strike, and now they are in Michael Bay jail, holed up in a hotel and working feverishly," Bay said. "We're paying for a beautiful suite, and they are getting a lot of work done. Hiring three writers was unusual, but it has been a godsend in getting us to where we need to be. Somehow you find a way to get it done."

Meanwhile, several studios are setting additional plans for summer production starts, based on the assumption that the Screen Actors Guild contract talks will be resolved without the kind of work stoppage that crippled the film industry during the 100-day writers' strike, Variety reported.

Warner Brothers has already pushed forward on George Miller's Justice League to begin shooting in mid-July.

Warners revealed earlier this week that it will begin shooting Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins on May 5.

Twentieth Century Fox, for instance, has scheduled August as the start date for The Tooth Fairy, a fantasy comedy that will star Dwayne Johnson.

Sony will begin shooting its Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons, in Rome on June 5.

Sony's 2012, a $200 million Roland Emmerich-directed disaster epic, is slated for a summer 2009 release.    

Geekyfanboy

Bay To Spread "Transformers" Lies
By Garth FranklinTuesday, April 22nd 2008 12:59am

"Transformers 2" director Michael Bay claims that, short of news that filming is taking place in Philadelphia, everything else that has hit the Net about the upcoming "Transformers" sequel is BS.

He says on his official site that "Sorry everyone, everything you are reading (other then we are shooting in Philly) is false. We are going to give so much disinformation on this film to confuse everyone."

Secrecy on a project is understandably important, and the respectable way to do it is simply keep quiet - denial or even no response is often the most effective way. Outright misinformation propaganda however is another thing.

As a movie website editor, that kind of deceitful approach sadly leaves me only one choice - practically no coverage whatsoever of the film short of the confirmed publicity materials.

Darth Gaos

I wasa wondering how long it would be before something like this began happening....just out and out deception to protect a story.  Not sure how I feel about it either....yet.
I think it was Socrates who spoke the immortal words:  I drank WHAT?

Geekyfanboy

I think it's great.. I hate finding out early about the movie or TV storyline. I try and resist but sometimes I find it hard.. so if there is false rumors out there then you'll never really know if it's the truth or not.. I wish more TV and Movies would do this.

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I am 100% for this! Disinformation is probably the best bet.

Geekyfanboy

Transformers 2 Secrets Revealed!

Transformers co-writer Roberto Orci told SCI FI Wire that the soon-to-shoot sequel will build on the first film, delve deeper into established characters and devote screen time to a favorite Transformer from the original animated TV series. (Possible spoilers ahead!)

Orci and his longtime writing partner Alex Kurtzman scripted the first Transformers movie and have written the story for Transformers 2; Ehren Kruger (The Ring) drafted the screenplay, and Michael Bay is set to return to the director's chair.

"We want to follow some of our lead characters, which we thought were so successful," Orci said in an interview in New York while promoting the upcoming Fox SF TV series Fringe. "Shia LaBeouf's character, [Sam Witwicky, was] amazing. Where is he two years later? His girlfriend, [Mikaela, played by Megan Fox,] where is she two years later? But for fans--I guess I'll address this more to fans-- ... I think if you didn't know Transformers at all and you liked the first movie, you'll like the second one."

Orci added that some of the die-hard franchise fans may have wanted the film to be less lighthearted and have more science fiction. "I think the second one will deliver on a true Transformers story," he said. "You know, the first one, we had a limited budget for what it was. Every second of Transformer time is $1 million or whatever the heck it is. So this time, because we were able to prove, thank God, through the whole thing that it's a viable live-action movie, we have a little more freedom this time to actually learn about the Transformers, to see them, hear them. ... It's a better balance between the humans and the Transformers."

Orci was coy at first about the identity of the Transformer character he felt most compelled to include in the sequel. But he relented after a moment. "I'll tell you, man," he said. "We had to get Soundwave in there." Where Soundwave goes, Ravage will follow? "Perhaps," he said. "You know, we had Ravage in an early draft of the first movie, and Soundwave, and we couldn't do it right. I think this time, hopefully, we'll have the ability to do it."

Separately, Transformers star Tyrese Gibson told SCI FI Wire that the sequel will do things that haven't been done before. "There's going to be some real one-of-a-kind things going on in this," Gibson (Tech Sgt. Epps) said in an interview on the New Mexico set of Legion, which he is currently filming.

Gibson added: "Michael Bay is really going to try and up the ante on round two and take it to a whole other level. I can't go into any detail, but it's going to be some real one-of-a-kind things going on in this movie that no one has ever visually seen in their life. Michael Bay is really fired up and trying to outdo what he did on the first round."

The Allentown, Pa., Morning Call newspaper, meanwhile, contained a report about future location shooting for the film in the old Pennsylvania steel town. Transformers 2 will open June 26, 2009. --Ian Spelling, with Michael Marano

Geekyfanboy

Further "Transformers 2" Details
By Garth FranklinMonday, June 9th 2008 2:23am


CHUD reports that according to their sources, 'The Fallen' of the upcoming "Transformers" sequel's new subtitle 'Revenge of the Fallen' is actually a character from comic book continuity.

More specifically he's an ancient Transformer who's essentially the Devil of their mythology as in one of the original good 13 Transformers who turned on his fellow beings and was cast down. Now he's 'The Fallen', a being of power, darkness, and absolute dedication to Unicron - the twin brother and arch-enemy of the Transformers creator Primus who was sealed with Fallen into extradimensional limbo.

New Transformers in this film include remote-control truck 'Wheels' (blurry photos), three Can-Am Spyder motorbikes become 'Arcee', a beat up old ice cream truck which becomes 'The Twins', the 2008 Pontiac Solstice which becomes 'Jazz', and an Autobot based on the Chevrolet Beat concept car.

Over the weekend John Turturro, Megan Fox, and Shia Lebeouf were all part of a scene set around a SR-71 Blackbird at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia which transforms into 'Jetfire' during the scene apparently.

Shooting gets underway in Philadelphia this week, making notable use of the University of Pennsylvania for college scenes with Sam (Shia LaBeouf), a local power station, and the Eastern State Penitentiary (now a museum) which will be used for a possible jail break scene.

Geekyfanboy

TFW2005 has received confirmation that the combiner Devastator will appear in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The confirmation includes the following details:

- Seven construction vehicles merge to form Devastator
- Devastator has lots of upper body strength, like a gorilla
- Not just green, some of the vehicles are red and yellow

Darth Gaos

Sweet!  I love Devastator!  Didn't the Dinobots combine to form something to combat Devastator or is age finally taking its toll on my mind?
I think it was Socrates who spoke the immortal words:  I drank WHAT?

billybob476

Not the Dinobots as I recall. The Protectobots and the aerialbots formed 'gestalts' for the autobots. The decepticons had the Constructicons and the Combaticons.

EDIT: Oh my god I am such a loser.

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here is the List:

Combiners with three or more members (non-Scramble City type)

    * Devastator (G1)
    * Predaking
    * Raiden
    * Monstructor / Dinoking
    * Road Caesar
    * Liokaiser
    * Landcross
    * Magnaboss / Magnaboss (BWII)
    * Tripredacus / Tripledacus
    * Rail Racer (RID)
    * Landfill (RID) / Constructicon Devastator (Deluxe)

Scramble City-type combiners (5 robots)

    * Bruticus (G1) / Battle Gaia / Ruination
    * Defensor (G1) / Guard City
    * Menasor (G1)
    * Superion (G1)
    * Abominus
    * Computron
    * Piranacon[1] / King Poseidon[1] / God Neptune /Piranhacon[1] [2]

KingIsaacLinksr

Quote from: billybob476 on September 11, 2008, 12:30:03 PM
Not the Dinobots as I recall. The Protectobots and the aerialbots formed 'gestalts' for the autobots. The decepticons had the Constructicons and the Combaticons.

EDIT: Oh my god I am such a loser.

Don't worry, we're all losers with ya.  ;)

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Meds

Ah 1986 or was 1987 i had Optimus Prime for my birthday, then Megatron for Christmas. Jetfire i loved such a cool peice of work. Hound i loved because it was a jeep and went well with my toy soldiers, Starscream was cool but i hated soundwave it just looked bulky. Man i miss those toys. I had Jetfire stil in its box but i think my mum gave it away, and yes i know how mush they go for on ebay DOH!!!

Geekyfanboy

The Teaser Poster was just released.


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Did anyone else notice that the face of that guy is the Decepticon symbol?