July 21st, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
The fellow at the Don Murphy forums have provided some new shots of the Transformers fleet in preparation for transport - the Chevy Beat, Chevy Trax, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Ironhide and most importantly capturing our first clear shots of the slick silver car we saw at Fairmount, thought to be a Chevy Corvette ZR1 or C7, though the rear panels on both of those do not fit with this model. The latest rumor puts it as a reintroduction of the popular Chevy Stingray, with the styles and aura of previous incarnations. Whatever it is, it’s very sexy.
Contributing Source: TLAMB
July 21st, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
In a post on Don Murphy’s message board, writer Roberto Orci stated that Transformers 2 shooting has been taking place “all week and last week”. It was previously thought that TF2 had ceased filming in anticipation of the SAG strikes.
Michael Bay has confirmed this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where they spoke to Michael Bay at a remote air force base.
July 21st, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Matthew Marsden plays a lead role in Revenge of the Fallen as SAS Graham, this is his first interview since that announcement. The interview is all rather generic - giving away no secrets or even little teasers, very little probing done by the interviewer.
“I’m part of a multi-national force. What’s going on right now is I’m a British Special Forces officer that’s attached to Lennox’s team. Well, there’s two of us initially. And we’re battling the bad guys.”
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I just try to be real. My character is not an amusing character. He’s a soldier, so all the stuff that I did is very much rooted in reality and what I know from the experiences of my friends [who are in the military]. So, it’s just very real and nothing über-spectacular.
We went to Pennsylvania and shot at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, which was really amazing. We had this scene where it’s, like, ‘That’s where he is!’ and you have to shoot at him. ‘He’s going that way!’ It’s quite a far distance away, so we had to use a laser pointer [to stand in for the robot]. It’s all fun; I love that stuff.
There are bad guys there and we have to go and get them. That’s basically it.”
[On Shia and Megan Fox]
“They’re working with the Autobots, [so] they’re definitely going to know some of the strengths and weaknesses of different robots. So, if they’re working together with an alien life-form, which they didn’t initially, then obviously they’re going to know more. In the first one, they were actually finding out what they were because they didn’t know. … Now they’re aware of what they are, and we’re part of the task force specifically to go and deal with them. … I just know that I’ve got a big chunk to come, and I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of action in it.”
July 21st, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
After the recent filming at the Eastern State Pen, the site’s official blog has updated with some details and images of the shoot.
We were thrilled to welcome the cast and crew of Transformers 2 to Eastern State Penitentiary!
The sequel to last summer’s blockbuster recently filmed scenes in Eastern State’s Cellblock 7 as well as outside in the Industrial Building Courtyard. You can see in the top photo the massive helium-filled balloon light that was used to simulate moonlight. The next photo shows the cast and crew on the set created at Eastern State. The final photo shows the car cast as “Bumblebee” exiting Eastern State during filming.
While on site, Shia LaBoeuf, Megan Fox and Michael Bay enjoyed a tour of Eastern State including some areas used during Terror Behind the Walls, including Cellblock 12, the home of Lock Down.
July 10th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Automobile blog, Motortrend, are reporting that General Motor’s electric powered “Chevy Volt” will be making an appearance in the Transformers sequel, “Revenge of the Fallen”. What role the vehicle shall have in the movie is unknown.
July 10th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Whilst Transformers 2 has no official involvement in the San Diego Comic Con this year, the IESB reported that Hasbro, with permission from Paramount/Dreamworks, would be showing a small snippet of the Transformers sequel. However, since that article was posted and the slew of internet movie sites posted the news about the web, Paramount has issued a brief statement that there will in fact be no Transformers 2 footage shown at Comic Con.
July 8th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
Tim Flattery (IMDB), concept designer for the original Transformers movie adaptation, has updated his online portfolio to include some new Transformers concept art, most importantly including a first look at what might have been a huge, towering, transforming aircraft carrier - set to wreak havoc on all that stands in its path.
Check out Tim’s portfolio for more concepts that didn’t make it into the first movie.
June 30th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
EDIT: This has been confirmed a fake.
Seibertron have posted a camera phone shot of what looks like a Revenge of the Fallen poster, though it is blurry and hard to make out. It is most likely a fake, but on the small off chance that it is not, I have posted it here:
The text at the top seems to read “… begins”. The autobot in the forefront is quite clearly one that we have not seen before, yet it is also difficult to identify.
Via /Film
June 29th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
A new video from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles, VA has popped up, showing Shia, Bay and Megan Fox at work:
June 26th, 2008, posted by FofR | Digg This
The Movie Blog got the scoop on one of the key indoor scenes involving Shia La Boeuf and Rainn Wilson as a professor. This passage of text does give away spoilers - involving mystical powers and Einstein. Josh Duhamel has also revealed a key plot detail in an interview with Empire:
“I guess who he’s working with is probably the biggest change,” said Duhamel, before adding once more, presumably for emphasis. “Who he’s working with.”
Implying that the Autobots and Decepticons may be forced to work together to overcome a greater evil, perhaps the all powerful Fallen.
Movie Blog Spoiler
On the first day of class, Sam goes crazy just before getting to class for some reason. It seems there is some object that he was exposed to that affected him, our guess is the splinter from the cube. Anyways, Rainn Wilson asks the class to turn to the first page of the text book (which, apparently, Rainn Wilson’s character is the professor of the class AND the writer of the Astronomy text book that they are using in class). Wilson’s character’s name is Professor Colon (pronounced: koh - lawn). Everyone except Sam turns to the first page. Sam, instead, read the entire book in 5 seconds by just flipping through it, then starts telling Wilson’s character about what parts of his book are wrong. He also starts talking about how Einstein was wrong. Sam gets up from his seat and goes up to the chalk board and starts writing a lot of weird symbols on the chalk board (probably Cryptonian). Then he starts asking why nobody understands and then he leaves class. On the second day of class, he apparently returns, but acts less crazy.
The reason we suspect that it is an object he touches that makes him crazy is because there was a scene shot earlier where he was on the phone Fox’s character Mikaela, and he was asking her if she had “it” and then told her to make sure she doesn’t touch “it”. Our guess is the “splinter” (left over piece of the Allspark Cube), but it could be something else, of course.
Oh, and the last scene that was filmed on Wednesday evening was of Sam arriving to class while riding the red motorcycle that people have seen in pictures. I don’t think that proves whether or not it is a Transformer or just a motorcycle, but it could be worthwhile information in the future.
Talking with the New Jersey Times, Michael Bay has revealed a little about Sam Witwicky’s character development:
The university angle to the plot “is all about Sam growing up and going to college … a teenager growing into a man,” Bay said.
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With Witwicky enrolled at a fictional East Coast school with an Ivy League feel, Banes comes from Los Angeles as a visitor to her friend’s new campus, Bay said.
Campus scenes were shot at both Princeton and, earlier this month, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
