May 7th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
/Film have been tipped off about a possible film shoot at the University of Pennsylvania (Sam Witwicky will be in college):
I’m a student at the University of Pennsylvania and a few of my friends involved in student government told me that Transformers 2 will be shooting on campus in one of the nicer fraternities this summer. Im guessing these scenes will involve Shia/Jonah at college. Michael Bay was also seen on campus a few weeks back, so I guess that sort of confirms that the film will be partially shot here. Thought you might like to know.
May 7th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Rumors have recently put Superbad star, Jonah Hill, in contention as Shia LaBoeuf’s roommate in the Transformers sequel, as described by some leaked casting descriptions:
[CHUCK] 19-25 yrs., Sam’s roommate at Princeton. He runs a conspiracy theory website. Funny in an irreverent, edgy way, he is shocked to see his conspiracy theories come to life. (2nd Lead)
However, Entertainment Weekly are reporting that talks between Hill and DreamWorks have broken down and shall not be Sam Witwicky’s comic sidekick.
May 1st, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Moviehole are reporting that Teresa Palmer, formerly part of the troubled Justice League movie. No information as to what her role shall entail, we’ll have to wait and see.
April 27th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
In a Star Trek question and answer session with Roberto Orci, a small tidbit about the Transformers 2 script was revealed,
Orci and Kurtzman were released from ‘Michael Bay Jail’ (which turns out to be a luxury hotel on the Pacific Coast) on Friday, after finishing the first draft for Transformers 2
There is at least one Star Trek reference in Transformers 2
April 27th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
The Greater Philadelphia Film Office have recently confirmed, via KYW radio, that Transformers II will be shooting their in the near future,
That’s just a possibility still. “Dream of the Romans” has been shooting. ‘Tenure”, “Happy Tears”, and “Marly and Me” are upcoming as is Transformers II. But won’t giant robots wreck the place????
“Ha, ha. Let’s just say the destruction part is going to be digitally enhanced.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer have hinted, giving weight to some earlier rumors, that the Transformers sequel will be filming in the Bethlehem PA area:
Neat twist surrounding the action movie Transformers 2, whose production will be based in Philly for the better part of June. I hear that director Michael Bay and crew also will shoot in Bethlehem, Pa., which will double as a city in the Far East. (A twist in the notion of sending American jobs overseas.)
April 5th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
The IESB have thrown out their Transformers 2 robot roll call, and with it they state that the Decepticons shall have the help of the Constructicons in the second movie.
In the cartoons, their names were Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook and Long Haul. And what do we get when they all combine and form one huge ass robot? That’s right boys and girls, we are going to see DEVASTATOR on the big screen!
… I’ll re-iterate that. Devastator is big.
Here’s a pretty awesome fan mock-up of what Devastator may look like in the movie, created by Rise Studios. A cinematic adaptation of this character shall probably appear a lot more complex than this, to fit in with the style already set out by the first movie.
As for the human side of the argument, IESB have posted up a prospective character list which is now waiting to be cast:
[CHUCK] 19-25 yrs., Sam’s roommate at Princeton. He runs a conspiracy theory website. Funny in an irreverent, edgy way, he is shocked to see his conspiracy theories come to life. (2nd Lead)
[U.S. MILITARY LEADER] Late 20s/early 30s, African American with a great sense of humor and a tough military presence. (Supporting lead)
[UK SPECIAL FORCES LEADER] British, in his early to mid 30s, smart and capable. Can be Caucasian, Black, East Indian. (Supporting lead)
[GALLOWAY] Early 40s-early 50s, male, National Security Advisor and presidential liaison. A curt man who is tightly wound. (Supporting Lead)
[PROFESSOR COLAN] 40s, Sam’s physics professor at Princeton. He’s a self-satisfied intellectual who compares himself to Einstein, and is arrogant enough to wear leather pants to look cool. (1 Scene)
[THERESA] Early 30s; she’s Sgt. Epps’ wife, has 4 kids, sassy and sexy, good with comedy. Submit African American actresses only
[MOMMA SIMMONS] This NY Momma is in her late 60s / early 70s. She runs a deli/ butcher shop with her son in Brooklyn. Tough and sarcastic. (1 Scene)
[MASSIVE DYNAMICS CEO] 50s, male, this Corporate CEO appears in front of congress to testify. (1 speech/scene)
[TEXAS CONGRESSMAN] 55-65 yrs., on a Congressional Committee investigating the purpose of the “Automated Defensive Initiative” developed by Massive Dynamics.
[FBI DIRECTOR] Mid 50s, male, giving a press release assuring the public they will be safe against attacks. (1 speech/scene)
[CNN REPORTER] Reporting on missile strikes and bombings in various cities. Submit male / female, all ethnicities (1 speech)
April 5th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Another of our vehicular friends has turned up on the streets, this time it is the ever recognisable Optimus Prime. These were taken on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles. The bots are on the move - perhaps they are being collected together for the beginning of a Transformers 2 shoot?
Pictures thanks to SHH:
April 2nd, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Film School Rejects have posted some highway pictures of Barricade being transported through Culver City. They are Saleen Mustangs with the Decepticon logo on the side panels. Note that multiple cars are used for filming. Rumors suggest that Transformers 2 filming may be in preparation, though I’d hesitate - we’ll probably have to wait a little longer.
February 18th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Shia has been happily discussing the new Transformers movie adaptation with British publication Empire, although keeping the secrets to himself it seems:
“It’s going to be bad-ass. We’re not making another one unless it is, and Mike is definitely not resting on his laurels — he’s doing insane shit again. And the pre-vizes that I’ve seen… it’s just massive. If the first one was any indicator of how massive massive can be, this is going to blow that out of the water. It’s insane. Mike’s mind was just kind of made for this — it’s amazing. There’s going to be a lot more characterization with the robots, which I’m excited about. [...] There’s gonna be new robots on both sides. I can say that the war isn’t over… It’s hard to do interviews when you’re not allowed to talk about the movies. It’s like I give two or three things away and then I get reprimanded for it. It’s never fun to get reprimanded by these people”.
February 18th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Given the recent end to the Writer’s strikes, Roberto Orci has spoken out on Don Murphy’s message board about the status of the Transformers movie development:
So we got back to work this week and we find out Bay and production has been prepping the entire movie off of our pre-strike outline! The very one we turned in the night before the strike.
We had two weeks on the outline. We’re still going through the prep schedule to find out what has been prepped so far down the road that it can be changed and what can’t.
[Michael Bay] essentially transferred our outline into screenplay format and came up with some really fun gags and a few descriptions of the kind of hardware he will need for production.
As far as I am concerned, this is pretty bad news. Looks like the studios and Bay himself are rushing out a lower quality screenplay to meet targets rather than spend some quality time fine tuning the piece. Hopefully Bay’s tomfoolery will not be too destructive to the film’s storyline quality.
Michael Bay - “I’ve been writing Transformers 2. We’ve got our characters all designed. I always write all my scripts, my movies anyway so at least I’ve got something to give the writers. It’s like a template. We have a really good outline so I worked on that. [...] We had to because I want to make my date. I’m not going to let the strike take me down.”
